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Does Anybody Listen to You?
How do you step up from mere contributor to real change-maker?
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Faucet: Deploying SDN in the Enterprise
Using OpenFlow and DevOps for rapid development.
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Fresh Starts
Just because you have been doing it the same way doesn't mean you are doing it the right way.
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Introducing Research For Practice
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.
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Bad Software Architecture Is a People Problem
When people don't work well together they make bad decisions.
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Nine Things I Didn't Know I Would Learn Being an Engineer Manager
Many of the skills aren't technical at all.
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Standing on Distributed Shoulders of Giants
Farsighted physicists of yore were danged smart!
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Borg, Omega, and Kubernetes
Lessons learned from three container-management systems over a decade.
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More Encryption Means Less Privacy
Retaining electronic privacy requires more political engagement.
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How SysAdmins Devalue Themselves
How to lose friends and alienate coworkers.
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The Paradox of Autonomy and Recognition
Thoughts on trust and merit in software team culture.
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Automation Should Be Like Iron Man, Not Ultron
The "Leftover Principle" requires increasingly more highly skilled humans.
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How to De-Identify Your Data
Balancing statistical accuracy and subject privacy in large social-science datasets.
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Lean Software Development: Building and Shipping Two Versions
Catering to developers' strengths while still meeting team objectives.
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Dismantling the Barriers to Entry
We have to choose to build a Web that is accessible to everyone.
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Using Free and Open Source Tools to Manage Software Quality
An agile process implementation
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The Science of Managing Data Science
Lessons learned managing a data science research team.
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