# DevXP

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## SoundCloud Echo: Next-Level Humane Registry with Backstage

DevFeed: [SoundCloud Echo: Next-Level Humane Registry with Backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/soundcloud-echo-next-level-humane-registry-with-backstage-2147.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//soundcloud-echo-next-level-backstage>)

Published: 2022-09-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backstage.md>), [Humane Registry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/humane-registry.md>), [internal developer portal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-developer-portal.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backstage.md>), [developer-portal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-portal.md>), [devxp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devxp.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [humane-registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/humane-registry.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [software-delivery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-delivery.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

### AI overview

SoundCloud describes migrating its internal Services Directory, a humane registry for software ownership and system relationships, to the open source Backstage developer portal. The migration was intended to preserve the registry's core value while adding capabilities and improving software delivery and engineering effectiveness.

### Source excerpt

We've seen considerable adoption of our internal humane registry, Services Directory, since we sanitized ownership definition and introduced...

## Obvious Ownership: A Sensible Humane Registry

DevFeed: [Obvious Ownership: A Sensible Humane Registry](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/obvious-ownership-a-sensible-humane-registry-2098.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//obvious-ownership-humane-registry>)

Published: 2022-01-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Humane Registry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/humane-registry.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [devxp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devxp.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [humane-registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/humane-registry.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [incident-response](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-response.md>), [onboarding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/onboarding.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

### AI overview

SoundCloud describes building a humane registry to make system ownership obvious and easy to consult. The registry supports onboarding, collaboration between teams, staffing discussions, and incident response by showing who owns systems and which teams depend on one another. The article also relates this idea to traditional service directories such as UDDI.

### Source excerpt

Imagine yourself as an engineer who just joined SoundCloud. Besides meeting your colleagues and getting your new laptop, badge, and that...

## Tests Under the Magnifying Lens

DevFeed: [Tests Under the Magnifying Lens](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tests-under-the-magnifying-lens-2166.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//tests-under-the-magnifying-lens>)

Published: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Test coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coverage.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [CRUD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/crud.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-processing.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>), [Backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backstage.md>), [Cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cypress.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backstage.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [devxp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devxp.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [flaky](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flaky.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [test-coverage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test-coverage.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

### AI overview

SoundCloud describes an effort to improve testing infrastructure by aggregating test data across repositories, teams, and features. The proposed workflow treats build artifacts and test reports as data for analyzing test-suite health, retries, execution times, flakiness, pipeline costs, and developer waiting times, with the goal of guiding test fixes and refactoring.

### Source excerpt

Testing is at the heart of engineering practices at SoundCloud. We strive to build well-balanced test pyramids within our code repositories...