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Technical Debt: Why We Take It On and How We Pay It Off

Early debt can be almost invisible, but will always eventually turn into irreparable smithereens scattered across the codebase. 

Heidi Waterhouse

What Is Container Orchestration, Exactly? Everything to Know

Container orchestration is the process of managing containers in an automated way—freeing engineers from tasks like (re)creating, scaling, and upgrading containers. On top of that, container orchestration also helps with managing networking and storage capabilities for containers.

Cody De Arkland

Recap: Your Questions for Gene Kim Answered

Things shifted for our audience's Q&A session, exploring topics like the future of development, how authoring a book compares to writing software, and why it matters who you hang out with.  

LaunchDarkly

The Only Way Is Up: Feature Management Climbing Gartner’s Slope of Enlightenment

What we’re seeing with this latest Hype Cycle™ is the beginning of a shift in focus from feature management’s technical capabilities to the potential business impact.

LaunchDarkly

5 Tools for Deployment Automation

There are multiple tools available for automated deployment. This article will examine five of them through factors including features, cost, and extensibility.

Joel Olawanle

Explore Popular Git Branching Strategies & Free Resources

In this guide, you’ll learn why Git branching is so valuable and get introduced to different branching strategies that may fit your needs.

LaunchDarkly

Report: Why Innovative Software Delivery Starts with Trust and Psychological Safety

When developers and engineers are held to strict standards and processes, they can feel too constrained and fearful of stepping out of line. For a larger organization, a laser focus on avoiding mistakes can impact everything from retention to the ability to create meaningful progress that separates their product from the competition.

Kevin Smith

Tech Stack Considerations for Modern Applications

James Konik

What is User Acceptance Testing?

In this post, we'll take a close look at the what, when, and who of UAT, and then how to execute it successfully in the real world.

LaunchDarkly

Using LaunchDarkly in a Kubernetes World 

In this post, we're going to take a look at how Kubernetes and LaunchDarkly solve very different problems from each other while living in the same realm that gets applications in front of users quicker and more reliably.

Cody De Arkland

Microservices: How to Know If You're Ready 

There's a whole host of reasons why adopting a microservices-led architecture could be right for you, but how do you know for sure? Here are a few indications on how to know if and when you're ready and some approaches to consider. 

Jessica Cregg

Meeting People Where They Are: A Conversation with James Governor

In this "Fireside Chat" with Co-founder of RedMonk, James Governor, and Principal Technical Marketing Engineer at LaunchDarkly, Cody De Arkland, we follow the theme of meeting developers where they are–whether quite literally as companies consider bringing people back into the office, or more figuratively in terms of inclusivity and psychological safety.

LaunchDarkly

How LaunchDarkly Uses Feature Flags: Integrations and Pricing Tiers

In this new series, we will explore some of the many ways LaunchDarkly uses feature flags to maintain various aspects of its own product.

Isabelle Miller

Why DevOps Won’t Solve Everything

Excerpts of a conversation between Edith Harbaugh and Patrick Debois.

Jessica Cregg

Code Climate Guest Post: Boost Engineering Speed With Objective Data

To truly measure progress and improve over time, engineering teams need objective data.

Hillary Nussbaum

Introducing the State of Feature Management

Check out the results from our survey of over 450 DevOps and software development professionals about how feature management is changing software development, how teams are using it to deploy code, and the overall benefits of adoption.

Kevin Smith

14 Organizations Working to Diversify the Tech Industry

It’s a well-accepted fact that tech lacks diversity. Here are some organizations within the United States and United Kingdom working to change that.

Isabelle Miller

So You Took Down Production - Now What?

When you take down prod, the point at which you see is already too late. Your name is on the deployment, the issue is live, and the clock is ticking.

Jessica Cregg

Bringing Order to Microservices

As microservices have grown from a niche methodology into a standard, they’ve also become more challenging to manage and govern.

Jessica Cregg

Life as a Frontend Engineer 

A few years into my professional career, I began to be more involved in working with UX designers and attending research sessions with end-users. I loved hearing our end-users’ experiences so I wanted to be closer to what the end-user sees, which is the frontend.

Christina Chen

Four Fundamental Practices for Building a Culture of Experimentation

The following four fundamental practices are great steps that can help your team instill a culture of experimentation that uses failure to power its future successes.

Jessica Cregg

Using Feature Management to Drive Innovation in Regulated Industries

Recently, we hosted a brunch-and-learn event with customers that focused on feature management use cases and benefits. Let's jump into the highlights.

LaunchDarkly

Catch the New Wave

Forrester has named us as a leader in their New Wave report on Feature Management and Experimentation.

Heidi Waterhouse

My Experience as a Career Switcher in Tech

Have you ever tried to write with your other hand? The non-dominant one? Your instincts are all off, and words that you produce look out of shape and unfamiliar. No matter how accustomed you are to an action, performing it in a different context can throw you completely off balance. I find that this is particularly true when you switch careers. 

Jessica Cregg