Maintenance Resources

8 Top Metrics for Measuring Your Technical Debt in 2022

Technical debt metrics help you to monitor deficiencies in your current codebase. We decided to look at how they work, and pick out the best tracking tools.

January 13, 2022

by Alex Omeyer

· 22,924 Views · 10 Likes

A Tentative Comparison of Fault Tolerance Libraries on the JVM

From a number of libraries implementing fault tolerance features on the JVM, this post will look at Microprofile Fault Tolerance, Failsafe, and Resilience4J.

January 10, 2022

by Nicolas Fränkel

· 3,537 Views · 5 Likes

Hardware Optimization: Best Practices for Database Performance Boost

This article goes through the process of choosing the right components for your database server, ensuring the best performance for database workloads and apps.

December 27, 2021

by Borko Drljaca

· 9,378 Views · 1 Like

How to Practically Implement Microservices Infrastructure in Your Business

This article includes a tutorial for implementing Microservices infrastructure in your business — including using monolithic architecture.

Updated December 23, 2021

by Shy Lee

· 23,017 Views · 9 Likes

Practical Guide to SRE: Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Learn why IaC is a great tool for SREs in particular, offering special advantages for enforcing configurations that maximize reliability across all IT assets.

December 10, 2021

by Quentin Rousseau

· 10,172 Views · 3 Likes

Using Datafold to Enhance DBT for Data Observability

We’ll look at how Datafold and dbt work in tandem to bring observability and repeatability into your data quality process.

December 7, 2021

by Michael Bogan

CORE

· 9,363 Views · 1 Like

How to Develop a Terraform Custom Provider

Learn how a custom terraform provider works and how to create and use a custom provider. Plus, discover what happens while invoking the Terraform CLI command.

Updated December 4, 2021

by Saravanan G

· 10,919 Views · 5 Likes

Five Data Quality Tools You Should Know

We'll consider five data quality tools and see how they can help you in your data journey. Let’s set the stage for why ensuring data quality is a business essential.

December 1, 2021

by Michael Bogan

CORE

· 9,169 Views · 4 Likes

Software Engineering Best Practices That High-Performing Teams Follow

I approached this article with broad strokes to move beyond the typical list. Let's take a look at the software engineering best practices that high-performing teams follow.

November 24, 2021

by Cate Lawrence

CORE

· 49,770 Views · 16 Likes

Developers Are Leaving Their Jobs to Escape From Your Bad Codebase

We surveyed engineers to learn how codebase health impacts hiring and retention. Here's what we learned and how to ask interviewers about code quality.

November 16, 2021

by Alex Omeyer

· 6,970 Views · 4 Likes

What is Data Lineage and How Can It Ensure Data Quality?

By providing a clear representation of the flow of data, a data lineage system essentially allows you to have your cake and eat it too.

November 10, 2021

by Michael Bogan

CORE

· 4,713 Views · 2 Likes

Installing and Debugging an Apereo Cas Application

Installing and debugging an Apereo CAS application: A step-by-step guide to implement a custom authentication handler in Apereo CAS.

November 9, 2021

by Upul Kamburawala

· 9,072 Views · 4 Likes

10 VS Code Extensions to Fight Technical Debt

The best engineering teams I’ve talked to use the right tools to continuously refactor code, improve their codebase communication, and address technical debt.

November 5, 2021

by Alex Omeyer

· 17,432 Views · 5 Likes