This paper on Psychological Affordances and their influence on DevEx improvement interventions from Catherine M. Hicks is a goldmine for understanding how to make a lasting difference to development teams. Find out what a “psychological affordance” is, how definitions of developer experience differ, and how to create the right conditions for success. For that code […]
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The AI playbook for UK Government
A tour of the 10 principles that guide safe, responsible, and effective use of AI in government from the Artificial Intelligence Playbook for the UK Government.
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Looking back at NATO ’68
Looking back at the history of software delivery is like discovering the kind of diamond mine you see in cartoons. Lights reflect from perfectly cut gemstones that simply need to be plucked from the walls. Well, way back in 1968, there was a NATO software engineering conference. Surely, there’s nothing to learn about software engineering […]
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Impact of generative AI in software development
Dives into the new DORA report, titled Impact of Generative AI in Software Development, which looks at the outcomes of using AI for code, docs, and other software delivery tasks. The report looks at benefits and problems at the individual and team levels, uncovering some surprises along the way like the vacuum hypothesis and the […]
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Mapping your deployment pipeline: A guide to Continuous Delivery
This white paper from Octopus Deploy provides a comprehensive guide to mapping and improving deployment pipelines for achieving Continuous Delivery. It explains Continuous Delivery’s core principles and benefits, emphasizing its role in increasing deployment frequency and reducing risk. Establish a basic deployment pipeline with stages like commit, build, acceptance, and production while highlighting the importance of automation and monitoring. […]
Presented by Google's NotebookLM hosts, The Software Delivery Notebook (SDN) takes a dive into white papers and other industry content to provide a 20 minute summary.