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Product engineering teams must own supply chain risk
Product teams must own software supply chain risk as third-party dependencies become the primary attack surface. Learn how provenance, attestations, and SLSA make trust explicit, enforceable, and verifiable.
How revenue decisions shape technical debt
A critical exploration of how short-term revenue decisions create and compound technical debt.
Scaling quality through collaboration
Engineering Director Jacob Clark shares his Cypress Conference keynote on why pair programming, mobbing, and shared ownership reduce defects and make quality everyone's responsibility.
10 essential books for modern technology leaders
Discover the 10 essential books that every technology leader should read to master Engineering Excellence, from clean code and continuous delivery to team design and value-driven delivery.
Should we revisit Extreme Programming in the age of AI?
Discover why Extreme Programming (XP) is essential in the AI era. Learn how human-centred practices and smart constraints drive successful software delivery.
Optimise for continuous change, not modernisation or legacy | The Big Tech Debate
Jake reframes the legacy vs. modernisation debate, urging leaders to focus instead on how adaptable their organisation truly is.
How Manchester became a leading tech hub: insights from Hyperact’s engineering director
From hobby coder to engineering director — an honest take on leadership, delivery, and Manchester’s thriving tech scene.
Key takeaways from ‘The rise of the product engineer: what it means for teams and leaders’
Explore key insights on the rise of the product engineer — why it matters, how it’s changing teams, and what leaders need to do to support it.
Should I adopt MCP as part of my API product strategy?
An evaluation into MCP adoption as a strategic investment for your API products.
Road-testing the latest AI prototyping tools
A deep dive into the emerging landscape of AI prompt-based SaaS prototyping tools, and the new opportunities they create for non-technical workflows.
Principles for responsible AI product development
A structured framework for organisations adopting AI, ensuring fairness, robustness, security, transparency, and compliance.
What is a Product Engineer?
Our take on what it means to be a Product Engineer, how they're different from Software Engineers, how to become one, and whether they're a good fit for your business.
How to create a great developer experience (DevEx)
What is developer experience (DevEx)? Why is it important? And how do you create one that’ll boost productivity, output, and satisfaction?.
The tech debt elephant: A product perspective
Maximise your product's chances of success by balancing tech debt and architectural improvements: tips from a product manager.
Third party integrations and the importance of tech discovery
A take on technical discovery, including identifying and evaluating technologies, planning integrations, testing in isolation, building in iterations, and monitoring and maintaining.
Improve resilience and scalability with event driven architecture
Learn about event-driven architecture and how it improves the resilience and scalability of applications by allowing for background processing and retry logic.
Serverless 101: An overview with examples
A quick peak at serverless, its main providers, example use cases, billing patterns, and further considerations.
Improve your development ROI with a lean approach
How lean engineering can improve product outcomes and boost morale.