August, 2018

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Completing the extraction of a data-rich service

Martin Fowler

Praful completes the steps of extracting a data rich service by pointing the new service to the new database and removing the dead logic and schema from the monolith.

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3 Reasons Why Version Control is a Must for Every DevOps Team

OverOps

Do you have any files on your computer called something like DocFinalFinalFinal1_2.pdf ? If you do, then you probably already understand the basic value of version control. By saving each version as a new “final” version, rather than overwriting the previous final version, you can not only distinguish between different versions of the same document, but ensure that previous versions aren’t lost forever.

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I don't want to learn your garbage query language

Erik Bernhardsson

This is a bit of a rant but I really don’t like software that invents its own query language. There’s a trillion different ORMs out there. Another trillion databases with their own query language. Another trillion SaaS products where the only way to query is to learn some random query DSL they made up. I just want my SQL back. It’s a language everyone understands, it’s been around since the seventies, and it’s reasonably standardized.

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Why a matrix organisational structure will destroy your company

Evolution4all

The organisational structure is extremely important for the success of any business. In this blog post, I will explore how a matrix organisational structure built in the style of a matrix organisation can harm your company. Before I continue, I want to clarify that there are some businesses that can apply this organisational structure with success—Spotify, for example.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

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?

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Introduction to Object Detection

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Humans can easily detect and identify objects present in an image. The human visual system is fast and accurate and can perform complex tasks like identifying multiple objects and detect obstacles with little conscious thought. With the availability of large amounts of data, faster GPUs, and better algorithms, we can now easily train computers to detect and classify multiple objects within an image with high accuracy.

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Agile Australia Keynote: State of Agile in 2018

Martin Fowler

The transcript of my Agile Australia keynote on agile in 2018. I comment that although agile is now mainstream, much of what is done is faux-agile. I outline three main challenges: stop Agile Industrial Complex imposing process. raise importance of tech excellence. prefer products over projects. and one reason to be optimistic.

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What is Web Hosting? And Why Do I Need it?

The Crazy Programmer

Some of the newbies think that buying a domain name is enough to get a website live. But domain is just a name by which people will recognize your website! What makes a website active on the internet though is a website hosting. A trustworthy web hosting partner is crucial to building a good website. No matter what’s your reason to enter into the World Wide Web, web hosting service is an important step in how your site is going to be viewed by your audience.

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4 Reasons Log Files Suck and How to Enrich Your Splunk with Code-Aware Machine Data

OverOps

Most organizations know of and probably use, Splunk. It helps aggregate and simplify machine data for dev and ops teams, allowing them to capture, index, and correlate real-time data in a searchable repository. Splunk helps organizations understand where things go wrong in applications, how to optimize the customer experience and to identify the fingerprints of fraud.

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Primer: The next act for security theater

The Parallax

The day after DefCon concluded this year, a prominent cybersecurity researcher and hacker known as the brain behind hacks featured on hit TV show Mr. Robot offered his resignation as the head of its security operations. Marc Rogers, vice president of cybersecurity strategy for identity management company Okta and a recognized voluntary leader of the world’s largest hacking conference, expressed surprise at Caesars Entertainment’s statement that it had “briefed” the “organizers of DefCon” about i

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

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.

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What is change management and why is it essential for digital transformation

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

“When it comes to change management, “implementation” isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning.” –Beth Banks Cohen. What is change management? Change management may be defined as a structured process that ensures that required changes are thoroughly and smoothly carried out, and that the long-term benefits of the change are realized.

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Radical Candor: Love your work and the people you work with

Agile Alliance

Kim Scott discusses Radical Candor, a framework that helps you improve your feedback by both caring personally and challenging directly at the same time.

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How to extract a data-rich service from a monolith

Martin Fowler

As people get more interested in microservices, there is a growing interest in how to split up an existing monolith into microservices. A few months ago Zhamak Dehghani explored the basic strategy of breaking a monolith into microservices. Now Praful Todkar, another of my colleagues, delves into the details of how you do a service extraction - specifically when that service includes part of the monolith's database.

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Introduction to Django

The Crazy Programmer

Hello everyone, from today we’re going to start a new tutorial series on Django framework. In this tutorial we will cover basic introduction of Django. Before start to learn, lets have a look on some most frequently asked questions about Django. These questions will help you to understand that what actually Django is. What is Django? Why use Django?

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2024 Salary Guide

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

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The Must Have Metrics Any DevOps and SRE Manager Should Measure

OverOps

DevOps and SREs have dashboards to monitor services and product performance, and now it’s time for us to understand how to measure these teams’ performance as well. One significant challenge every company faces these days is measurement. There’s a need to understand what’s happening at every level inside the company and product, from how customers are using the application, through to the quality and efficiency of the code, and down to the team’s performance.

