Harness Team

Key engineering metrics to track and the actionability that is driven by the data and insights from DevOps tools.

A deep dive into MTTR, a DORA metric that measures the amount of time it takes, on average, for a system to recover, from a disruption of service.

A look at the challenges of accessing and measuring DORA metrics in the Azure DevOps platform.

Learn how SPACE metrics provide a holistic approach to measuring developer productivity, focusing on well-being and satisfaction.

Just about everything you need to know about metrics and how you can use them in software engineering.

Tips for improving your sprint retrospective meetings.

A close look at DORA metrics and how they can help you deliver software faster.

Discover the essential roles and impact of a VP of Engineering. Learn how they drive technical strategy and team excellence.

A look at five Google libraries that could make your life easier.

A comparison of the features and use cases of JUnit and TestNG.

Streams are an exciting feature in Java 8 but you need to be careful when using them.

To understand what's happening inside each company, we need to measure the performance of DevOps and SRE teams.

A look at the new features and capabilities of Java 9.

A creative workaround for a Jstack deadlock.

Google Guava has some lesser-known features that you might find useful.

Using Jstack to debug your life Java production servers.

A close look at how the fork/join framework behaves with different configurations.

Learn about the top 10 exceptions in production Java applications and how to avoid them.

Some lesser-known techniques for using Java threads.

A look at some of the features in C# that we would love to see in Java.

A detailed explanation of how Java EE differs from Java SE.

If your IDE is slowing you down, you may want to consider deleting it.

The difference between Java and native agents and how it will impact your code and applications.

With increasingly complex systems and ever-growing expectations for digital customer experiences, traditional tooling and the shallow data they provide is insufficient. To fully understand what’s going on inside your application and maintain stability, this data must be collected at the code level.

The battle between Java and C# is never ending. Find out how differences at the VM-level affect this debate.