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Top 15 Golang Interview Questions
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Top 15 Golang Interview Questions

Most code-sharing applications that companies use these days for interviews support Golang. Despite different opinions about Go’s characteristics and feasibility of its use, this programming language already gained attention from world-known enterprises. Among them include such giants as Google, Uber and many more. It’s only a few examples of success using Go. Go is already one of the most in-demand languages, and interest will only increase. Due to its simplicity and scalability, a lot of companies consider using it.

Software Development KPIs — Practical Metrics for Teams
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Software Development KPIs — Practical Metrics for Teams

Accelerate’s ideas are intriguing because measuring the output of a software engineering organization is extremely difficult. Anyone who has given this issue serious thought has most likely encountered the ‘measuring the unmeasurable’ objection. In this article, I am going to focus on measuring productivity of software development teams, how to effectively measure software performance and giving examples of they are implemented.

What is Staff Augmentation? — Use Cases and How to Succeed
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What is Staff Augmentation? — Use Cases and How to Succeed

Recruiting new employees is not cheap - and it’s not fast, either. Hiring a new software engineer, on average, will set you back $4,700 and take 58 days! Staff augmentation can help businesses reduce these upfront recruitment costs and shorten the time to fill talent gaps. However, before you adopt this model, it is imperative to know exactly what it is, when it’s appropriate to use...

What is The Ideal Tech Startup Team Structure?
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What is The Ideal Tech Startup Team Structure?

One of the important sets of choices often overlooked by founders that causes this failure is organization design. Assembling a proper start-up team for a new and emerging start-up is consequently critical. In this article, we’d talk about how to put together the ideal start-up team, taking a look at the stages of building a successful start-up team. Who Are the Key Members to Hire? When Should You Hire Them? At What Stage?

How to Hire Dedicated Developers: Offshore Talent Step-by-Step
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How to Hire Dedicated Developers: Offshore Talent Step-by-Step

The need for offshore dedicated developers to take over work has skyrocketed when people and businesses began to hire talented developers for their very challenging development projects. Today, practically every company and organization wants to hire dedicated developers since it allows them to get their entire task done without having to worry about the salaries, paybacks, reimbursements, and other commitments that come with hiring full-time in-house developers.

7 Key Elements of Building Software Development Teams
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7 Key Elements of Building Software Development Teams

Managers across all industries are struggling to get their teams to work together effectively. The reality is, it can take between 4.6 and 8.5 months for a group to start to function as a team, and according to some studies, 81% of managers say that their team is not operating at anywhere near its full potential. What can you do to set your team up for success?

Secure Software Development Lifecycle [Practical Guide]
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Secure Software Development Lifecycle [Practical Guide]

This guide is expected to help other people in the business who have started or improved their own product security programs and empower the business’s wide selection of crucial secure improvement strategies. Much of this report is based on the experience of gaint organizations that develop their product based on Secure SDLC and is utilized by millions and at times billions of clients. Small level programming organizations ought to likewise have the option to profit from large numbers of these suggestions.

Software Development Team Structure
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Software Development Team Structure

We have seen several tech startups build their software development team structure around the Spotify Model for structuring the software development team. However, research has shown that this model based on tribes and squads also comes with its pitfalls. There is no fail-proof model. This has led to questions about how to structure a software development team. In this guide, we cover the common software development team structures and the best practices to build an effective structure.

Software Engineering Organizational Structure
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Software Engineering Organizational Structure

For every organization, there’s a need for solid structures to be put in place to aid the smooth operation and interaction between the various levels and departments. Software engineering organizations are no less different. For smooth operations and proper handling of projects, there is a need for an organizational structure.

How to Setup AWS Monitoring with Terraform and NodePing?
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How to Setup AWS Monitoring with Terraform and NodePing?

NodePing provides easy availability monitoring. If You're using terraform to manage your infrastructure, and you use NodePing to run checks on it, you might consider using softkraftco/terraform-nodeping - a terraform provider for NodePing checks created by our engineers.