DevPath - Issue #115
DevPath delivers a curated newsletter for developers and leaders in tech. A side project by Fabio Cicerchia. Ideal for busy people as it gives a weekly extract of the latest news and trends.
Strip of the Week
Architecture
The Secret to Selling Your Software Architecture
Reading time: 7 mins
Through trial and error, I developed powerful strategies and techniques that helped me win over even the most skeptical stakeholders.
I learned how to align my architecture’s visualization with the stakeholders, anticipate and address objections, articulate the advantages of my architecture, and construct a persuasive case for my proposed solution.
I want to share these five strategies with you. Whether you’re facing resistance from management, developers, or other organization members, these tips will help you win over even the most demanding stakeholders.
Cloud
13 hidden AWS charges and how to avoid them
Reading time: 10 mins
AWS pricing and billing is a truly complicated topic, and it takes much time and effort to grasp its main peculiarities, one of the main of which is hidden charges. While AWS does a good job of providing tools to help users understand and control their costs, it’s nevertheless important to stay in the know of various non-obvious charges that can add up in order to be fully prepared to minimize them.
Infrastructure
Millions wasted on Kubernetes resources
Reading time: 4 mins
The Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Container Usage Report has shed some light on how organizations are managing their cloud environments. Based on real-world customers, the report is a snapshot of the state of cloud-native in 2023, aggregating data from billions of containers.
Methodologies
The age of cargo cult Agile must end.
Reading time: 14 mins
Via LinkedIn, I learned about an article called “The age of Agile must end” by Michael Burnett, and I’ve since seen it pop up again in other forums.
I found the article to be filled with misconceptions but given enough people have somehow found it insightful, I thought it might be worth writing a response.
At first, I thought “The age of Agile must end” was an example of the cargo cult reinvention cycle but looking more closely, it seems like it’s both a cargo cult understanding of Agile AND arguing for something that is not aligned with Agile. I don’t necessarily think this was an intentional straw man argument though.
Security
Awesome Cyber Security Newsletters
Reading time: 6 mins
Periodic cyber security newsletters that capture the latest news, summaries of conference talks, research, best practices, tools, events, vulnerabilities, and analysis of trending threats and attacks.
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