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Development

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How to Use Apache Spark to Craft a Multi-Year Data Regression Testing and Simulations Framework

Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from Stripe, shares his experience in building a testing system based on multi-year worth of data. He shares insights into why Apache Spark was the choice for creating such a system and how it fits in the "traditional" engineering practices.

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Architecture & Design

Featured in Architecture & Design

Where Architects Sit in the Era of AI

As AI evolves from tool to collaborator, architects must shift from manual design to meta-design. This article introduces the "Three Loops" framework (In, On, Out) to help navigate this transition. It explores how to balance oversight with delegation, mitigate risks like skill atrophy, and design the governance structures that keep AI-augmented systems safe and aligned with human intent.

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AI Infrastructure

Featured in AI, ML & Data Engineering

Lessons Learned From Shipping AI-Powered Healthcare Products

Clara Matos discusses the journey of shipping AI-powered healthcare products at Sword Health. She explains how to implement input/output guardrails for regulated industries and shares a framework for robust evaluations using human and LLM-based ratings. From prompt engineering to RAG and user feedback loops, she shares a data-driven roadmap for building reliable AI care agents at scale.

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Culture & Methods

Featured in Culture & Methods

Empowering Teams: Decentralizing Architectural Decision-Making

Peter Hunter & Elena Stojmilova share Open GI's journey from a slow, legacy monolith to a cloud-native SaaS platform. They detail how adopting Team Topologies and a decentralized architectural approach empowered teams. Key practices discussed include utilizing Domain-Driven Design to create a Context Map, implementing the Advice Process with Architectural Principles, and more.

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DevOps

Featured in DevOps

Overload Protection: the Missing Pillar of Platform Engineering

Overload protection is often overlooked in platform engineering, leaving teams to create inconsistent, fragile fixes. Centralized rate limits, quotas, adaptive controls, and clear visibility give services predictable ways to handle traffic spikes, reduce reliability debt, and prevent cascading failures across systems.