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Talk to 10 test automation experts on how to get started (or get better at your job), and you're likely to get 12 different answers. We know, because we tried, asking not for general, vague advice such as "Learn to code," but for specific websites, books, videos, and other resources to study. MORE
Many of us have worked with them: the engineering jerk who is brilliant at what they do, but treats others like trash. Here's a test for you or your company: Would you tolerate a brilliant engineer who is also an a **e? (Or These are not two actual engineers, but are collections of related traits to help examine this behavior beyond the simple "no a **e rule." Alice is great at working individually on hard engineering problems. MORE
Companies are increasingly recognizing the value of performance engineering, which goes well beyond performance testing. These organizations now require the capability to fix performance issues whenever and wherever they exist—and they're willing to pay a premium for those skills. MORE
Our mission in Studio Engineering is to build a unified, global, and digital studio that powers the effective production of amazing content. link] Why Does Studio Engineering Exist? innovation production studio engineering entertainment MORE
As Uber’s operations became more complex and we offered additional features and … The post Engineering SQL Support on Apache Pinot at Uber appeared first on Uber Engineering Blog. MORE
We are proud to s hare Dynatrace has been named the winner in the “ Best Overall AI-based Analytics Company ” category, recognized for our innovation and the business-driving impact of our AI engine, Davis. . Dynatrace news. MORE
A frequently asked question I hear often is"What is the career ladder for a test automation engineer?" That's a great question, as this role is often perceived as a flat one that makes it difficult for managers and practitioners alike to determine how a team member can grow within it. MORE
App Dev & Testing, Testing, Performance EngineeringOne major roadblock that prevents teams from successfully maturing their performance efforts is a lack of training. Sometimes, just knowing where to start can be a challenge. MORE
devops monitoring alerts sensu chaos engineering event monitoringOne of my earliest jobs was as an admin for an MSP. We'd routinely generate alerts that weren't actionable, lacked context, and for most of our customers, were considered noise. From a monitoring perspective, it was bad. Customers didn't trust in the alerts they received and often resorted to having some additional monitoring product installed on their systems. MORE
There are a few qualities that differentiate average from high performing software engineering organisations. In my experience, the culture is better and the results are better in orgs where engineers and architects obsess over the design of code and architecture. MORE
In the previously published article, Getting started with Sphinx search engine, we talked about the Sphinx search engine and how to install it on the Windows operating system. MORE
In this series of chaos engineering articles, we have been learning to simulate various performance problems. In this post, let’s discuss how to simulate deadlock. What Is a Deadlock? Deadlocks tend to happen in multi-threaded applications. MORE
This can be a challenge for engineering teams: engineers can be less social and more competitive than non-engineers. The post Team building in software engineering appeared first on Tasktop Blog. EngineeringWhen you come in to work, do your teammates greet you? Are jokes told on your team? E specially bad ones? Do you chat about anything besides work? Trust is essential to teams. MORE
Building an elastic query engine on disaggregated storage , Vuppalapati, NSDI’20. This paper describes the design decisions behind the Snowflake cloud-based data warehouse. MORE
The only way to keep the Dutch at home is by grounding their offspring , as our government has discovered twice over. So, after spending two weeks dreading the end of the holiday season, last week marked the start of the second homeschooling season in a year. MORE
Design Principles for Mathematical Engineering in Experimentation Platform at Netflix Jeffrey Wong, Senior Modeling Architect, Experimentation Platform Colin McFarland, Director, Experimentation Platform At Netflix, we have data scientists coming from many backgrounds such as neuroscience, statistics and biostatistics, economics, and physics; each of these backgrounds has a meaningful contribution to how experiments should be analyzed. MORE
performance testing test automation solr kafka apache kafka search engine test data management test data test data management automationIf you’re reading this, you’re likely already well aware of the value of watertight QA practice and have a good understanding of what it entails. MORE
It is no surprise that Site Reliability Engineers have risen to prominence in the last decade. Modern IT infrastructure requires robust systems thinking and reliability engineering to keep the show on the road. In the past, software systems ran in highly controlled environments on-premise and managed by an army of sysadmins. Today, migration to the cloud is relentless; the stage has completely shifted. MORE
