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Does your org need platform engineering? Join us for this panel in partnership with Harness on April 10, where engineering leaders will discuss the approach of platform engineering in practice and ask whether it really holds the key to unlocking happy and productive teams.

Want to hear how it all started with White Rabbit at CERN? Here is the latest episode of Engineering Heroes featuring our White Rabbit team!

Earlier this year, I submitted an unsolicited proposal to company leadership: get me an airplane, and I can accelerate product development. They listened, and last spring, a classic Cessna was allocated to our engineering team. Being able to immediately flight-test our work has been incredible. We’ve fixed bugs and reprogrammed units while in flight. I’ve realized that changes that made sense on the ground didn’t work well in the air. The feedback loop for changes has shrunk from days or weeks to minutes or hours. In elementary school physics, we learned that work is the product of force and displacement. We were asked, “If you push on a wall and it doesn’t move, has any work been done?” The answer was no. Every team I’ve been on works hard, and every company I’ve worked for claims to have a ‘fast-paced’ environment. But I have to ask: is their hard work getting results, or are they just pushing against a brick wall? Are they fighting corporate bloat, thrashing on leadership's fire of the day, or actually making progress? Here, it feels like we’re making real progress. It seems like the displacement we’re getting from the force we’re applying is substantial—and that’s a great feeling.

🔧 Embark on a journey from idea to reality with Systems Engineering! 🚀 Dive into the intricate process of turning concepts into fully integrated systems. 🌐 From inception to execution, every step is meticulously planned and executed to ensure seamless functionality and optimization. ..  💡 Explore the intersection of technology, design, and innovation as we navigate through the complexities of engineering. 💻 Let's build the future together, one system at a time! 

🔥 Watch the fireside chat from Reliability @Scale 2024 and explore the evolution of Production Engineering and Reliability over the past decade! Our panelists, including the Engineering Director at Meta, Francois Richard, VP of Product Engineering at Meta, Peter Hoose, and Chief Technology Officer at 1Password, Pedro Canahuati, will share their insights on how the role of Production Engineering has adapted to meet the challenges of scale, complexity, and emerging technologies. From the early days of ensuring reliability to the present focus on configuration safety and automated checks, our panelists will discuss the key lessons learned and how the role of PEs has helped drive the success Meta has seen over the past decade. They'll also delve into the importance of balancing speed and safety in deployment processes, and how this balance is crucial for maintaining reliability at scale. 🌐 As we look to the future, our panelists will share their thoughts on the emerging trends and technologies that will require new approaches to Reliability and Production Engineering, and how we can better collaborate across teams and organizations to improve Reliability. 🎙️ Tune in now: https://lnkd.in/gPXRZz75

My Mentor:: The Nokia Story : taught us: Build and sell what customer wants, not what you can build world class. Deploying high capacity infrastructure with extensive redundancy for simple blog services that receives minimal traffic. it is technically impressive, but unfit choice because unnecessary complexity and cost exceeding.

From Product Talk: Core Concept: Getting Engineers to Embrace the Product Trio The engineer is one of the core members of the product trio. But unfortunately many engineers don't want to participate in discovery. There are a few common reasons for this. I explore these reasons and a few ways to encourage engineers to get involved in discovery in this blog post and video in the Core Concepts series. Read more: https://buff.ly/3v4FseT ❓ What strategies have you used to get engineers more involved in the discovery process? Share any successes or challenges you've encountered along the way.

Definitely worth addressing; when your discovery trio is complete and engaged; the quality of problem understanding and solution’s quality and impact is huge.

Explore the intricacies of product development, uncovering the essential steps and best practices for achieving excellence in engineering. Let's shape the future together! Read our latest blog: https://lnkd.in/dAtjreVv #ProductDevelopment #AscentInfoSolutions

Discover how HEEDS has revolutionized engineering practices, allowing engineers to delve deeper into design space exploration and unleash their creativity to drive innovation. From optimizing product performance, automating workflows, to reducing development time, HEEDS has been instrumental in achieving breakthroughs across various industries. Learn more about how HEEDS discovers better designs, faster in this brochure.