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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

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. They prefer to work in isolation and just deliver.

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Tackling the Pipeline Problem in the Architecture Research Community

ACM Sigarch

However, we often hear anecdotes that the number of prospective graduate students applying to computer architecture/systems is small and shrinking. Undergraduate Outreach and the uArch Workshop. To address some of the issues mentioned above, we are organizing the first Undergrad Architect Workshop (uArch) at ISCA ‘19.

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Managing Energy, Prioritizing Health: The Tasktop Recharge Days Initiative

Tasktop

In addition to a generous fitness allowance program , the company is also working with a third party to provide teams with online mental health classes and workshops. Senior Systems Administrator, Michelle Santos, embraced a different type of cloud at Golden Ears Provincial Park in BC. How did Tasktopians Recharge?

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Forming an Architecture Modernization Enabling Team (AMET)

Strategic Tech

Typically, there’s a period where modernization is discussed as the pains of legacy systems and/or ways of working are noticed and become ever more prominent, blocking the business strategy. You can also experiment with various workshop formats. Some companies talk about modernizing for years before they make a serious commitment.

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Experimentation is a major focus of Data Science across Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

Data Scientists play a vital role in building automated systems that leverage causal inference to decide how we spend our advertising budget. One way we do this is through constantly improving the recommendation systems that produce a personalized home page experience for each of our members.

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A Clash of Mindsets: When New Products Depend on Existing Products

Strategic Tech

The system needs to be highly reliable because even just a little downtime can alienate loyal customers. Two particularly relevant patterns are Efficiency Enables Evolution and Higher Order Systems Create New Sources of Worth. In Wardley lingo, Google Maps is so efficient that it acts as a building block for higher-order systems (e.g.

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Open Source at AWS re:Invent

Adrian Cockcroft

AWS Developer Relations on how the shift from Robot Operating System (ROS) 1 to ROS 2 will change the landscape for all robot lovers. Software Engineer, AWS Serverless Applications, and Yishai Galatzer, Senior Manager Software Development.