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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general.

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5 code review best practices

Atlassian

In 1988, Hewlett Packard (HP) conducted an internal review of their software development processes and set a target to improve their code quality tenfold. Eventually, they concluded that incorporating code reviews into the development cycle saved more money than resolving defects after they were found by customers.

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Test-Driven or Feature Flag-Driven Development: What’s Best For Your Team?

Split

The need for efficient and effective software development methodologies has never been more paramount. Amid this incessant search for perfection, two paradigms have become prominent: Test-driven development (TDD) and feature flag-driven development (FFDD). Then, they write the minimum amount of code needed to pass the test.

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Digital Sustainability: A Growing Frontier in Software Development

The Product Coalition

Software development with sustainability in mind is a rising trend in digital spaces. I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition, for his valuable contributions to this article's research, development, and writing. Let’s explore how and why this matters.

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Not investing in localization is costing you more than you think

Intercom, Inc.

And while machine translation is often suited to live conversations due to the importance of responding in real-time, anything less than human translation for knowledge base articles and onboarding flows won’t make for a good customer experience – and will inevitably result in low engagement and adoption rates.

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Ask Teresa: Does the Engineer in the Product Trio Need to be the Tech Lead?

Product Talk

Our more senior engineer might be most interested in system architecture, code reviews, and mentoring other engineers. The most senior engineer might be most interested in system architecture, code reviews, and mentoring other engineers. However, sometimes this doesn’t work for engineering.

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Mechanism of change: Getting more from your incident reviews

Intercom, Inc.

You can’t build software without encountering incidents – from critical bugs to full-blown outages, dealing with incidents are an inevitable part of the process. As a result, you’ll find no shortage of articles telling you how to write a review – or as they’re commonly known, a post mortem – of your incident.