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Development

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What I Wish I Knew When I Started with Green IT

Ludi Akue discusses how the tech sector’s rising emissions impact our global climate goals. Drawing from her experience as a CTO, she explains seven key lessons for implementing Green IT. She shares insights on LCA assessments, the paradox of microservices, and why FinOps doesn’t always equal green.

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Architecture & Design

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The Oil and Water Moment in AI Architecture

Have you ever tried mixing oil and water? That is the moment software architecture is entering as deterministic systems meet non deterministic AI behaviour. Architects must anchor intelligent systems in intent, governance and systems thinking. This article introduces the Architect’s V Impact Canvas, a framework for navigating this shift while keeping human trust at the centre.

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AI Infrastructure

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From Symptom Checkers to Smart Chatbots: The Role of AI in Virtual Care

Andre Ribeiro discusses the architecture of Healthily’s AI symptom checker. He explains how Bayesian inference and RAG models bridge the gap between medical insights and confident patient action.

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Culture & Methods

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Beyond the Code: Hiring for Cultural Alignment

Alicia Collymore discusses the critical role of cultural alignment in building high-performing engineering teams. She explains how to move beyond "vibes" by identifying specific attributes in company values and assessing them during coding challenges and system design sessions. She shares practical advice on using interview debriefs, assessment criteria, and "culture add" to drive growth.

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DevOps

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Change as Metrics: Measuring System Reliability Through Change Delivery Signals

System changes are the primary driver of production incidents, making change-related metrics essential reliability signals. A minimal metric set of Change Lead Time, Change Success Rate, and Incident Leakage Rate assesses delivery efficiency and reliability, supported by actionable technical metrics and an event-centric data warehouse for unified change observability.

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InfoQ Homepage Interviews Avi Bryant on DabbleDB, Smalltalk and Persistence

Avi Bryant on DabbleDB, Smalltalk and Persistence

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Avi Bryant is the co-CEO of Dabble DB, a Vancouver startup focused on web-based data management and collaboration tools. He is the author of the Seaside web application framework, and is active in the open source Squeak Smalltalk community.

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