Communications of the ACM
Latest Practice
From Communications of the ACM
Knowing What You Need to Know
Personal, team, and organizational effectiveness can be improved with a little preparation.
From Communications of the ACM
Split Your Overwhelmed Teams
Two teams of five is not the same as one team of 10.
From Communications of the ACM
The Time I Stole $10,000 from Bell Labs
Why DevOps encourages us to celebrate outages.
From Communications of the ACM
Five Nonobvious Remote Work Techniques
Emulating the efficiency of in-person conversations.
From Communications of the ACM
Communicate Using the Numbers 1, 2, 3, and More
Leveraging expectations for better communication.
From Communications of the ACM
API Practices If You Hate Your Customers
Application programming interfaces speak louder than words.
From Communications of the ACM
The Top 10 Things Executives Should Know About Software
Software acumen is the new norm.
From Communications of the ACM
SQL Is No Excuse to Avoid DevOps
Automation and a little discipline allow better testing, shorter release cycles, and reduced business risk.
From Communications of the ACM
Operational Excellence in April Fools' Pranks
Being funny is serious work.
From Communications of the ACM
Four Ways to Make CS and IT More Immersive
Why the Bell curve hasn't transformed into a hockey stick.
From Communications of the ACM
Are You Load Balancing Wrong?
Anyone can use a load balancer. Using it properly is much more difficult.
From Communications of the ACM
The Small Batches Principle
Reducing waste, encouraging experimentation, and making everyone happy.
From Communications of the ACM
How SysAdmins Devalue Themselves
How to lose friends and alienate coworkers.
From Communications of the ACM
Openflow: A Radical New Idea in Networking
An open standard that enables software-defined networking.
From Communications of the ACM
Successful Strategies For IPv6 Rollouts. Really.
Knowing where to begin is half the battle.
From Communications of the ACM