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A Guide to Managing Remote Software Developers

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Engineering KPIs That Matter

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The Ultimate Checklist For High Quality Code Reviews

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Top Software Product Metrics: Measure, Analyze, and Improve Performance in 2025

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Tech Leader Chats: How to Overcome AI's Biased Perceptions of Gender with J. Rosenbaum

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How to Manage Software Development Teams Effectively

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DevOps Assessment: Evaluating Your Maturity

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How Flow Metrics Improve Engineering Performance

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Code Complexity and its Impact on Developer Productivity

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Lines of Code (LOC) - how NOT to measure developer productivity

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What is Developer Velocity and Why It Matters?

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Understanding DevOps Metrics to Improve Engineering Performance

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Software Engineering Management: Getting Started

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Understanding Platform Engineering Metrics for Improved Team Performance

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What is Kanban Cycle Time? A Guide

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DevOps vs CI/CD: Demystifying the difference between the two

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Understanding SDLC Metrics: Types, Importance, and Best Practices

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Unlock Faster Delivery: Master Agile Lead Time

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Top Tools to Increase Developer Productivity: A Guide for Engineering Managers

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Understanding MTTR Metrics: A Comprehensive Guide for Incident Metrics

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Engineering Excellence Metrics You Should Be Monitoring

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DevOps KPI Dashboard: Making Metrics Work for Your Engineers

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What are Accelerate Metrics? Latest 2024 Guide

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8 Developer Productivity Hacks to Boost Your Team's Performance

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Top 10 DevOps Metrics You Should Be Tracking

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Reduce Change Failure Rate, Reap the Rewards: Better Stability and Productivity

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DORA Metrics: A Full Guide to Elite Performance Engineering

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Maximizing Development Efficiency (without burning your people out!)

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Feature Launch: Get leadership-ready reports

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What's Better: Cycle Time or Velocity?

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November 3, 2024
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DORA Metrics Tools for Efficient DevOps Performance

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Lead Time vs Cycle Time vs Change Lead Time: All you need to know

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DORA Metrics Core Objectives: What’s the point?

Software Development Performance Metrics to Boost Your Team's Success
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Software Developer Performance Metrics to Boost Your Team's Success

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October 17, 2024
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What is Cycle Time in Agile: A Breakdown

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October 8, 2024
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Feature Launch: Protect focus time with our new Google and Outlook Calendar integrations

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October 6, 2024
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What Is DevX (DevEx)? Essentials for Improving Developer Experience and Productivity

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How to Measure Engineering Team Performance

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September 26, 2024
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Tech Leader Chats: How to build productive product and engineering teams with Elle Meredith and Lachlan Hardy

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September 24, 2024
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Can You Measure Software Developer Productivity? Tips and Insights

Improve Developer Productivity with DORA and SPACE Metrics
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Improve Developer Productivity with DORA and SPACE Metrics

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We're updating our data ethics principles - here's why

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Multitudes is now SOC 2 certified!

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Tech Leader Chats: How to build a data-driven organization your team will love with Huanhuan Huang

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5 steps to get started with Multitudes

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Tech Leader Chats: How to safely and responsibly use AI with Pedro Silva

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Tech Leader Chats: How to use DORA metrics to improve software productivity with Nathen Harvey

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March 5, 2024
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Want productive engineers? Start with trust, not metrics

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February 22, 2024
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Tech Leader Chats: How to support quieter voices to be heard with Valerie Phoenix

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Tech Leader Chats: How to balance individual contributor (IC) work and manager work with Andrew Murphy

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November 9, 2023
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Tech Leader Chats: How to build a resilient engineering culture with Meri Williams

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September 28, 2023
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Tech Leader Chats: How to foster belonging and inclusion with Ellen Pao

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Feature launch: An AI Coach for happier, higher-performing teams

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August 24, 2023
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Tech Leader Chats: How to build a strong talent pipeline with Arnelle Ansong

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Tech Leader Chats: How to build a fulfilling career path for your engineers with Rahul Pandey

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Tech Leader Chats: How to succeed as a new manager with Bear Douglas

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May 30, 2023
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Tech Leader Chats: How to build a flexible engineering team with Vitor Oliveira

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April 5, 2023
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Tech Leader Chats: How to support yourself and your team through a layoff with Kendra Curtis

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February 23, 2023
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Tech Leader Chats: How to deal with conflict with Wen Hsu

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February 2, 2023
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Feature launch: More like a coach than a dashboard

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January 29, 2023
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Tech Leader Chats: How to deliver well without burning people out with Ian Yamey

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November 17, 2022
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Tech Leader Chats: How to cultivate self-belief in the face of challenges with Denali Lumma

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October 21, 2022
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Tech Leader Chats: How to weave Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (JEDI) into your leadership with Joy Dixon

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September 29, 2022
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Tech Leader Chats: How to support junior developers to thrive with Elise Wei

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September 13, 2022
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Empowering our team to work in a remote/hybrid environment

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September 9, 2022
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Tech Leader Chats: How to keep teams engaged while working remotely with Sabeen Syed

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August 17, 2022
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Tech Leader Chats: How to empower your engineering team with Laura Tacho

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June 30, 2022
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Tech Leader Chats: How to build a learning habit for you & your team with Rachel Collingridge

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DEI
May 27, 2022
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Taking action on DEI with limited time & resources: Tips from our startup journey

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DEI
May 26, 2022
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Stuck for how to take action on DEI? These resources will help!

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May 13, 2022
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Startups don’t run without people: Prioritizing DEI from the start

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May 9, 2022
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Forget the 10x developer — focus on the 10x team

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April 12, 2022
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Top 4 learnings from 50+ engineering managers

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March 3, 2022
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Six weeks in the life of an intern at Multitudes

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Data chats
January 25, 2022
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Data ethics & mitigating algorithmic bias

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People & Process
November 18, 2021
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A year of Multitudes: 10 lessons we’ve learned

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September 29, 2021
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Using Git analytics for effective & kind 1:1's

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July 28, 2021
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Psychological safety and the Multitudes origin story

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