Ballerina, eBay's Development Velocity, AWS Backup, Gradle 7.4, AI Challenge

In this issue, March 22, 2022 [View it in your browser.]( [Ballerina for Full-Stack Developers,](#Ballerina) [Improving eBay's Development Velocity,](#eBay) [AWS Backup for Amazon S3,](#AWS) [BBC's Migration from LAMP to the Cloud,](#BBC) [Incident Response,](#Incident) [Gradle 7.4 Aggregated Test Reports,](#Gradle) [Specification-Driven API Lifecycle,](#Lifecycle) [AI Challenge](#Challenge) [QCon London Software Development Conference (April 4-6): Learn actionable insights to help you adopt the right technologies and practices]( How to make [Microservices]( successful? Is [Java]( Cloud-Native? How to optimize your organizational architecture for [speed & flow](? Looking for new processes and best software practices? Attend [QCon London]( (April 4-6) and learn from software leaders deep in the trenches creating software, scaling architectures and fine-tuning their technical leadership.  SPONSOR AD [Mabl]( [Maintaining Excellent Test Coverage: How Low-code Works as a Force Multiplier for Your Team]( See what’s happening in our industry fuelling the adoption of low-code, explore real-world examples of how low-code benefits software teams, and discover the impact of low-code on test coverage, app quality, and customer experience. [Live Webinar, Apr 14th, 2022 -- Save Your Seat](. [( [] [Matthew Clark on the BBC’s Migration from LAMP to the Cloud with AWS Lambda, React and CI/CD]( In this podcast Matthew Clark, head of architecture for the BBC's Digital Products, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Charles Humble and discussed: the new architecture for the BBC’s online services; the challenges of using Lambda functions including cold start-up, function chaining, debugging and setting the memory profile; the role of DevOps and CI/CD; and the nature of a cloud transformation. (Podcast) [( [] [Creating Culture that Doesn’t Suck – Good Comes First]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Chris Edmonds and Mark Babbitt about how leaders need to focus on creating a purposeful, positive, and productive work environment for their employees, customers, and stakeholders. (Podcast) [AI, ML & Data Engineering Latest Content]( [] [Allen Institute Launches Updated Embodied AI Challenge]( The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) has announced the 2022 version of their AI2-THOR Rearrangement Challenge. The challenge requires competitors to design an autonomous agent that can move objects in a virtual room and includes several improvements including a new dataset and faster training using the latest release of the AI2-THOR simulation platform. (News) SPONSOR AD [ScyllaDB]( [7 Reasons Not to Put an External Cache in Front of Your Database]( Read this white paper to learn common approaches to caching data, 7 specific reasons why external caching can be a bad choice, real-world examples of successfully eliminating external cache by companies such as Comcast, and more. [Download now](. [DevOps Latest Content]( TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Software Supply Chain Security Project in-toto Accepted into CNCF Incubator]( - [] [Site Reliability Engineers and the Specialist Mindset]( - [] [Dynatrace Application Security Gates Catalyze Secure Automated Releases]( [] [How to Best Use MTT* Metrics to Optimize Your Incident Response]( Selecting the correct MTT* metric to improve your incident response is important. If the wrong metric is chosen, the improvements may get lost in the noise of a multivariable equation. This article reviews the various MTT* metrics available and discusses the best scenarios for selecting each one. (Article) SPONSOR AD [Mabl]( [How DevOps Impacts Testing]( Understand how DevOps adoption is impacting testing strategies and application quality, and the evolving role of quality in development. [Download the report](. [Cloud Latest Content]( TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Google Cloud Introduces Community Security Analytics]( - [] [Cloud Spanner Introduces Committed Use Discounts]( - [] [Google Previews the Exactly-Once Delivery Feature for Its Pub/Sub Service]( [] [AWS Backup for Amazon S3 Generally Available]( Amazon recently announced the general availability of AWS Backup for Amazon S3, a managed option to centralize data protection for applications storing data on S3. The new feature automates the backup and restore of application data on S3 and combines it with the backup of other services, including instances and databases. (News) SPONSOR AD [Tetrate]( [[eBook] The Value of Istio & Envoy]( Has your transition to service-based models inadvertently led to increased complexity in service management, networking, and security? Let service mesh solve complexity and make you successful. [Download your free copy](. [Development Latest Content]( TOP Development NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Go 1.18 Stabilizes Generics, Fuzzing, Multi-Module Support, and Improves Performance]( - [] [Docker Desktop 4.6 for Mac Boosts Sharing Performance]( - [] [Uber's Engineering Manages to Cut 70k CPUs by Tuning Go GC]( - [] [SQLite 3.38 Improves JSON Queries, Error Messages, and More]( [] [Ballerina for Full-Stack Developers: