CTO Insights - Issue #83

Adeva is a global talent network that connects organizations with distributed tech talent across the world.

Check out over 20+ fully-remote openings for engineering talent.

Have you ever wondered how a big organisation with hundreds of microservices works by establishing trust between them?

A detailed guide on how Myntra’s engineering team designed the system, its components, and how it introduced a Zero Trust Policy.

This story covers Lyft’s journey of building their in-app messaging platform.

The team took a step by step approach that starts with a use case, then creating an impactful product, and finally converting it into a platform.

The story is organised by MVP, Scaling, Optimisation and Impact - check out what was the thought process they had and how it made them successful.

Enterprise tech board advisor Shelley Leibowitz on overcoming cultural challenges, moving to the cloud to show impact, and discovering the unexpected from data.

A great story on how the BBC reorganised its product engineering teams, using Conway’s Law, Team Topologies and its WebCore platform to pivot to capabilities and shared technology.

A must read for any mission driven leaders.

One of the key value propositions for the staff engineers is to improve collaboration and alignment across the organisation.

An incredible story on how Staff Engineers can help the organisation reach clarity.

A must read.

The culture and methods trends report for 2022 shows that organisations, teams, and individuals face challenges on multiple fronts and that there are things that can be done to improve outcomes.

There are few key takeaways on Hybrid Work, Leadership, Culture etc.

Productivity isn’t about getting more done. It’s about what you get done.

Three aspects of perfectionism can interfere with your ability to prioritise the most important tasks.

There’s an argument that, for unimportant decisions, you should either decide quickly or outsource the decision.

The accountability of a Product Owner is vital to the success of a product.

Vision, Value, and Validation are three inseparable parts of Advanced Product Ownership Analysis.

This articles talks about the importance of the 3Vs concept.

Shopify’s machine learning platform team builds the infrastructure, tools and abstracted layers to help data scientists streamline, accelerate and simplify their machine learning workflows. 

Merlin is a new ML platform they rolled out recently that handles different (often conflicting) requirements, inputs, data types, dependencies, and integrations.

The story contains details on the Architecture, Use Cases, going to production as well as its limitations.

This is an excerpt from Infrastructure Engineer’s section on efficiency.

Before diving into the mechanics of managing infrastructure costs, the first question to answer is whether it’s a valuable use of organisational time to make your current infrastructure spend more efficient.

The story contains details on what are some of the questions you should ask yourself that will help you make a good decision.

Tech talent shortage is a real challenge in the tech world right now.

Read on to find out why and, most importantly, how to overcome these issues.

Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft present Microsoft Envision!

The event is where business leaders from across the globe connect with one another, share perspectives, and discuss what’s ahead in this era of digital disruption.

Online, register here.