We have revisited the process of technology selection at Zalando, adjusted the Tech Radar ring semantics, and moved towards principle-based decision making. In this post, we would like to share the process and its outcomes so far.

A closer look at how the Linux kernel influences Redis memory management.

Zalando developed a new type of SLOs to monitor the critical aspects of its business which is based on Operations. This blog post describes how that framework works, and how it contributes to healthier on-call rotations.

This article describes a systematic approach to reducing technical debt from the perspective of engineering management. It thoroughly describes the process that was set up in one of our core engineering teams and also addresses how such work can be effectively capitalized.