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Developer Joy: A Better Way to Boost Developer Productivity

In this article, Holly and Trisha explore why joy isn’t a distraction from productivity: it’s the secret ingredient. From debugging brain waves in the middle of a jog to cutting out test flakiness, they explain how to reclaim developer satisfaction and boost output by embracing curiosity, minimizing friction, and giving ourselves a break.

Trisha Gee Holly Cummins
on Jun 04, 2025
Culture & Methods

How to Scale Your Impact at the Staff-Plus Level

This article demystifies what "Staff-Plus" expectations actually look like, drawing on real promotion and performance reviews experiences. It maps out career ladders, digs into promotion patterns and the key behaviors that consistently help high-performing engineers to reinvent themselves, and introduces the concept of "staff projects" which top performers use to drive their careers forward.

Thiago Ghisi
on May 19, 2025
Development

Binary Size Matters: the Challenges of Fitting Complex Applications in Storage-Constrained Devices

This article explores developing software for microcontrollers in C or C++, where constraints are the limited amount of volatile memory and the embedded hardware platform on which the software runs. It shows how to adopt languages like C++ while optimizing for binary size due to stringent hardware constraints, and trade off between runtime efficiency and binary size in architecture decisions.

Paulo Martinez
on May 16, 2025
Culture & Methods

From Code to Charisma: Emotional Mastery for Tech Leaders

In tech, leadership is about more than managing projects—it's about influencing teams and driving collaboration. This article explores how understanding the brain’s states—rational, emotional, and survival—can enhance decision-making and innovation. By mastering emotional regulation, trust, and psychological safety, leaders can empower teams to thrive and unlock their full potential.

Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg
on May 13, 2025
Culture & Methods

InfoQ Culture and Methods Trends Report - 2025

This report summarizes how the InfoQ Culture and Methods editorial team sees the ongoing and emergent trends in the culture and methods space.

Shane Hastie Charity Majors Ben Linders Rafiq Gemmail Craig Smith
on May 09, 2025
Culture & Methods

Virtual Panel: Increasing Engineering Productivity, Develop Software Fast and in a Sustainable Way

Companies need to balance between rapid feature development and long-term product sustainability. Engineers are taking on more left-shifted, cognitive load as their features intersect with user privacy, security, accessibility, and regulations. We'll discuss approaches, philosophies, and techniques that companies and products applied to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of development.

Ben Linders Jennifer Bevan Sergii Gorbachov Jenna Butler
on Mar 05, 2025
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Building Trust in AI: Security and Risks in Highly Regulated Industries

Explore the transformative power of responsible AI across industries, emphasizing security, MLOps, and compliance. As AI drives innovation—from predicting hurricanes to enhancing legal workflows—organizations must prioritize ethical practices, transparency, and robust governance to safeguard sensitive data while navigating an evolving regulatory landscape.

Stefania Chaplin Azhir Mahmood
on Feb 10, 2025
Culture & Methods

Virtual Panel: How to Become a Principal Engineer

As a software engineer or individual contributor, the next step in your career can be to become a principal engineer. The path to becoming a principal engineer at companies can feel unclear, which can inhibit individual engineering careers. But that also provides opportunities for engineers to invent and shape the role of principal engineers.

Ben Linders Joy Ebertz Pablo Fredrikson Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg
on Dec 11, 2024
Culture & Methods

Reaching Your Automatic Testing Goals by Enhancing Your Test Architecture

If you have automatic end-to-end tests, you have test architecture, even if you’ve never given it a thought. Test architecture encompasses everything from code to more theoretical concerns like enterprise architecture, but with concrete, immediate consequences. Let's explore how you can achieve the goals you have for your automatic testing effort.

James Westfall
on Dec 04, 2024
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Navigating Responsible AI in the FinTech Landscape

Explore the dynamic intersection of responsible AI, regulation, and ethics in the FinTech sector. This article highlights key challenges and innovative practices as organizations navigate compliance with evolving guidelines like the EU AI Act. Discover how to balance transparency, efficiency, and risk management for sustainable AI growth in your business.

Lexy Kassan
on Nov 27, 2024
Culture & Methods

How Rules Can Foster Creativity: the Design System of Reykjavík

The value of design systems is especially evident in the public sector, where the need to use taxpayer money effectively aligns with the demand for user-centered solutions. By examining Reykjavík’s design system, we can gain insights into how design systems promote creativity, efficiency, and collaboration, with implications for both private and public sectors.

Auðbergur Gíslason
on Nov 07, 2024
Culture & Methods

Jump into the Demoscene: Where Logic, Creativity, and Artistic Expression Merge

The demoscene is a vibrant, creative subculture where you can use mathematics, algorithms, creativity, and a wee bit of chaos to express yourself. In this article, I want to inspire you to grab the opportunity to get your voice and vision on the table, and show you that the demoscene is not only for mathematical wizards.

Espen Sande Larsen
on Oct 30, 2024