In this article, we will be talking about Manticore Search, which is an open-source search engine first released in 2017 as a fork of the Sphinx search engine. MORE
Growth Engineering at Netflix?—?Automated In the Growth Engineering team, we refer to this as the top of the signup funnel. If you recall in our previous blog post , Growth Engineering owns a service called the Orchestration Service. Growth Engineering at Netflix?—?Automated MORE
The Growth Engineering team is responsible for executing growth initiatives that help us anticipate and adapt to this change. For more background on Growth Engineering and the signup funnel, please have a look at our previous blog post that covers the basics. MORE
What is site reliability engineering? Site reliability engineering (SRE) is the practice of applying software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure processes to help organizations create highly reliable and scalable software systems. Dynatrace news. MORE
We’ll look at lifecycle management and then move on to tracing, while sharing some exciting announcements about Google Kubernetes Engine along the way. Rapid OneAgent rollouts on Google Kubernetes Engine. Product news Google Kubernetes Engine Helm chart observability What's new MORE
Site reliability engineering (SRE) is the practice of applying software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure processes to help organizations create highly reliable and scalable software systems. DevOps shift-left Site Reliability site reliability engineering MORE
This means a system that is not merely available but is also engineered with extensive redundant measures to continue to work as its users expect. reliability situations, where continuity of service is essential, with redundant elements continuously in-service, such as with airplane engines. MORE
Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF). Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF). Search engine optimization (SEO) is an essential part of a website’s design, and one all too often overlooked. A Smashing Guide To The World Of Search Engine Optimization. MORE
The Road to Performance Engineering. For example, Google was primarily known as a search engine. engineering developer engineer application performance dev and test performance engineering nfrIn a perfect world, software developers write bug-free code, clients are happy with the user experience, and everyone gets along just fine. MORE
Other professionals, such as front-end developers, create portfolios to highlight their skills, and you can do the same as automation engineers! Those looking to break into the test automation field have difficulty doing so because of a lack of experience. One way to gain experience is, of course, to study and practice on your own. But how do you demonstrate your newfound knowledge to employers? MORE
Everything you need to know about performance engineering. Application performance engineering is an essential practice for any DevOps team, allowing developers across departments to stay agile and efficient. You may also like: A Short History of Performance Engineering. MORE
Performance testing and engineering is always a niche area with many challenging objectives across the globe. The challenge of performance testing with performance engineering is far more complex and requires one to be multi-skilled to find problems/issues/defects. In the last few years, I have come across several interviews, discussions with client-facing groups and customers, and what they have in common is a high demand for performance engineers, not just performance testers. MORE
As teams try to adopt a faster, more iterative, incremental style of software delivery using the latest performance engineering techniques, the state of the art can hold them back. App Dev & Testing, Testing, Performance Engineering MORE
Life of a Netflix Partner Engineer?—?The The case of the extra 40 ms By: John Blair , Netflix Partner Engineering The Netflix application runs on hundreds of smart TVs, streaming sticks and pay TV set top boxes. Life of a Netflix Partner Engineer?—?The MORE
In my estimation, I have given over 2,500 interviews in my career, the bulk of them for Software Engineer positions. I have been interviewing Software Engineers for over 25 years and in my current role as CEO of Solution Street, I conduct, on average, two interviews a week. Do’s for a Software Engineer Job Interview. Solution Street has been evolving its interview process for over 18 years, and we feel like we offer a pretty robust and fair process. MORE
In this blog, I will be going through a step-by-step guide on how to automate SRE-driven performance engineering. The post Tutorial: Guide to automated SRE-driven performance engineering appeared first on Dynatrace blog. Dynatrace news. MORE
For DevOps teams, quality assurance isn’t enough: You need to up your game to quality engineering if you expect to increase velocity and improve quality through continuous integration. MORE
performance kubernetes chaos engineering github actions stabilityChaos Mesh is a cloud-native chaos testing platform that orchestrates chaos in Kubernetes environments. MORE
I’m a Senior Analytics Engineer on the Content and Marketing Analytics Research team. Being an Analytics Engineer is like being a hybrid of a librarian ?? One of my favorite things about being an Analytics Engineer is the variety. MORE
