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Five Lessons Learned from Implementing OpenTelemetry
We set out to implement Open Telemetry (OTel) across our microservices running on Kubernetes. OTel is a Cloud Native incubating project. Otel originated from the merger of two ...
React Native Vs Rust
React Native vs Rust: A Comparative Exploration for Enterprise Solutions In the dynamic world of technology, where large global and blue-chip organisations are constantly striving ...
Red Badger and Split to host LeadDev Conference After Party
Are you attending the LeadDev Conference and looking for an opportunity to network and explore innovative solutions to improve your technical leadership skills? Look no further ...
Writing Envoy filters in Rust with WebAssembly
Istio recently released version 1.5, and one of the major changes in it is the deprecation of Mixer in favour of WebAssembly Envoy filters. If none of that sentence made sense to ...
4 key takeaways from Kanban Management Professional training
After recently attending Kanban Management Professional I and II training, I got some useful new language to help me explain some of the underlying instincts that I have around ...
One minute reads: forecasting with Little’s Law
John Little coined his eponymous theorem while studying queues – it links the rate at which customers enter a queue, the average wait each customer experiences, and the number of ...
7 steps to perfect retrospectives to align teams on shared values
Spend enough time working together in a team and you’re bound to encounter teammates feeling anxious, uninspired or just that general sense of something not being right at work. ...
How to measure psychological safety
Co-authored with Jamie Irving; originally published here. We can probably all agree that, as we are likely to spend more time with our colleagues than our friends and family, ...
6 ways to build an unproductive product team
An unproductive team can be the result of multiple factors, some of which from habits we may not even realise. Not only does building a productive team get the work done, it has ...
How to build in Rust - Using Rust to build networked services
Here’s why it’s worth using Rust to build networked services Meet Ferris, the friendly rustacean. Rust has evolved to the point where it’s now a good choice for building networked ...