a Guide to Creating Backend APIs]( This article explores Ballerina’s intuitive syntax for writing REST APIs. We also discuss authentication, authorization, OpenAPI tool, observability, SQL/NoSQL client libraries, and key language features. At the end of this article, you will have a good understanding of why Ballerina is a prominent candidate for writing your next backend API. (Article) SPONSOR AD [LaunchDarkly]( [30 Feature Flagging Best Practices Mega Guide]( In this ebook, you’ll read about the nuances of feature flagging best practices, so you can avoid technical debt and other common challenges. Learn about short-term and permanent flags, release management, operational feature flags, experimentation, and more. [Download now](. [Java Latest Content]( TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES - [] [JRebel Java Development Trends and Analysis 2022]( - [] [Java News Roundup: JDK 19 and Jakarta EE 10 Updates, Ansynch and Buffered Logging by Amazon Corretto]( [] [Gradle 7.4 Introduces Aggregated Test Reports]( Gradle has released version 7.4 of their open-source build automation tool that allows developers to create aggregated test and Jacoco coverage HTML reports. The versions catalog feature allows the centralized declaration of dependencies for usage in build scripts. Shared build services allow caching of state or resources across multiple tasks. (News) SPONSOR AD [Payara]( [Beginners Overview Guide to Java Runtimes]( Web server, runtime, or application server? In this guide we look at each and simplify and explain how and when to use the different types of Java Runtimes. [Download now](. [Web Development Latest Content]( [] [Panel: WebAssembly - the Past, Present and Future]( Aaron Turner, Taylor Thomas and Matt Butcher discuss the past, the present, and the future; where they think this technology will be most impactful in the coming years. (Presentation with transcript included) Learn how to solve complex software engineering and leadership challenges. Attend in-person at [QCon London, (April 4-6)]( and [QCon San Francisco (Oct 24-28)]( or attend online at [QCon Plus (May 10-20)](. Save your spot now! [Architecture & Design Latest Content]( TOP Architecture & Design NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Netflix’s RENO Keeps Experience Consistent across Devices]( [] [A Standardized, Specification-Driven API Lifecycle]( At QCon Plus last November, Kin Lane, Chief Evangelist with Postman, and the Open Technologies Team lead presented on API specifications. API specifications are essential to him and at Postman. So he wanted to share a bit of how they see API specifications impacting how they produce and consume APIs. (Article) [] [Create from Anywhere: the Netflix Workstations Story]( Michelle Brenner discusses the studio Netflix has been building for their originals, the technology behind it and the challenges faced. (Presentation with transcript included) [] [Seven Ways to Fail at Microservices]( Holly Cummins discusses a number of anti-patterns in building microservices: The murky goal, Microservices envy, Cloud native spaghetti, The enterprise hairball, The someday automation, and others. (Presentation with transcript included) [Culture & Methods Latest Content]( TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Measuring the Environmental Impact of Software and Cloud Services]( [] [What Leaders Can Learn from Computer Games]( Has the question ever crossed your mind why computer games are often more successful than leaders? Probably not, as this comparison may sound a little strange and provocative at first. However, when you hear the answer, this comparison will make much more sense to you, especially since it reveals a significant success factor for leadership, as well as agility. (Article) [] [Continuous Portfolio Management as a Contributor for Achieving Highly-Aligned, Loosely-Coupled Teams]( There is a business need for fast software delivery in order to frequently test business hypotheses and drive development based on the resulting feedback. Organizations need to rapidly decide on what to build next, using a short feedback loop that greatly reduces the risk of running on untested assumptions for too long. This article explores a journey towards continuous portfolio management. (Article) [] [Improving eBay's Development Velocity]( Randy Shoup and Mark Weinberg discuss breaking down silos, measuring software delivery, continually reducing build, startup, PR validation, and deployment time, embedding experts in product teams. (Presentation with transcript included) SPONSORED CONTENT Latest White Papers [The DevSecGuide to Kubernetes]( [[Case Study] How Goldman Sachs doubled code coverage for a legacy application overnight]( [DevTools]( [Access a Free Trial of Camunda Cloud - Enterprise Scale SaaS for Process Automation. Sign up now!]( You have received this message because you are subscribed to the "Top Content Newsletter". To stop receiving weekly updates on trends, please click the following link: [Unsubscribe]( Forwarded newsletter? [Register to get your own weekly newsletter.]( - - - C4Media Inc. (InfoQ.com), 2275 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Suite #325, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M8V 3Y3