Martin Fowler
JUNE 23, 2021
Next distributed system pattern from Unmesh is the Lamport Clock. Distributed systems can't assume that time is consistent between servers, and sometimes time goes backwards. Yet it's important to have some way to order events. more….
Henrik Warne
JUNE 15, 2021
I used to think that I didn’t need comments if I wrote self-documenting code. However, I have realized that I do write comments, and that I find them really useful. To see how many comments I write, and what kind they are, I wrote a script to analyze my git commits from the last six years. In total, seven percent of my committed lines contained a comment.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 9, 2021
The startup investing market is crowded, expensive and rapid-fire today as venture capitalists work to preempt one another, hoping to deploy funds into hot companies before their competitors. The AI startup market may be even hotter than the average technology niche. This should not surprise. In the wake of the Microsoft-Nuance deal , The Exchange reported that it would be reasonable to anticipate an even more active and competitive market for AI-powered startups.
The Crazy Programmer
JUNE 15, 2021
All parents know that the jobs of tomorrow will rely on STEM skills and programming knowledge and that it’s necessary to get ready for this today. But if you don’t have these skills yourself, how can someone recognize the best coding instructors from the rest? It’s crucial to find an online coding camp for kids today that imparts programming fundamentals.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Agile Alliance
JUNE 21, 2021
Simon Sinek is well-known as a writer and commentator on Inspirational Leadership. In this article we look at how Sinek’s ideas can be applied to Agile and Scrum and look at how we, as Agile leaders, can become more inspirational. Sinek is highly visible on social media and has written five books. An excellent overview … Continued. The post Be an Inspirational Agile Leader first appeared on Agile Alliance.
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Martin Fowler
JUNE 2, 2021
There are arguments about whether a testing portfolio should be a pyramid or more like honeycomb. My second biggest issue with this argument is that it's rendered opaque by the fact that it's not clear what people see as the difference between unit and integration tests.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 14, 2021
Going back to the office? Don’t lose one of the most valuable aspects of remote work. Whether your team is heading back to the office, will continue working remotely, or somewhere between, silence and space are critical leadership gifts to give your team. Mixed Feelings about Going Back. Over the past month, as more U.S. citizens have access to vaccines, we’ve been talking with people whose teams have worked remotely about their thoughts on returning to in-person work.
TechCrunch
JUNE 24, 2021
Regularly testing waterways and reservoirs is a never-ending responsibility for utility companies and municipal safety authorities, and generally — as you might expect — involves either a boat or at least a pair of waders. Nixie does the job with a drone instead, making the process faster, cheaper, and a lot less wet. The most common methods of testing water quality haven’t changed in a long time, partly because they’re effective and straightforward, and partly because really, what e
CTOvision
JUNE 14, 2021
The Silicon Valley Defense Group (SVDG) seeks to align and connect the people, capital and ideas that will ensure allied democracies retain a durable techno-security advantage. From their website: The United States is lagging in the global techno-security competition and lacks effective policy, education, and coordination to compete with its rivals.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2021
By Kunal Jha & Kelli Vukelic. Executive coaching was nearly unheard of in India 15 or so years ago. Today is much different. Now there are thousands of certified executive coaches and multiple ICF chapters engaged in helping executives and their organizations succeed. Indian companies are engaging this skilled cadre of coaches to help nurture and develop leaders ripe for transitioning to senior roles, they are improving performance with leaders advancing from lower internal positions and se
DevOps.com
JUNE 22, 2021
The cloud brings tremendous capabilities in terms of increased deployment fluidity and automation. Along with cloud adoption has come the use of cloud-native tools built specifically for developing applications for this domain. However, cloud-native tools carry some nuanced security concerns, such as misconfigurations, known vulnerabilities and leaked secrets.
Martin Fowler
JUNE 29, 2021
A personal note on why I wish to give up doing talks.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 18, 2021
It’s a challenge common to many leaders and managers: Last-minute customer requests, emergencies, interruptions, and distractions make it hard to stay focused on your M.I.T.s (the Most Important Thing ). If you’re not careful, reactivity can become a permanent way of life. In this episode, you’ll receive practical steps you can take to calm the chaos and help your team regain their focus.
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Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda
TechCrunch
JUNE 14, 2021
Andrea Campos has struggled with depression since she was eight years old. Over the years, she’s tried all sorts of therapies — from behavioral to pharmacotherapy. In 2017, when Campos was in her early 20s, she learned to program and created a system to help manage her mental health. It started as a personal project, but as she talked to more people, Campos realized that many others might benefit from the system as well.
