Software Engineering Culture Round-Up

A Collection of Top Software Development News, Articles, Presentations & Podcasts April 2023 [InfoQ] Software Engineering Culture Round-Up Sponsored by [Fairwinds] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Presentations & 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 [Leading in Hybrid and Remote Environments: Skills to Develop and Tools That Can Help]( (news, Apr 13, 2023) [Moving from Technical Contributor to People Leader with Lena Reinhard]( (podcasts, Apr 07, 2023) [Modeling Patterns for Digital Transformation]( (presentations, Apr 07, 2023) [BBC’s Enablement Team Principles Focus on Openness, Collaboration, and Respect]( (news, Mar 30, 2023) [Green Software Development - What Can You Do Now, and Where is the Industry Heading?]( (news, Mar 23, 2023) [Kubernetes: The Good, The Bad & The Misconfigured]( Managing Kubernetes configuration can be overwhelming for DevOps managing multiple clusters and teams. In this white paper you'll learn why configuration counts in Kubernetes, how Infrastructure as Code scanning affects security & efficiency, and how to minimize Kubernetes misconfiguration. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Fairwinds Kubernetes Good Bad]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Programming Foundations for Test Automation]( (news, Mar 16, 2023) [Culture & Methods Trends Report March 2023]( (articles, Mar 31, 2023) [How Skyscanner Embedded a Team Metrics Culture for Continuous Improvement]( (articles, Mar 08, 2023) [How to Rebuild Tech Culture for Those Who Survived the Layoffs]( (articles, Feb 28, 2023) [] Top News [How to Lead and Manage in This Brave New Remote and Hybrid World]( Hybrid working is a mindset of trusting people and providing opportunities to get the best from everyone regardless of place and time. Managers have the opportunity to make people feel empowered, motivated, and productive. Alternatively, they can squash creativity, fun and psychological safety. [Developing Software to Manage Distributed Energy Systems at Scale]( Functional programming techniques can make software more composable, reliable, and testable. For systems at scale, trade-offs in edge vs. cloud computing can impact speed and security. [A Guide to Kubernetes Cost Optimization]( This guide helps both platform engineers and DevOps leaders understand the challenges around Kubernetes cost optimization. It provides a technical overview of why right-sizing applications in Kubernetes is hard and then offers suggestions on how to do it better. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Fairwinds Guide Kubernetes]( [Improving Developer Experience in Non-Technical Organisations with BMK]( BMK has recently written about the challenges and DevEx compromises faced by engineers within traditionally non-technical enterprises. McKinsey Digital also recently published a report which asserts that every company is a software company. We report on BMK and McKinsey's recommendations for non-technical firms to improve their delivery by adopting safer software cultures. [Learnings from Measuring Psychological Safety]( Asking people how they feel about taking certain types of risks can give insight into the level of psychological safety and help uncover issues. Discussing the answers can strengthen the level of safety of more mature teams and help less mature teams to understand how they could improve. [] Top Articles [Assessing Organizational Culture to Drive SRE Adoption]( This article describes how to assess the organizational culture in terms of production operations, provides a roadmap of small culture changes, and shows how leadership facilitates culture change. [article]( [Technology's Carbon Impact and What You Can Do about It]( This article discusses open source software tools and methodologies for balancing carbon with growth across IT organizations, and provides actionable approaches to greening IT organizations. [article]( [Kubernetes Benchmark Report 2023: Security, Cost and Reliability Workload Results]( The Kubernetes Benchmark Report 2023 evaluates results from over 100,000 workloads. The report serves as a tool for Kubernetes users to benchmark their clusters against reliability, security and cost efficiency. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Fairwinds_Kubernetes_Benchmark_Report]( [Moving towards a Future of Testing in the Metaverse]( This article describes the metaverse concept, explores key engineering challenges and quality concerns, and walks through technological advances in AI and software testing to mitigate the challenges. [article]( [How Visual Thinking Can Help Teams Get Clarity, Be More Creative, and Have More Inclusive Meetings]( This article is here to help you understand about visual thinking, and how you could use it to support yourself and your teams to create a more inclusive, creative and collaborative culture at work. [article]( [] Top Presentations & Podcasts [How to Become an Effective Communicator as an Engineer]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Neil Thompson of teachthegeek.com about how to build great communication skills as a technologist. [podcast]( [Becoming a Great Engineering Manager and Balancing Synchronous and Asynchronous Work]( Shane Hastie spoke to James Stanier about what makes a great engineering manager, nurturing culture with 14000 remote workers and deliberately balancing synchronous and asynchronous work. [podcast]( [How Open-Source Engagement Can Accelerate & Solidify Your Staff+ Career]( Alex Porcelli discusses how open-source contributions and long-term community engagement help building and sharpening skills needed in a staff+ career. [Alex Porcelli]( [Establishing SRE Foundations with Vladyslav Ukis]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Vladyslav Ukis about his new book, Establishing SRE Foundations. [podcast]( [Backstage with the QCon London 2023 Programming Committee]( What makes QCon software conferences stand out from other events? The top reason has to be the content, which focuses on innovator and early adopter trends, and presenters who are expert practitioners. [podcast]( [Connect with InfoQ on Twitter]( [Connect with InfoQ on Facebook]( [Connect with InfoQ on LinkedIn]( [Connect with InfoQ on Youtube]( You have received this message because you are subscribed to the “Special Reports Newsletter”. To stop receiving this email, please click the following link: [Unsubscribe]( C4Media Inc. (InfoQ.com), 705-2267 Lake Shore Blvd. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M8V 3X2