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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

TechCrunch

Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Deep due diligence, early Q1 2023 VC results, flight lessons for angels

TechCrunch

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription Business schools teach the basics, but Mysty Rusk, who’s reviewed around 4,500 deals over the last 20 years, says the most important lessons she learned were the result of mistakes she made along the way.

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Have we reached the end of ‘too expensive’ for enterprise software?

CIO

Generative artificial intelligence ( genAI ) and in particular large language models ( LLMs ) are changing the way companies develop and deliver software. While useful, these tools offer diminishing value due to a lack of innovation or differentiation. This will fundamentally change both UI design and the way software is used.

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Book Review: A Philosophy of Software Design

Henrik Warne

I really liked A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout. The author is a professor of Computer Science at Stanford, but he has also spent 14 years developing commercial software. The author defines complexity as anything related to the structure of a software system that makes it hard to understand and modify.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. What does a business leader do in this situation?

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Accelerate AWS Well-Architected reviews with Generative AI

AWS Machine Learning - AI

As systems scale, conducting thorough AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews (WAFRs) becomes even more crucial, offering deeper insights and strategic value to help organizations optimize their growing cloud environments. An interactive chat interface allows deeper exploration of both the original document and generated content.

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Levity is a ‘no-code’ AI tool to let anyone create workflow automations

TechCrunch

Levity , which has been operating in stealth (until now), is the latest no-code company to throw its wares into the ring, having picked up $1.7M Typical repetitive tasks that can be automated includes reviewing and categorizing documents, images, or text. in pre-seed funding led by Gil Dibner’s Angular Ventures.