In this article, we will be talking about the Sphinx search engine and how to use it to install it on the Windows operating system. MORE
Very often, I heard that chaos engineering is only a technique used by larger companies (like Netflix) or in cloud native environments. You should read on if: You want to get an idea what chaos engineering is. You plan to use chaos engineering in your delivery process. MORE
Performance engineering at its finest. performance testing software testing automated testing mobile app testing software test automation performance engineering performance testing and tuning automated testing life cycle automated testing best practicesAs the world becomes more decidedly digital, the demand for apps has skyrocketed like never before. " There's an app for that " is not just a popular saying. It is an accurate depiction of how people live their lives. MORE
Those looking to break into the test automation field have difficulty doing so because of lack of experience. One way to gain experience is, of course, to study and practice on your own. But how do you demonstrate your newfound knowledge to employers? MORE
Development teams use an endless stream of new tools, frameworks, and practices, and it’s your job as a test engineer to make sure that no matter what your development teams use or create, everything runs and works reliably. Software development practices change fast. MORE
App Dev & Testing, Testing, Performance Engineering, Performance TestingIt's a strange time. We work from home. Political messages have invaded our social media. Layoffs over here, bailouts over there. MORE
Two Dynatrace Sales Engineers from our Chicago region, Dave Beran and Josh Wood, have recently collaborated on a 3D printing project to protect their local frontline professionals. Dynatrace news. MORE
Engineering Related Topics DZone
MARCH 28, 2021
In this series of chaos engineering articles, we have been learning to simulate various performance problems. In this post, let’s discuss how to simulate deadlock. What Is a Deadlock? Deadlocks tend to happen in multi-threaded applications.
The Netflix TechBlog
JUNE 30, 2020
Our mission in Studio Engineering is to build a unified, global, and digital studio that powers the effective production of amazing content. link] Why Does Studio Engineering Exist? innovation production studio engineering entertainment
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DZone
JANUARY 15, 2021
It is no surprise that Site Reliability Engineers have risen to prominence in the last decade. Modern IT infrastructure requires robust systems thinking and reliability engineering to keep the show on the road. In the past, software systems ran in highly controlled environments on-premise and managed by an army of sysadmins. Today, migration to the cloud is relentless; the stage has completely shifted.
The Netflix TechBlog
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Life of a Netflix Partner Engineer?—?The The case of the extra 40 ms By: John Blair , Netflix Partner Engineering The Netflix application runs on hundreds of smart TVs, streaming sticks and pay TV set top boxes. Life of a Netflix Partner Engineer?—?The
The Netflix TechBlog
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Growth Engineering at Netflix?—?Automated In the Growth Engineering team, we refer to this as the top of the signup funnel. If you recall in our previous blog post , Growth Engineering owns a service called the Orchestration Service. Growth Engineering at Netflix?—?Automated
Dynatrace
MAY 28, 2020
In this blog, I will be going through a step-by-step guide on how to automate SRE-driven performance engineering. The post Tutorial: Guide to automated SRE-driven performance engineering appeared first on Dynatrace blog. Dynatrace news.
DZone
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
performance kubernetes chaos engineering github actions stabilityChaos Mesh is a cloud-native chaos testing platform that orchestrates chaos in Kubernetes environments.
Dynatrace
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
What is site reliability engineering? Site reliability engineering (SRE) is the practice of applying software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure processes to help organizations create highly reliable and scalable software systems. Dynatrace news.
The Netflix TechBlog
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
The Growth Engineering team is responsible for executing growth initiatives that help us anticipate and adapt to this change. For more background on Growth Engineering and the signup funnel, please have a look at our previous blog post that covers the basics.
DZone
JANUARY 13, 2021
The only way to keep the Dutch at home is by grounding their offspring , as our government has discovered twice over. So, after spending two weeks dreading the end of the holiday season, last week marked the start of the second homeschooling season in a year.
DZone
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Other professionals, such as front-end developers, create portfolios to highlight their skills, and you can do the same as automation engineers! Those looking to break into the test automation field have difficulty doing so because of a lack of experience. One way to gain experience is, of course, to study and practice on your own. But how do you demonstrate your newfound knowledge to employers?
