Software Engineering Culture Round-Up

A Collection of Top Software Engineering Culture News, Articles, Podcasts December 2021 [InfoQ] Software Engineering Culture Round-Up Sponsored by [LaunchDarkly] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Podcasts](#top-presentations-and-interviews) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to Software Engineering Culture on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. [] Latest Content on InfoQ [Becoming a Great Engineering Manager is Hard]( (podcasts, Dec 03, 2021) [Lessons Learned from Self-Selection Reteaming at Redgate]( (articles, Nov 29, 2021) [Will the Hybrid Work’s Great Paradox Be the Decade’s Challenge?]( (news, Nov 29, 2021) [Business and Technical Agility with Team Topologies]( (presentations, Nov 18, 2021) [Applying Social Leadership to Enhance Collaboration and Nurture Communities]( (articles, Dec 02, 2021) [Git Branching Strategies vs. Trunk-Based Development]( This article will first review the benefits and shortcomings of several common Git branching strategies. Then, we’ll compare those to trunk-based development to learn how the latter solves those shortcomings and enables modern software delivery practices through feature flag management. [Learn more](. Sponsored content [Git Branching Strategies]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [A Design Thinking Roadmap for Process Improvement and Organizational Change]( (articles, Nov 22, 2021) [The Renaissance of Code Documentation: Introducing Code Walkthrough]( (news, Nov 10, 2021) [Agile Coaches, Agile Guides and Other Family Members]( (articles, Nov 25, 2021) [How to Work Asynchronously as a Remote-First SRE]( (news, Dec 02, 2021) [] Top News [AWS Announces Custom Lenses Feature for Its Well-Architected Framework]( Recently, AWS announced AWS Well-Architected Custom Lenses, a new feature of the AWS Well-Architected Tool. With this new feature, customers can bring their own best practices to complement the existing framework based on their industry, operational plans, and internal processes. [Microsoft Introduces a Fully-Managed Azure Load Testing Service in Preview]( Recently Microsoft announced a preview of Azure Load Testing. With this fully-managed load testing service, users can generate high-scale load with custom Apache JMeter scripts and gain actionable insights to catch and fix performance bottlenecks. [Adapting a Zero Bug Policy to Solve Bugs]( Applying a zero bug policy made it easier to prioritize bugs and increased team visibility and responsiveness towards bugs. As it’s a radical change, you will need to adapt it to your context regarding decision-making and time to fix a bug. [Continuous Integration vs. Continuous Delivery vs. Continuous Deployment (by O'Reilly)]( Continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous deployment are key software delivery processes in a DevOps environment. But what does each one do for your product dev & release cycles? Learn what these terms really boil down to, and how they work together to help your team release software. [Download now](. Sponsored content [CI CD CD]( [Dealing with Cognitive Biases in Software Development]( Cognitive biases help us to think faster, but they also make us less rational than we think we are. Being able to recognize and overcome biases can prevent problems and increase the performance of software teams. [What Machine Learning Can Do for Security]( Machine learning can be applied in various ways in security, for instance, in malware analysis, to make predictions, and for clustering security events. It can also be used to detect previously unknown attacks with no established signature. [] Top Articles [Thriving in the Complexity of Software Development Using Open Sociotechnical Systems Design]( Social sciences using open sociotechnical systems theory can help us create a work environment where people feel more at home and proud of what they produce, a more humane organisation. [article]( [Leading with Empathy]( As a response to the pandemic, leading with empathy is needed more than ever. As organizations embrace a hybrid working model, empathy should become a core tenet of organizational culture. [article]( [Solutions for Testing Blockchain: Private Blockchains, Permutations, and Shifting Left]( This article explores some of the key challenges faced by teams needing to test blockchain technology, while also providing solutions to meeting those challenges. [article]( [Five Things to Remember When Upgrading Your Legacy Solution]( Updating a legacy system is challenging. By choosing the right modernization strategy and teams you can easily cut down the legacy software maintenance cost and increase productivity. [article]( [Failing Fast: the Impact of Bias When Speeding up Application Security]( This article deals with three biases people can have with establishing application security while trying to move fast in building them, providing advice on what to do about them. [article]( [Effective Feature Management (by O’Reilly)]( This book shows you the surprising benefits of using feature flags to test in production, the secrets of scaling flags across large teams, how elite teams at Netflix and Atlassian use feature flags, and more. [Download the Book](. Sponsored content [Togglz and LaunchDarkly]( [] Top Podcasts [Obeya Rooms for Transparency, Collaboration and Communication]( In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Carol McEwan and Greg Woods from iObeya about the use of Obeya spaces and the culture of transparency they encourage in organisations. [podcast]( [Using Data to Remove Friction in the Digital Employee]( In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Mike Schumacher about the impact of poor digital employee experience and using data to remove friction in the employee experience. 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