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When should engineering managers write code?

Intercom, Inc.

Many engineers who make the transition to a management role face a bit of a conundrum – if I stop doing hands-on work, my team will lose a strong engineer and instead will gain an inexperienced manager. Therefore, coding activities may become a distraction from what is really important in your new position.

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Streamline Development by Minimizing Software Test Environments

Split

Managing numerous testing environments poses a significant hurdle in the complex sphere of software development. Test environments are where code becomes a reality. More test cases, more test results, more test data, and more testing teams interjected into the software development lifecycle.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

by Rich Archbold, Senior Director of Engineering at Intercom. 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. When I say “execute”, I don’t simply mean the engineering challenges of building something.

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The Benefits of Leveraging Feature Toggles in Software Development

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Feature Toggles, or feature flags as they’re often called, are a powerful tool for software engineers. Feature toggles have become increasingly popular among software developers. This is probably due to their ability to improve agility, accelerate time-to-market velocity, and increase reliability. Take notes! Take notes!

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Continuous Improvement: How It’s Important for Software Developers

The Product Coalition

Continuous improvement is a continual process to improve components of enterprise software?—?processes, Regardless of today’s software development aspect, increasing demand for new features in the products makes competitive advantage higher than ever. Changes can be large or small, which depends on the software projects.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. We've got your covered.

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A Brief History of Feature Toggles: How the Software Tool Has Evolved

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Feature toggles—or feature flags or flippers—are a powerful tool software engineers use to enable and disable certain features within a codebase. We’ll explore how these tools have become essential to many development processes today, and discuss why they remain so important for software teams of all sizes.