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Forget SLAs – Today, It’s All About Service-Level Objectives (SLOs)

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What’s Wrong With SLAs? “A service-level agreement (SLA) is a commitment between a service provider and a client,” according to Wikipedia. “Particular aspects of the service – quality, availability, responsibilities – are agreed between the service provider and the service user.”. SLAs are thus contracts between third parties – contracts that can drive the wrong business outcomes.

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What, Exactly, Is Agile Management?

The Agile Manager

Engineers have long had a poor relationship with managers. There are the stories long told of engineers unconstrained by management executing high stakes skunkworks projects, or more modestly using guerilla tactics to sneak unauthorized features into products that delight users. There are popular caricatures such as the pointy-haired manager in Dilbert, or Ford Motor’s management as portrayed in the movie Ford v Ferrari.

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How To Effectively Perform White Box Testing

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White box testing is a type of testing technique that aims to evaluate the code, design, and internal structure of a program to improve its design, usability, and security. It is one of the two parts of Box Testing methodologies included in software QA testing. The term “white box” is used to refer to the concept of the see-through box. Simply put, the clear box or White Box symbolizes the ability to look through the outer shell of a program and into its inner layout.

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Stories Of September (2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition)

Smashing Magazine

Stories Of September (2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition). Stories Of September (2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition). Cosima Mielke. 2021-08-31T08:00:00+00:00. 2021-08-31T11:15:36+00:00. September is just around the corner, and, well, that means. it’s time for some new wallpapers! Since more than ten years now, our monthly wallpapers series is the perfect opportunity for artists and designers from all across the world to challenge their creative skills and dive into a little project just for fun.

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A Guide To REST API Testing Strategy

DZone

Recent studies on customer experience by Zendesk reveal that one bad customer service experience leads to 39% of customers ignoring a company for the next two years. To avoid such incidents, you should shape up your user interface (UI) interactions effectively to engage with the prospects and constantly add value to their interactions with the content on your website.

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State Management In Next.js

Smashing Magazine

State Management In Next.js. State Management In Next.js. Átila Fassina. 2021-08-31T14:00:00+00:00. 2021-08-31T15:49:51+00:00. This article is intended to be used as a primer for managing complex states in a Next.js app. Unfortunately, the framework is way too versatile for us to cover all possible use cases in this article. But these strategies should fit the vast majority of apps around with little to no adjustments.

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