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Inside Uber’s move to the Cloud: Part 1

Uber has operated its own data centers for 9 years. What challenges did the company face, and why is it considering moving to the Cloud? Part 1.

Mar 7 •

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Inside Shopify's Leveling Split: Exclusive

A deep dive into the e-commerce giant’s major change to its engineering levels, including a look at the levels before and after the revamp, how and why…

Jun 6 •

The Scoop #50: Why are many Snap employees selling stock ASAP?

Also: analyzing job cuts at Lyft, the death of Robinhood’s remote work experiment, and an edicational Uber simulation side project that engineers can…

Jun 1 •

Inside Agoda’s Private Cloud Setup: Part 1

The evolution of data centers; the hardware inside data centers, and availability zones inside Agoda, and a tour of the DCs. Exclusive details.

May 30 •

The Scoop #49: Should Glassdoor reviews matter for tech companies?

Also: a 1.5-month code freeze at Stack Overflow, early warning signs of cuts at AWS, and details on when Amazon will join the generative AI race.

May 25 •

Reorg basics for Engineering Managers and Engineers

Running a reorg as an engineering leader, and how to make the most of a reorg, as someone caught up in the middle of this.

May 23 •

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The Scoop #48: GitHub’s reliability issues

Also: Amazon’s RTO on the way, Stack Overflow cutting down on product development,Google reducing perks and the story of Excalidraw.

May 18 •

A new way to measure developer productivity – from the creators of DORA and SPACE

An exclusive interview with the four researchers behind a new developer productivity framework: The three dimensions of DevEx

May 17 •

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