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Service Assurance in Private LTE/5G Networks
This article talks about service assurance in the context of cellular networks, how private networks pose additional needs, and how an end-to-end service assurance framework can be designed and developed for such networks.
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Thinking Deductively to Understand Complex Software Systems
Thinking differently can allow us to approach problems in new ways. With testing, approaching the problem with a negative approach can lead to more thorough test cases.
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Debugging outside Your Comfort Zone: Diving beneath a Trusted Abstraction
This article takes a deep dive through a complex outage in the main database cluster of a payments company. We’ll focus on the aftermath of the incident - the process of understanding what went wrong, recreating the outage in a test cluster, and coming up with a way to stop it from happening again, and dive deep into the internals of Postgres, and learn about how it stores data on disk.
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If You Want to Deliver Fast, Your Tests Have the Last Word
A good testing strategy is critical for safe code changes, fast delivery, reduced MTTR, and improved developer experience. Shifting the concept of “unit” can reduce the time needed for changes.
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Effective Test Automation Approaches for Modern CI/CD Pipelines
Shifting left can be used to improve test design and lead to faster, more effective CI/CD pipelines. By focusing on building effective and efficient tests, CI/CD runs can quickly return feedback.
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Easy Implementation of GDPR with Aspect Oriented Programming
GDPR compliance should be a default feature in every application that handles PII (Personally Identifiable Information). Most organizations have an impression that GDPR is a luxury feature that needs special tools to implement. But, we can see that the frameworks and design patterns we already use in our everyday development can very well be used to implement the GDPR rules.
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Data-Driven Decision Making - Software Delivery Performance Indicators at Different Granularities
Optimizing a software delivery organization is not a straightforward process standardized in the software industry. Getting the organization to analyze the data and act on it is a difficult undertaking. This article presents insights into how a socio-technical framework for optimizing a software delivery organization has been set up and brought to the point of regular use.
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Learning eBPF for Better Observability
This article shares insights into learning eBPF as a new cloud-native technology which aims to improve Observability and Security workflows. Learn how to practice using the tools, and dive into your own development. Iterate on your knowledge step-by-step, and follow-up with more advanced use cases later.
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DevEx, a New Metrics Framework from the Authors of SPACE
Researchers behind DORA and SPACE have published a new measurement framework for improving developer productivity. This article includes a summary of the paper’s key points along with commentary from the lead author.
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AIOps: Site Reliability Engineering at Scale
AIOps can simplify and streamline processes which can reduce the mental burden on employees while improving communication and collaboration between departments.
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How Not to Use the DORA Metrics to Measure DevOps Performance
The DORA metrics are the de facto measuring stick but they can be used incorrectly and drive poor behavior and performance. When using any metrics, a strong focus on the end goal must be maintained.
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Dark Side of DevOps - the Price of Shifting Left and Ways to Make it Affordable
Topics like “you build it, you run it” and “shifting testing/security/data governance left” are popular. Moving things to earlier stages of software development, empowering engineers. Yet, what is the cost? What does it mean for the developers who are involved? What are the solutions that can help you keep DevOps and Shifting Left? What can we do to break a grip of the dark side? Let’s find out!