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Virtual Panel: How to Become a Principal Engineer
As a software engineer or individual contributor, the next step in your career can be to become a principal engineer. The path to becoming a principal engineer at companies can feel unclear, which can inhibit individual engineering careers. But that also provides opportunities for engineers to invent and shape the role of principal engineers.
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Beat the Plan: Probabilistic Strategies for Successful Software Delivery at Scale
Large-scale software delivery demands managing complexity across teams and organizations. Similarly to betting strategies in Vegas, embracing probabilistic thinking helps tackle uncertainty, shifting from rigid plans to adaptive systems. By making informed bets and designing for change, leaders can control volatility, respond to evolving conditions, and drive success in dynamic environments.
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Reaching Your Automatic Testing Goals by Enhancing Your Test Architecture
If you have automatic end-to-end tests, you have test architecture, even if you’ve never given it a thought. Test architecture encompasses everything from code to more theoretical concerns like enterprise architecture, but with concrete, immediate consequences. Let's explore how you can achieve the goals you have for your automatic testing effort.
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Navigating Responsible AI in the FinTech Landscape
Explore the dynamic intersection of responsible AI, regulation, and ethics in the FinTech sector. This article highlights key challenges and innovative practices as organizations navigate compliance with evolving guidelines like the EU AI Act. Discover how to balance transparency, efficiency, and risk management for sustainable AI growth in your business.
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Architectural Intelligence – the Next AI
Architectural Intelligence is the ability to look beyond AI hype and identify real AI components. Determining how, where, and when to use AI elements comes down to traditional trade-off analysis. Like any technology, AI can be used creatively, but inappropriately. Identify if AI makes sense for your use case, then work to use it effectively to meet your needs.
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Reactive Real-Time Notifications with SSE, Spring Boot, and Redis Pub/Sub
Explore the power of reactive programming for building scalable real-time notification systems. Using Spring Boot Reactive and Spring WebFlux, leverage non-blocking operations to handle high-volume, asynchronous data flows efficiently. Discover how Redis Pub/Sub enables event-driven messaging and how the SSE protocol provides persistent connections for instant client updates without polling.
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Transforming Legacy Healthcare Systems: a Journey to Cloud-Native Architecture
Discover how Livi navigated the complexities of transitioning MJog, a legacy healthcare system, to a cloud-native architecture, sharing valuable insights for successful tech modernization. Our experience illustrates that transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-based microservices is not a one-time project, but an ongoing journey.
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To Dare or Not to Dare: the MVA Dilemma
Teams developing new products must decide between relying on tried-and-true technologies that may not be suitable for new situations or exploring new and unfamiliar technologies that may be a better fit but introduce unforeseen challenges.
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Efficient Resource Management with Small Language Models (SLMs) in Edge Computing
Small Language Models (SLMs) bring AI inference to the edge without overwhelming the resource-constrained devices. In this article, author Suruchi Shah dives into how SLMs can be used in edge computing applications for learning and adapting to patterns in real-time, reducing the computational burden and making edge devices smarter.
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How Rules Can Foster Creativity: the Design System of Reykjavík
The value of design systems is especially evident in the public sector, where the need to use taxpayer money effectively aligns with the demand for user-centered solutions. By examining Reykjavík’s design system, we can gain insights into how design systems promote creativity, efficiency, and collaboration, with implications for both private and public sectors.
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Being a Responsible Developer in the Age of AI Hype
Justin Sheehy emphasizes that AI is code, not magic, and warns against inflated claims about AI capabilities. He urges developers to approach AI with healthy skepticism, seeking verifiable evidence and focusing on ethical practices, including addressing bias, privacy, and data integrity. Clear communication about AI’s limitations and accountable use are essential to prevent hype and misuse.
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Java-Based No-Code and Low-Code Application Bootstrapping Tools Review
Low-code and no-code software development platforms help establish common ground for product development. They can help developers avoid repetitive bootstrapping tasks and speed up development. This article reviews four of the most common tools.