High Scalability
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
This means a system that is not merely available but is also engineered with extensive redundant measures to continue to work as its users expect. reliability situations, where continuity of service is essential, with redundant elements continuously in-service, such as with airplane engines.
Dynatrace
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Very often, I heard that chaos engineering is only a technique used by larger companies (like Netflix) or in cloud native environments. You should read on if: You want to get an idea what chaos engineering is. You plan to use chaos engineering in your delivery process.
Dynatrace
MARCH 23, 2020
We’ll look at lifecycle management and then move on to tracing, while sharing some exciting announcements about Google Kubernetes Engine along the way. Rapid OneAgent rollouts on Google Kubernetes Engine. Product news Google Kubernetes Engine Helm chart observability What's new
TechBeacon Testing
APRIL 20, 2021
Development teams use an endless stream of new tools, frameworks, and practices, and it’s your job as a test engineer to make sure that no matter what your development teams use or create, everything runs and works reliably. Software development practices change fast.
DZone
JANUARY 24, 2020
Everything you need to know about performance engineering. Application performance engineering is an essential practice for any DevOps team, allowing developers across departments to stay agile and efficient. You may also like: A Short History of Performance Engineering.
DZone
JULY 12, 2019
Performance testing and engineering is always a niche area with many challenging objectives across the globe. The challenge of performance testing with performance engineering is far more complex and requires one to be multi-skilled to find problems/issues/defects. In the last few years, I have come across several interviews, discussions with client-facing groups and customers, and what they have in common is a high demand for performance engineers, not just performance testers.
Dynatrace
AUGUST 26, 2020
We are proud to s hare Dynatrace has been named the winner in the “ Best Overall AI-based Analytics Company ” category, recognized for our innovation and the business-driving impact of our AI engine, Davis. . Dynatrace news.
TechBeacon Testing
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
As teams try to adopt a faster, more iterative, incremental style of software delivery using the latest performance engineering techniques, the state of the art can hold them back. App Dev & Testing, Testing, Performance Engineering
Strategic Tech
MARCH 16, 2021
There are a few qualities that differentiate average from high performing software engineering organisations. In my experience, the culture is better and the results are better in orgs where engineers and architects obsess over the design of code and architecture.
The Netflix TechBlog
OCTOBER 30, 2020
I’m a Senior Analytics Engineer on the Content and Marketing Analytics Research team. Being an Analytics Engineer is like being a hybrid of a librarian ?? One of my favorite things about being an Analytics Engineer is the variety.
TechBeacon Testing
APRIL 1, 2021
Talk to 10 test automation experts on how to get started (or get better at your job), and you're likely to get 12 different answers. We know, because we tried, asking not for general, vague advice such as "Learn to code," but for specific websites, books, videos, and other resources to study.
Smashing Magazine
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF). Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF). Search engine optimization (SEO) is an essential part of a website’s design, and one all too often overlooked. A Smashing Guide To The World Of Search Engine Optimization.
DZone
JANUARY 29, 2021
In my estimation, I have given over 2,500 interviews in my career, the bulk of them for Software Engineer positions. I have been interviewing Software Engineers for over 25 years and in my current role as CEO of Solution Street, I conduct, on average, two interviews a week. Do’s for a Software Engineer Job Interview. Solution Street has been evolving its interview process for over 18 years, and we feel like we offer a pretty robust and fair process.
DZone
JULY 18, 2019
The Road to Performance Engineering. For example, Google was primarily known as a search engine. engineering developer engineer application performance dev and test performance engineering nfrIn a perfect world, software developers write bug-free code, clients are happy with the user experience, and everyone gets along just fine.
TechBeacon Testing
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
A frequently asked question I hear often is"What is the career ladder for a test automation engineer?" That's a great question, as this role is often perceived as a flat one that makes it difficult for managers and practitioners alike to determine how a team member can grow within it.
TechBeacon Testing
MAY 18, 2020
App Dev & Testing, Testing, Performance EngineeringOne major roadblock that prevents teams from successfully maturing their performance efforts is a lack of training. Sometimes, just knowing where to start can be a challenge.
