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Development

Six Impossible Things

Kevlin Henney takes a look at six specific impossible things that shape the limits of what people can develop, from integer representation to the minefield of task estimation and prioritization.

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Architecture & Design

APIs at Scale: Creating Rich Interfaces that Stand the Test of Time

Matthew Clark, Paul Caporn take a look at versioning, design patterns, handling different use-cases, supporting high-traffic moments, and the merits of different API types.

AI, ML & Data Engineering

The Next Decade of Software is about Climate - What is the Role of ML?

Sara Bergman introduces the field of green software engineering, showing options to estimate the carbon footprint and discussing ideas on how to make Machine Learning greener.

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Culture & Methods

Enabling Effective Remote Working - Principles and Patterns from Team Topologies

This article shares ideas, principles, and practices from Team Topologies (and related topics) to help organizations approach their structures' design and evolution to better support interactions in remote working. It also shares examples to showcase their impact when used to better approach organizational design, in general, and particularly to support remote working.

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DevOps

With Observability, Cloud Deployments Don’t Have to Be Scary

Martin Thwaites discusses how to have the confidence to deploy at will. This ability allows developers and the wider team to know when things go wrong, and remediate them quickly.