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What leads to a higher revenue per engineer? New benchmarking from DX reveals how areas like R&D spend, org size, and growth rate move the needle.

My latest post on The New Stack reveals how researchers pinpoint the exact sources behind chatbot responses.

The Kubernetes ecosystem has exploded with managed platforms tailored to multi-cloud, edge, on-prem, and regional deployments.

Some internal projects are too good to stay hidden. For DirectorPlus, Spotify's Pia Nilsson shares how to identify and externalize internal platforms — like they did with Backstage.

My latest feature for InfoWorld looks into the gaps surrounding AI-generated code and what leaders believe we need to improve the status quo.

New research shows LLMs outperform humans in software requirements engineering, reducing weeks of work to seconds while improving completeness by 10.2%.

Containers are designed to be isolated—that's great for security but tricky for networking. My feature with InfoWorld explores how eBPF is evolving container networking.

I recently synced with Camden Swita, Head of AI and ML Innovation at New Relic, to see how software engineers are implementing agentic AI in practice.

The 2nd annual code quality report from GitClear found 10x more duplicated code than two years ago and fewer signs of code reuse than ever before.

My feature on InfoWorld explores the state of Kubernetes usability, highlighting various advancements across workload types, support for edge and AI, and new features like observability and security.

It's up to leadership to help prioritize large-scale engineering updates that keep software running smoothly. Kent Wills, Director of Engineering at Yelp, provides insight on the latest DirectorPlus.

Italian for “tapestry,” Arazzo is aptly named since it can be used to weave together sequences of API calls to illustrate a specific business pattern.

I caught up with CTO Itiel Shwartz about leveraging finely tuned models like Komodor’s KlaudiaAI agent for ultra-specific DevOps challenges, like Kubernetes error diagnosis and remediation challenges.

Rolling out AI is all about framing it in a positive light, says GitLab's CTO, Sabrina Farmer. I interviewed her for the latest edition of DirectorPlus for LeadDev, which is out today.

Surmounting risks are encouraging CIOs to future-proof and update their resilience strategies. My latest feature for CIO.com explores resilience head-on.

Today, DX debuted a new developer productivity framework, DX Core 4. Excited to break the news with LeadDev, interviewing one of the designers of the framework.

In this issue of DirectorPlus, Gus Fune shares the story behind reverse engineering a monolithic e-commerce platform following MACH principles, which stands for microservices, APIs, cloud-native, and headless.

Having good API documentation is one thing. Being specification-first is next level. Here are the benefits a specification-driven, git-based approach to documentation can bring to partner API integrations.

75% of APIs stray from their OpenAPI specifications. My feature explores why API drift is so common and how engineering leaders should mitigate this issue.