ThoughtWorks Technology Radar Volume 20

This document is the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar Volume 20, which serves as an opinionated guide to technology frontiers. It is created by the ThoughtWorks Technology Advisory Board, comprised of senior technology leaders who discuss global technology strategies and trends impacting the industry. The Radar captures their discussions and presents a graphical representation of various technologies categorized into techniques, tools, platforms, and languages & frameworks. Each item is placed into one of four rings indicating its current status: Adopt, Trial, Assess, or Hold. The document outlines significant themes, including the evolution of data management, the adoption of infrastructure as code, and the expanding use of Kotlin as a programming language. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the trade-offs of new technologies and encourages careful consideration of engineering practices in the context of evolving software development paradigms.