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NSA leader to hackers: Cybersecurity’s a team sport

The Parallax

LAS VEGAS—It wasn’t so long ago that DefCon attendees enthusiastically engaged in the conference pastime “ Spot the Fed ”—clearly separating themselves from employees of federal organizations like the National Security Agency, if not demonizing them. Today, however—five years after the period following Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing leaks of classified NSA documents, a clear low point in the relationship between hackers and the agency—a romance appears to be in bloom.

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Indian innovations that captured the world’s imagination

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Mark Twain, a premier 19 century American author whose carefree writing was famous for its satire and realism, said this about India: “So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.” We do agree, don’t we?

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How to Start Team Accountability When You Never Have Before

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s never too late to begin team accountability. “Karin and David, can I ask you a question?” We had just finished a keynote where we gave leaders the tools to have the tough conversations. Sarah, a middle-level manager, came up to talk […]. The post How to Start Team Accountability When You Never Have Before appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

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.

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Steps 6 & 7 of extracting a data-rich service

Martin Fowler

Two steps today from Praful's service extraction article. Step 6 creates a new database for the service and 7 syncs the data from the monolith. more….

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How to Attract More Clients to Your Design Business

The Crazy Programmer

Learning design principles and programs are easy enough for anyone dedicated. The Web has given us unlimited resources from detail tutorials to communities helping us improve as designers. This love for design sparks a business idea — a way to monetize our design skills. The problem: Getting clients. This low-barrier to entry is also one of the freelance design challenges.

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Why Agile Portfolio Management is needed? 8 spectacular reasons…

Evolution4all

I have recently been talking with several organisation leaders about Why Agile Portfolio Management is crucial. It’s crucial to have a strategy in place to tackle this topic. Fifteen years have passed since I started working in different industries, which has given me a unique perspective on the various angles of different organisations. My first job was as a software engineer.

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Verizon’s VPN: security boon or privacy boondoggle?

The Parallax

Verizon, ostensibly aiming to better protect its customers’ data on mobile devices when using Wi-Fi while turning a gentle profit, is now offering a virtual private network. The wireless-service provider is marketing its Safe Wi-Fi VPN as an ad-blocking privacy protector and charging users $3.99 per month, after a 30-day free trial. Verizon customers can download it through the MyVerizon app for Android or iOS.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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What’s the story about Agile Data

Agile Alliance

In this Agile2018 keynote, Troy Magennis helps people tell important stories in Agile using data in such a compelling way that the right action is taken.

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How to Motivate Your Team – Stop Treating Them Like Family

Let's Grow Leaders

Thinking they’re a family doesn’t motivate your team. You’ve probably heard leaders say it and you might have even said it yourself when you were hoping to motivate your team. “I treat my team like family” or “We’re one big family here […]. The post How to Motivate Your Team – Stop Treating Them Like Family appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Step 2 of extracting a data-rich service

Martin Fowler

Praful now moves onto the second step: creating a logical separation for the new service inside the existing monolith. more….

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Effective Leadership requires Key Ingredients

General Leadership

The more humble and transparent a leader is, the more effective he or she will be. Michael Hyatt. Across my leadership journey, I have worked with and for many leaders. Some were very good, some good, and some not-so-good. As I have reflected on each of those experiences, I recognized traits, skills, or abilities that each leader either possessed or was lacking.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

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.

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Objective and Key Results: Engaging Your Employees To Commit to the Company Goals

Evolution4all

Objective and Key Results: How to engage your employees to commit to the company goals. Keeping everyone in your team in sync can be a real challenge especially if you don’t hold the members of your team engaged with the visions of your company. For a traditional corporate milieu, this is not a surprise. And probably the reason why many feel that they’re a bit lost about the direction of the company that they are working for.

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Google’s ‘Security Princess’ calls for stronger collaboration

The Parallax

LAS VEGAS—”The blockchain is not going to solve all our problems,” Parisa Tabriz, Google’s head of security for the Chrome browser and leader of the Project Zero security vulnerability-hunting team , told an audience of more than 6,000 to kick off the Black Hat conference here. Tabriz, also known by the title printed on her business cards, “Security Princess,” argued that to protect consumers and solve the latest threats, members of the security industry need more than the latest technology.

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How long is a piece of string

Agile Alliance

In 20 slides Seb Rose describes how planning poker is supposed to work, why it usually doesn't, and offer some alternatives that might work better for you.

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