Thought Leadership

Habits of high-performing distributed software teams

Performant teams are what often make or break a tech company. Here are 5 best practices high-performing teams are using.

Thought Leadership

Being a backend developer feels harder than 20 years ago

All the reasons why backend development today feels harder, or, at the very least, vastly more complex than 20 years ago.

Distributed Systems

How to recover your architecture after drift and erosion

To effectively guide the evolution of a software system and ensure its long-term stability and maintainability, it’s crucial to understand the phenomena of architectural drift and erosion.

Distributed Systems

Strategies for managing architectural technical debt that DON’T work

The most significant relief from performance issues and costly technical liabilities comes from resolving architectural technical debt. This blog post explores best strategies to achieve that.

Distributed Systems

Understanding architectural technical debt

While most resources and tools today focus on code-level technical debt, it is Architectural Technical Debt (ATD) that incurs the highest "interest rates" and imposes the most significant constraints on the evolution of a software system.

Session Replay

Multiplayer notebooks: build, test, and debug API integrations with ease

Notebooks are the ultimate tool for designing, testing, and sharing API integrations. No coding expertise required.

AI

AI will transform how we debug distributed systems

Even the most talented and experienced developers come across several challenges when debugging a large distributed system. AI can help with that.

AI

How to win the AI dev-tools arms race

AI alone can't disrupt a business, the companies that survive and thrive are the ones that are using the technology to solve real problems.

Thought Leadership

Tackling technical debt through strategic communication

Every engineering team faces the same inherent communication pitfalls. This article explores strategies to address them.

Backend Design

The essential guide to building a minimum viable architecture

Minimum Viable Architecture plays a critical role in the success of your Minimum Viable Product. Learn how to avoid the most common pitfalls in implementing this strategic approach.

Dev Onboarding

[Part 5] Developer onboarding: documentation common mistakes

A negative onboarding experience can make new hires twice as likely to look for other jobs in their first year. This article reviews common documentation mistakes to avoid.

Dev Onboarding

[Part 4] Developer onboarding: documentation must-haves

A full list of all the technical documentation a newly hired engineer will need to ramp up and become productive.