Category: technology
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The Comical Chaos of OKRs in the Office
The OKR That Never Was (A Satire) It was a typical Monday morning in the office. The air was filled with the sound of keyboards clacking and the smell of freshly brewed coffee. But then, Jasmine from HR barged into our daily standup meeting like she had just seen the…
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Transforming Developer Platforms with AI
AI is rapidly transforming developer platforms from static utilities into intelligent systems. Internal developer platforms, such as GitLab, Jira, Jenkins, Nexus, Backstage, Vault, Grafana and Confluence have always operated behind the scenes. Considered plumbing, these tools are viewed as necessary, but often unsexy. AI is about to change that, with…
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Japan Built an Internet So Fast, It Could Download Netflix in a Second
Imagine this. You sit down for a movie. You click Download. And before you can blink, the entire Netflix library is already on your device. Every show. Every film. Every documentary. Done. In a second. Sounds impossible, right? Like some kind of sci-fi fantasy. Well, in a quiet corner of…
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The Power of Storytelling
Storytelling > Product Specs We like to believe that facts drive change.Dashboards, metrics, adoption curves, and defect counts all seem perfectly rational. And yet, every major transformation we’ve lived through tells a different story. Facts tell us what is happening.They rarely tell us what must change next.And they almost never…
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The Secrets of the Arctic World Archive (AWA)
Preserving knowledge for future generations Envision a secure location deep within a mountain on an isolated island in the Arctic Circle, protected so that it can preserve the world’s most valuable knowledge for centuries, regardless of worldwide catastrophes. No, I am not describing a scene from a Hollywood action flick.…
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Who Owns JIRA-1138? (Definitely Not Me)
Product Management Circus: A Backlog Refinement Satire A Sprint Refinement Satire Sprint: 134 Team: “Agile Avengers” Meeting: Sprint Refinement (a.k.a. “Let’s Pretend We’ll Do This”) Time: 2:00 PM (or whenever the last person remembers to join Zoom) Cast of Characters Scrum Master (Rita): Keeper of the Timebox. Product Owner (Dan):…
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InnerSourcing (Part 2): Key Players in an Organisation
Explore Contributors, Trusted Committers, and Core Maintainers In this three-part series, In continuation of my last article on InnerSource (busting the myths), I am presenting a new article that talks about: So, let’s start. 1. Contributors These are the developers from various business units who use the developer tooling platform and contribute…
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Dev & Ops Working in Silos: Blame Game -A Workplace Story
How Adopting a DevOps Culture Can Offer a Quick Solution “Don’t be a hero; software development is about the team’s success.” — DevOps is all about teamwork! Blaming individuals hinders progress. When we focus on shared responsibility, it fosters better communication and more effective problem-solving within the team. The Story…
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Must-Listen Product Management Podcasts for the PMs
According to Wiki, A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an episodic series of digital audio files that users can download to a personal device or stream to listen to at their convenience. So, you’ve landed your first Product Manager job? Congratulations!…