DZone
JULY 8, 2019
devops monitoring alerts sensu chaos engineering event monitoringOne of my earliest jobs was as an admin for an MSP. We'd routinely generate alerts that weren't actionable, lacked context, and for most of our customers, were considered noise. From a monitoring perspective, it was bad. Customers didn't trust in the alerts they received and often resorted to having some additional monitoring product installed on their systems.
SQL Shack
JULY 10, 2020
In this article, we will be talking about the Sphinx search engine and how to use it to install it on the Windows operating system.
TechBeacon Testing
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
App Dev & Testing, Testing, Performance Engineering, Performance TestingIt's a strange time. We work from home. Political messages have invaded our social media. Layoffs over here, bailouts over there.
DZone
APRIL 17, 2020
performance testing test automation solr kafka apache kafka search engine test data management test data test data management automationIf you’re reading this, you’re likely already well aware of the value of watertight QA practice and have a good understanding of what it entails.
TechBeacon Testing
JUNE 18, 2020
Those looking to break into the test automation field have difficulty doing so because of lack of experience. One way to gain experience is, of course, to study and practice on your own. But how do you demonstrate your newfound knowledge to employers?
SQL Shack
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
In this article, we will be talking about Manticore Search, which is an open-source search engine first released in 2017 as a fork of the Sphinx search engine.
The Morning Paper
MARCH 8, 2020
Building an elastic query engine on disaggregated storage , Vuppalapati, NSDI’20. This paper describes the design decisions behind the Snowflake cloud-based data warehouse.
Uber Engineering
JANUARY 15, 2020
As Uber’s operations became more complex and we offered additional features and … The post Engineering SQL Support on Apache Pinot at Uber appeared first on Uber Engineering Blog.
SQL Shack
AUGUST 4, 2020
In the previously published article, Getting started with Sphinx search engine, we talked about the Sphinx search engine and how to install it on the Windows operating system.
DZone
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Performance engineering at its finest. performance testing software testing automated testing mobile app testing software test automation performance engineering performance testing and tuning automated testing life cycle automated testing best practicesAs the world becomes more decidedly digital, the demand for apps has skyrocketed like never before. " There's an app for that " is not just a popular saying. It is an accurate depiction of how people live their lives.
Brendan Gregg
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
Many of us have worked with them: the engineering jerk who is brilliant at what they do, but treats others like trash. Here's a test for you or your company: Would you tolerate a brilliant engineer who is also an a **e? (Or These are not two actual engineers, but are collections of related traits to help examine this behavior beyond the simple "no a **e rule." Alice is great at working individually on hard engineering problems.
Dynatrace
MAY 19, 2020
Two Dynatrace Sales Engineers from our Chicago region, Dave Beran and Josh Wood, have recently collaborated on a 3D printing project to protect their local frontline professionals. Dynatrace news.
TechBeacon Testing
MARCH 2, 2021
For DevOps teams, quality assurance isn’t enough: You need to up your game to quality engineering if you expect to increase velocity and improve quality through continuous integration.
The Netflix TechBlog
MARCH 7, 2019
Design Principles for Mathematical Engineering in Experimentation Platform at Netflix Jeffrey Wong, Senior Modeling Architect, Experimentation Platform Colin McFarland, Director, Experimentation Platform At Netflix, we have data scientists coming from many backgrounds such as neuroscience, statistics and biostatistics, economics, and physics; each of these backgrounds has a meaningful contribution to how experiments should be analyzed.
Tasktop
MAY 31, 2019
This can be a challenge for engineering teams: engineers can be less social and more competitive than non-engineers. The post Team building in software engineering appeared first on Tasktop Blog. EngineeringWhen you come in to work, do your teammates greet you? Are jokes told on your team? E specially bad ones? Do you chat about anything besides work? Trust is essential to teams.
TechBeacon Testing
MAY 26, 2020
Companies are increasingly recognizing the value of performance engineering, which goes well beyond performance testing. These organizations now require the capability to fix performance issues whenever and wherever they exist—and they're willing to pay a premium for those skills.
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