Over the years I have collected a number of useful links that had been shared to me by colleagues, found on social media, in newsletters or just while exploring the web. Previously I have shared 51 of these in a list. It’s now two years later and I have continued to collect links and thought it was time to share again.

You, like I, may not agree with all the points in all the articles however sit back, continue to be curious and enjoy the articles and links…

Building a Better Team

• Introduction to DORA Metrics
• Despite the Hype, Engineers Not Impressed with DORA Metrics
• How platform teams get stuff done
• The concept of Ikigai
• Effective Engineering Teams

Understanding the role of an Architect

• Architects, Anti-Patterns, and Organizational Fuckery
• Here’s What a Software Architect Does in an Agile Team
• The Different Types of Software Architects : C4 model perspective

Code Reviews and Pull Requests

• Don’t “Push” Your Pull Requests
• Code Review Comment Prefixes for Clearer Feedback
• How to do core reviews
• How large pull requests slow down development
• Commit Messages Guide

Architecture

• Why Duplicating Environments for Microservices Backfires
• From Good to Great: Small Details That Improve Your C4 Model Diagrams
• Enterprise Architecture on a Page
• Architecture Topologies & Architecture as Enabling Team
• Software Architecture Premier - Reference material to learn about Software Architecture and Design

Software Development

• ConfigureAwait in .NET 8
• Practical vs. Strict Semantic Versioning
• AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks UI
• Secure Supply Chain on AKS

Stared GitHub Repositories

I star a lot of Github repositories for a variety of reasons, here are a few that I have found useful or interesting.

• Beautiful Docs
• Cloud Native isometric icons
• Octolamp 3d Print
• London TFL Dot Matrix Typeface
• Backstage
• GitHub Cheat Sheet
• DotNetCensus
• Awesome DevRel
• Spark Joy
• Awesome Stock Resources

Title Photo by Bernd Klutsch on Unsplash