BT

Facilitating the Spread of Knowledge and Innovation in Professional Software Development

Write for InfoQ

Register Sign in

Unlock the full InfoQ experience

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources.

Log In

or

Don't have an InfoQ account?

Stay updated on topics and peers that matter to youReceive instant alerts on the latest insights and trends.
Quickly access free resources for continuous learningMinibooks, videos with transcripts, and training materials.
Save articles and read at anytimeBookmark articles to read whenever youre ready.

Logo - Back to homepage

News Articles Presentations Podcasts Guides

Topics

Development

Featured in Development

Expanding Swift from Apps to Services

Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of Swift from an app language to a critical tool for secure, high-scale services. He explains how Swift’s lack of a garbage collector eliminates tail latency and shares how its "zero-cost abstractions" rival C performance. He shares Apple’s roadmap for incremental adoption and demonstrates groundbreaking new interoperability for C++ and Java ecosystems.

All in development

Architecture & Design

Featured in Architecture & Design

Platforms for Secure API Connectivity with Architecture as Code

Jim Gough discusses the transition from accidental architect to API program leader, explaining how to manage the complexity of secure API connectivity. He shares the Common Architecture Language Model (CALM), a framework designed to bridge the developer-security gap. By leveraging architecture patterns, engineering leaders can move from six-month review cycles to two-hour automated deployments.

All in architecture-design

AI Infrastructure

Featured in AI, ML & Data Engineering

Busting AI Myths and Embracing Realities in Privacy & Security

Katharine Jarmul keynotes on common myths around privacy and security in AI and explores what the realities are, covering design patterns that help build more secure, more private AI systems.

All in ai-ml-data-eng

Culture & Methods

Featured in Culture & Methods

Achieve Optimal Efficiency for Your Developer Experience Teams

Fabien Deshayes discusses the strategies behind Monzo’s Developer Velocity squad. He explains the "Platform as a Product" mindset, emphasizing the need for engineers with product acumen and tenure. He shares actionable frameworks for measuring DevEx impact through time, money, and cognitive load, demonstrating how a small, focused team can drive massive results in a regulated environment.

All in culture-methods

DevOps

Featured in DevOps

[Video Podcast] Frictionless DevEx with Nicole Forsgren

In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Dr. Nicole Forsgren, the author of Accelerate and one of the most prominent and important minds in DevOps and developer productivity. The conversation is about identifying and removing developer friction, the subject of her new book, Frictionless.

All in devops

Events

Helpful links

Choose your language

InfoQ Architect Certification

Join Luca Mezzalira for this 5-week online cohort. Master socio-technical architecture leadership.

Register Interest.

QCon London 2026

Learn what works in AI, architecture, data, security & FinTech.

Early Bird ends March 10.

Learn how leading engineering teams run AI in production—reliably, securely, and at scale.

Early Bird ends March 10.

QCon San Francisco

Learn what's next in AI and software, from teams already doing it.

Early Bird ends March 10.

InfoQ Homepage Interviews Linda Cook Discusses the Agile Coaching Profession

Linda Cook Discusses the Agile Coaching Profession

Download

19:18

Bio

Linda Cook is a Lean/Agile Coach and Certified Scrum Master with over twenty years' experience in IT. Her focus is building awesome products with professionals who enjoy their craft and strive for best in class service. Linda achieves this by mentoring colleagues, establishing formal and informal training programs, and establishing / improving the software development processes used by teams.

About the conference

The Agile Alliance organizes the Agile series conference, which bring together all the key people in the Agile space to talk about techniques and technologies, attitudes and policies, research and experience, and the management and development sides of agile software development.

Dec 02, 2011

Interview with

Linda Cook

by

David Bulkin

BT