Engineering Productivity: What Not to Do

Today, look at alternatives to Kubernetes Lens, explore shifting technical debt left, use engineering metrics to gain productivity insights, and more! [DZone]( November 28, 2022 DZone Daily Digest Today, look at alternatives to Kubernetes Lens, explore shifting technical debt left, use engineering metrics to gain productivity insights, and more!   [Upcoming Webinar]( [[Webinar] Shift Left for Cloud Native Observability]( Learn how to use cloud-native observability to do more “Dev” and less “Ops” to improve developer and engineer workflows and productivity. [Save your seat >]( Daily Picks [Engineering Productivity: What Not to Do]( [Ralf Huuck Agile Zone]( [5 Kubernetes Lens Alternatives]( [Gilad David Maayan Open Source Zone]( [Why It’s Time to Shift Left Technical Debt]( [Ruth Dillon-Mansfield Performance Zone]( [Graph Databases: How Do They Work?]( [Tetiana Stoyko Database Zone]( [What Is Distributed Tracing?]( [April Yep Cloud Zone]( New Downloads from DZone [Performance and Site Reliability Trend Report] [TREND REPORT] [Performance and Site Reliability]( Observability for Distributed Systems: DZone’s 2022 Performance and Site Reliability Trend Report takes a holistic view of where devs stand in their observability practices. Through research and expert-contributed articles, it offers a primer on distributed systems observability including how to build an open-source observability toolchain, dives into distributed tracing, and takes a look at prospective performance degradation patterns. It also provides insight into how to create an SRE practice, as well as tactics to conduct an effective incident retrospective. [Free Download >]( [Kubernetes in the Enterprise Trend Report] [TREND REPORT] [Kubernetes in the Enterprise]( Container Management Reimagined: In 2022, Kubernetes has become a central component for containerized applications. And it is nowhere near its peak. In fact, based on our research, 94% of survey respondents believe that Kubernetes will be a bigger part of their system design over the next two to three years. DZone's 2022 Kubernetes Trend Report provides insights into how teams are leveraging Kubernetes in their organizations. It focuses on the evolution of K8s beyond container orchestration, advancements in K8s observability, K8s in ML, and more. [Free Download >]( [NoSQL Migration Essentials Refcard] [REFCARD] [NoSQL Migration Essentials]( Need help with your NoSQL migration? This Refcard walks through the primary steps for moving out of a relational database, plus important design principles to understand and consider in your migration process. Readers will review key concepts that range from denormalizing and modeling data to defining access patterns, designing primary keys and indexes, and creating an entity relationship diagram — all demonstrated with a simple site application example. [Free Download >]( [GitOps for Kubernetes Refcard] [REFCARD] [GitOps for Kubernetes]( Essentials to Applications Hosted in Cloud-Native Environments: GitOps is a fast and secure method for developers at growing companies to maintain complex applications running in Kubernetes. It’s safe to say that what DevOps is to the cloud, GitOps is to cloud-native. In this Refcard, we’ll be taking a look at operating models for building cloud-native applications, the key benefits of GitOps (including stronger security and easier auditing), handling configuration updates with K8s, and more. [Free Download >]( [Kubernetes Multi-Cluster Management Refcard] [REFCARD] [Kubernetes Multi-Cluster Management and Governance]( Due to the performance nature of modern cloud-native applications, Kubernetes environments need to be highly distributed. Proper multi-cluster management and governance ensure consistent, secure operations across all environments. In this Refcard, we further explore Kubernetes multi-cluster management and governance, why it's important, and core practices for success. [Free Download >]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( [youtube]( [Help](mailto:support@dzone.com) | [Manage Email Preferences]( `ep7xn9vpt`}}) | [View Online]( DZone, 600 Park Offices Dr, Suite 300, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 © DZone 2022