Link Dump #154

Whether your week was amazing or awful, good reading can make it great again :)

1. #BookOfTheMonth: The Staff Engineer's Path
   
   
2. Software Architecture
   1. My Architecture Drivers #PickOfTheWeek
      The author shares why in his opinion architecture decisions are more a process of answering questions than a set of specific rules.
3. Software Development
   1. DevOps Must Learn From CrowdStrike’s Outage
      To maintain trust and reliability in today’s complex software, security, cloud and data center ecosystem, we must prioritize robust, measured deployment strategies.
   2. Operations as Code: Transforming Operational Excellence
      Operations as code represents the next frontier in IT management, offering the promise of consistency, efficiency and reliability in operational tasks. By leveraging Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and robust tools, you can lead your teams in adopting this transformative approach.
   3. Don’t Get Caught in the DevOps Loop
      DevOps is about looking at how we build software and thinking about how we automate more steps, but more importantly, how we take that idea of making smaller units of work and delivering parts of it.
4. Languages and Libraries
   1. Getting Started with Spring AI
      This Spring AI tutorial is designed to guide developers through integrating AI and machine learning features into their Spring-based applications.
   2. ‘JEP Explained’ – a series of interviews on Java 23 features #PickOfTheWeek
      ‘JEP Explained’ is a series of interviews with Java leaders and experts that are closely involved with creating the new Java features and can help you use them.
5. Leadership
   1. The Antidote to "Manager Mode" is Actual Management #PickOfTheWeek
      While excessive direction and control on the part of leadership is unlikely to yield the best results from highly-skilled knowledge workers, those workers still need to be managed. That's not "micromanagement" - that's just management.
6. Growth
   1. Smart interview questions for software consultants
      Get the inside scoop on a company by asking the right questions in your interview. These insights can help you spot red flags or hidden opportunities, as well as set you up to be a strategic partner for long-term success.

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