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Software development refers to the systematic process of designing, creating, testing, and maintaining applications or systems. It involves activities such as requirements analysis, coding, deployment, and support to deliver reliable, scalable, and high-quality solutions that meet business or user needs.

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What was the first coding language you ever learned?

C13%

Python20%

Javascript34%

C#5%

BASIC20%

COBOL3%

Other (please share below!)3%

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What does "success" look like when adopting DevOps?

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“TIOBE’s 2022 Programming Language of the Year: C++” — How prevalent is C++ on your team? Are you surprised to see it ranking at the top? This quote comes from: https://www.fosslife.org/tiobes-2022-programming-language-year-c?cmid=d9114aa8-6240-4598-9e53-b1e7d42ef3af

What are your thoughts on SaaS management platforms (SMP)?

What are your thoughts on this? “I believe the conventional idea of ‘writing a program’ is headed for extinction, and indeed, for all but very specialized applications, most software, as we know it, will be replaced by AI systems that are trained rather than programmed.”

(From https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2023/1/267976-the-end-of-programming/fulltext)

What does having a “multi-cloud” strategy mean to you? (Let’s agree that having SaaS products is not part of this definition, and the focus is on IaaS/PaaS public cloud providers (eg GCP, AWS, Azure, Alibaba). Multi-cloud (exclusively) means:

You simply have more than one cloud provider configured and available for use with no specific workload-based strategy (i.e polycloud)27%

You are running the same workload as active/active across two cloud providers35%

You are “cloud-agnostic” and using the lowest common denominator (think containers) with a focus on portability across two cloud providers22%

You are using a “best-of-breed” approach and running workloads where they most optimally run14%

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From a SAFe Agile perspective, does anyone tie PI Objectives to deployed code in production as it concerns the PI Objective being completed (stated and completed within a discrete PI)?

If so, how do you manage this process from a performance standpoint?

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For those of you who capitalize your software development for hosted or On-Premise software. What is your process? I've heard a few different methods. 1) Employees track hours on tickets. 2) Managers assign percentages to teams. How do you track capitalization?

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Those of you at QCon in London: did any speakers really stand out to you?

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Do you think that it’s becoming riskier to build off of open source code, from a trademark or IP protection standpoint?

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In the next 6 months, which will your company do?

Invest more in eCommerce34%

Maintain the current investment in eCommerce60%

Invest less in eCommerce4%

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Technology selection is a critical success factor for any startup. If you are a startup founder and responsible for the technical strategy, what is the process and the criteria you follow when picking the technology for your MVP? (if you are running an innovation lab in an enterprise, you might facing similar challenges that come under conditions of extreme uncertainty)

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Tips for IT/engineering leaders on how to meet business expectations, speed, and deliver as quickly as possible?

What strategies would you recommend to tech leaders managing R&D staff?

What’s stopping you from adding a natural language AI coding tool to your team’s tech stack?

What steps do you take during onboarding to make sure your new hires develop professional chemistry with the rest of the software team?