The second edition of Pipeline is here — Counter’s monthly bitesize dive into the tools and technologies our Tech Leads are exploring. Pipeline is designed to share practical insights from the field so each month, our Tech Leads compile a list of tech: things we’re using, learning about, or keeping an eye on and less than 100 words to summarise what you need to know.
Google’s HEART Framework
With Platform Engineering team adoption increasing, the next logical step is how are organisations measuring the impact of Platform or Developer Experience (DevEx) initiatives. Google recently shared their HEART framework as a starting point for measurement.
Thoughtworks Tech Conferences
The Thoughtworks tech conference took place in November, if you weren’t able to get to Barcelona they’ve helpfully released all the content online via the YouTube playlist.
Unity Catalog ABAC (Attribute Based Access Controls)
The new Unity catalog features are a real level up to Governance capabilities within a Lakehouse. In particular the attribute based access controls will provide very fine grain access which is invaluable for AI enabled teams. A nice overview of the features with some demos can be found here:
AWS Re:Invent summary
This is the time of year that we all get intensely jealous of our LinkedIn connections posting pictures of themselves “working” at AWS Re:Invent in Las Vegas. Amongst the evenings on the Strip at casinos, incredible restaurants and Sumo wrestling fights (yes, really) they even have time to attend some AWS talks and announcements. AWS themselves have curated their biggest ones here:
Check out the AWS content here.
