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Development

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How to Use Apache Spark to Craft a Multi-Year Data Regression Testing and Simulations Framework

Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from Stripe, shares his experience in building a testing system based on multi-year worth of data. He shares insights into why Apache Spark was the choice for creating such a system and how it fits in the "traditional" engineering practices.

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Architecture & Design

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Spec Driven Development: When Architecture Becomes Executable

Spec-Driven Development inverts traditional architecture by making specifications executable and authoritative. It transforms declared intent into validated code through AI generation and provides architectural determinism. It eliminates drift through continuous enforcement, but demands new engineering discipline in schema design and contract-first reasoning.

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AI Infrastructure

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Somtochi Onyekwere on Distributed Data Systems, Eventual Consistency and Conflict-free Replicated Data Types

In this podcast, InfoQ spoke with Somtochi Onyekwere on recent developments in distributed data systems, how to achieve fast, eventually consistent replication across distributed nodes, and how Conflict-free Replicated Data Type (CRDTs) can help with conflict resolution when managing data.

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Culture & Methods

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Achieving a Culture That Works: Inclusive Leadership that Drives Lasting Success

Matthew Card discusses the intersection of leadership and inclusivity at the BBC. He explains how "changing the bar" rather than just raising it can transform team dynamics. Covering trust, psychological safety, and his "C.A.P.S." and "D.O.S.E." frameworks for resilience, he shares practical strategies for engineering leaders to eliminate toxic behaviors and empower diverse talent to thrive.

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DevOps

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Platform-as-a-Product: Declarative Infrastructure for Developer Velocity

Declarative infrastructure config hides complexity, enabling developers to focus on application code. Unified YAML per service allows early cost validation, while independent CI with centralized CD balances team autonomy and deployment consistency. This standardized approach scales across organizations, making infrastructure invisible and operations automatic.

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InfoQ Homepage Interviews Geoff Wilson and Amanda Stockwell on Agile Agencies and UX

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Geoff Wilson and Amanda Stockwell on Agile Agencies and UX

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Geoff Wilson is President and Founder of 352 Inc., a digital product development agency he started 17 years ago out of a fraternity house room at the University of Florida. Amanda Stockwell is the VP of UX at 352 Inc. where she leads a team that provides user research, usability testing, and UX strategy services.

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In its 14th year, the Agile Alliance global conference is the leading international, noncommercial conference on Agile methods in software development. At the heart of each Agile Conference is connecting and sharing. Attendees gather, many for consecutive years, to meet with peers and the foremost leaders in the Agile space. The relationships made, support received, and knowledge gained provide an enriching and long-lasting experience that fosters both individual success and the collective advancement of the industry.

Dec 22, 2015

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