CTOvision
JUNE 14, 2021
Read Rick Wartzman and Kelly Tang take a look at the companies that are best positioned to take advantage of the strained supply chains across the world on Wall Street Journal : Cargo ships stacked up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Inventories of lumber, aluminum cans, tires, cardboard and plastic all […].
InfoQ Culture Methods
JUNE 15, 2021
One of the success factors for Agile and DevOps is developers changing the way they work and adopting practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD). It’s not something that just happens by itself, and many of the “usual” ways of introducing change fail for TDD. This article outlines some of the things that actually do work and explains “Samman,” which is a coaching method used with developers.
DevOps.com
JUNE 14, 2021
Companies of all sizes and across virtually every industry today have ready access to hyperscale compute, storage and myriad other technologies — without needing the significant budget or technical expertise of a hyperscale cloud provider like AWS. This is a boon for innovation. Cloud opened the door to cost optimizations, previously out-of-reach cloud-native tools, security […].
Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.
TechBeacon
JUNE 11, 2021
While running apps on bare metal is more traditional, deploying programs using containers provides loads of benefits. And for keeping track of all those containers, Kubernetes (known as K8s in shorthand) is an extremely popular open-source management platform. It's scalable, extensible, and portable.
Joel on Software
JUNE 2, 2021
The other day I was talking to a young developer working on a code base with tons of COM code, and I told him that even before he was born, everyone knew that COM was already so deeply obsolete that it was impossible to find anyone who knew enough to work on it. And yet they still have this old COM code base, and they still have one old programmer holding onto their job by being the only human left on the planet with a brain big enough to manually manage multithreaded objects.
TechCrunch
JUNE 9, 2021
According to research, 85% of African SMBs have zero access to financing, and e ach day, African SMBs have billions locked up in receivables due to long payment cycles. This leads to cash flow problems that cause businesses to be late on important expenses and fulfilment of new orders. Jesse Ghansah and his co-founder Barima Effah want to answer these problems with their newly launched startup Float.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2021
Palantir Technologies announced today it had been selected by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to continue its work as their enterprise data management and AI-enabled mission command platform as part of the Mission Command System/Common Operational Picture program. The contract is valued at a total of $111 million, inclusive of options, with $52.5 […].
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Toptal
JUNE 1, 2021
We make split-second decisions about whether to trust people; the same is true about trusting digital products. Companies can develop product trust and loyalty online by using design to signal that a website or app is safe and secure.
DevOps.com
JUNE 22, 2021
DevOps enables organizations to capitalize on the flexibility of cloud resources in real-time, which is a huge game changer. Just as the adoption of Agile methodology can make a development team more responsive, DevOps revolutionizes implementation of IT objectives from end to end, from a waterfall-style process gating company productivity to a dynamic process that […].
TechBeacon
JUNE 16, 2021
As public concern over privacy grows, protecting data and complying with a changing regulatory environment can be challenging. Not only are privacy laws proliferating, but measures such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States frame their requirements in language that might be well understood by lawmakers and lawyers, but less so by members of information security and development teams.
The Citus Data
JUNE 18, 2021
One of the main reasons people use Citus to transform Postgres into a distributed database is that with Citus, you can scale out horizontally while still enjoying PostgreSQL’s great RDBMS features. Whether you’re already a Postgres expert or are new to Postgres, you probably know one of the benefits of using a relational database is to have relations between your tables.
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IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.
TechCrunch
JUNE 2, 2021
Faction Technology founder and CEO Ain McKendrick didn’t have the $1 billion or the time that a typical automotive program might need to design and manufacture an EV that could be used for driverless delivery. So, he turned to power sports to fulfill his vision of a micro-logistics service that can be used for driverless delivery or rented and operated by a human for jaunts around the city.
CTOvision
JUNE 3, 2021
Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, announces new updates across the Elastic Security solution in its 7.13 release to broaden support for osquery, the open-source host instrumentation framework, with a new host management integration for Elastic Agent and unified analysis of osquery host data. The osquery host management integration, now in beta, enables […].
Cloudera
JUNE 1, 2021
Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Cloudera. Cloudera will become a private company with the flexibility and resources to accelerate product innovation, cloud transformation and customer growth. Cloudera will benefit from the operating capabilities, capital support and expertise of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and KKR – two of the most experienced and successful global investment firms in the world recognized for supporting the growth strategies of the businesses
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