Software Engineering.
Programming practices, testing, developer conventions, APIs and the ordinary absurdities of building software.
9 published definitions
Cloud & Infrastructure
SERVERLESS adj.
Possessing servers in quantities sufficient to make their existence somebody else's concern.
Software Engineering
TECHNICAL DEBT n.
A shortcut whose bill is sent to developers who were not present.
Software Engineering
MICROSERVICE n.
A small application distinguished by requiring a network call to perform what was once a function.
Software Engineering
API n.
A contract between systems, revised whenever either party feels sufficiently confident.
Agile & Delivery
STORY POINT n.
An imaginary unit of effort, valued chiefly for the precision with which it obscures time.
Incidents & Operations
POST-MORTEM n.
A meeting at which the dead are questioned about their failure to prevent the murder.
Cloud & Infrastructure
KUBERNETES n.
A system for arranging containers so that nobody knows where the application is.
Cloud & Infrastructure
KAFKA n.
A system for ensuring that no event is truly lost, merely waiting somewhere you have not yet inspected.