RIF Notes #60
“With the possible exception of the four #Accelerate metrics, a metrics driven approach to evaluation is rarely effective. As Deming says: It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth." - Allen Holub Spotify doesn’t use “the Spotify model” - "the Spotify model is revealed as a collection of cross-functional teams with too much autonomy and a poor management structure. Don’t fall for it" The Elephant in the Architecture - why business value should be treated as an architectural attribute Istio as an Example of When Not to Do Microservices How remote work impacts collaboration: findings from our team Quarantine work is not Remote work Nullable Reference Types: Migrating a Codebase – A Look at New Language Features in C# 8 ReSharper Ultimate 2020.1: Improved Support for C# 8.0 and C++20, Dataflow Analysis of Integer Values, and Much More Patterns for Managing Source Code Branches