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Jun 30, 2022

Coding Guide Spotlight: Terraform Best Practices

In this occasional series, Sema highlights strong coding practices created by practitioners– style guides, best practices, and advice on algorithms and data structures. Hey Terraform Fans! Anton Babenko, an AWS Community Hero and self-proclaimed Terraform fanatic, has put together an awesome guide to Terraform best practices and he is maintaining…

Terraform

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Coding Guide Spotlight: Terraform Best Practices
Coding Guide Spotlight: Terraform Best Practices
Terraform

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Jun 17, 2022

Coding Guide Spotlight: Rego Style Guide

Styra, the founders of Open Policy Agent (OPA), have recently released a new style guide for Rego. As Anders Eknert, Developer Advocate at Styra wrote:‍ Hey everyone! Since several people have asked for a style guide for Rego, I decided to write one.‍ The Styra team took lessons from hundreds…

Coding

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Coding Guide Spotlight: Rego Style Guide
Coding Guide Spotlight: Rego Style Guide
Coding

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Jun 13, 2022

How to explain the benefits of code reviews to non-tech people?

Here’s how we would explain to a non-technical CEO why code reviews are essential. First, you will lose engineers without a culture of mentorship and learning. Engineers are among the most in-demand positions for all companies across the globe. COVID and Work From Home sped up the globalization of the talent market for engineers. As a result, companies need to invest in…

Code Review

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Code Review

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Jun 1, 2022

How can coders help with code reviews?

Non-technical people have valuable skills that can help the company flourish even if they cannot contribute to the coding. However, they may be hesitant to devote time to code reviews due to a lack of understanding, and therefore we should explain how the benefits of code reviews extend far beyond…

Coding

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Coding

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May 31, 2022

A quick guide to code reviews for your company!

All software companies must take an intentional and structured approach to code reviews. Still, there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach for code reviews; it varies depending on the codebase, the company’s size, and the team’s preferences. When a company is starting out, code reviews should look different than during rapid growth…

Code Review

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Code Review

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May 30, 2022

Can tech companies use code reviews to keep their employees psychologically safe?

Disputes, conflicts, and dissenting opinions are all part and parcel of the code review process. Because code reviews are based on trust, psychological safety is a critical component. What’s psychological safety? Psychological safety is about colleagues feeling safe and trusted, knowing there is room for mistakes and that bad news…

Code Review

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Code Review

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May 26, 2022

The Craft of Coding and Code Metrics for Open Source

Sema‘s CEO Matt Van Itallie recently joined the CHAOSS community podcast with Georg Link, Ph.D., and Sean Goggins to talk about Open Source, measuring codebase health, third party codebase risk, and what it means to treat code as a craft. CHAOSS is a project from The Linux Foundation project focused…

Coding

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Coding

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May 13, 2022

Communication Best Practices — Giving and Receiving Feedback

In this episode of the Open Source Cafe, Community Classroom’s Kunal Kushwala interviews Sema’s Matt Van Itallie who shares his thoughts about communication best practices. Video Community Classroom believes that every student, irrespective of their college or branch, can make it big. Community Classroom is an initiative built on this…

Open Source

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Open Source

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May 12, 2022

How can you be an effective Open Source Maintainer?

In our previous blog post, we shared some tips on how to be an effective Contributor to Open Source. Now let’s talk about tips to be an effective Maintainer. There are seven tips here too. I promise that was a coincidence.‍ Be ready for a lot of notifications This is a great tip for first-time maintainers: you…

Open Source

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Open Source

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May 12, 2022

What do Open Source Maintainers want you to know about contributing to Open Source projects?

Here are seven tips from EddieHub Maintainers and Community members on how to be an effective Contributor to Open Source. Focus Pick a small number of Open Source communities to be a part of and make a real contribution. That’s way better than joining a lot of communities and not helping. …

Open Source

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Open Source

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