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Development

Strangler Things: How to De-risk Legacy Code Migrations

Shawna Martell discusses a case study in which they disentangled systems with no customer impact and zero downtime, how they prioritize feature migration, tooling, and backwards compatibility.

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Architecture & Design

Delivering Millions of Notifications within Seconds During the Super Bowl

Zhen Zhou discusses how they built/test an on-demand notification system, what it takes to manage cloud resources/site-reliability at the same time, and how to mitigate reliability issues.

AI, ML & Data Engineering

Justin Sheehy on Being a Responsible Developer in the Age of AI Hype

At the recent InfoQ Dev Summit Boston, Justin Sheehy of Akamai delivered an insightful opening keynote on being a responsible developer in the age of artificial intelligence hype. The talk is aimed at software practitioners who might feel overwhelmed by the rapid developments and inflated expectations surrounding AI. We’re sharing Justin’s full talk in this special episode of the InfoQ Podcast.

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Culture & Methods

Breaking the Ceiling: Scaling Your Impact at the Staff-Plus Level

Thiago Ghisi discusses what defines the Staff-Plus level, expectations across companies, approaches for high-performing Staff-Plus Engineers, strategies for scaling, and examples of "Staff Projects".

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DevOps

Using GreenOps to Improve Your Operational Efficiency and Save the Planet

Our infrastructures have environmental and economic costs; the IT sector is responsible for 1.4% of carbon emissions worldwide. GreenOps can be used to help mitigate this impact.