Netflix Tech
OCTOBER 16, 2019
By Ammar Khaku Introduction In a microservice architecture such as Netflix’s, propagating datasets from a single source to multiple downstream destinations can be challenging. These datasets can represent anything from service configuration to the results of a batch job, are often needed in-memory to optimize access and must be updated as they change over time.
Gitprime
OCTOBER 15, 2019
In this Perspectives in Engineering interview series, engineering leaders talk about how to build, coach, and scale world-class technology teams. Leading remote engineering teams comes with a suite of challenges. How should teams that are spread across time zones coordinate their schedules? How do teams ensure that everyone’s involved in making decisions?
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TechBeacon
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Over the past five years the internal developer productivity teams at Google and Facebook have been exploring a new approach to incorporating static code analysis into their development workflows. In contrast to traditional uses of static analysis, they are building code analysis into existing developer feedback mechanisms, such as code review or continuous integration (CI) checks, resulting in a highly effective, yet almost transparent, approach to ensuring code quality.
InfoQ Culture Methods
OCTOBER 18, 2019
This paper discusses psychological safety that refers to a climate in which people are comfortable being (and expressing) themselves. A proposed model (called S.A.F.E.T.Y.) is discussed briefly, and the article proposes a path to how we can use this model in agile adoptions related to teams and organizations. By Fabio Armani, Giulia Armani.
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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?
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 15, 2019
DevOps has changed the way enterprises operate, allowing for quick and efficient product development. In order for companies to keep up with market competition, many companies that are not structurally prepared to implement DevOps will still put together a team just to meet demand, which in turn creates vulnerabilities and gaps within their security posture. […].
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Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Check your culture by looking at shared resources Is there anything more gross than a neglected break-room microwave oven? If Marvel needs another super-villain, I’d recommend someone spawned from the splatter of last night’s warmed up spaghetti and powered by the fumes […]. The post An Easy Way to Check on Your Culture appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Netflix Tech
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Part I: Overview Andreas Andreakis , Falguni Jhaveri , Ioannis Papapanagiotou , Mark Cho , Poorna Reddy , Tongliang Liu Overview It is a commonly observed pattern for applications to utilize multiple datastores where each is used to serve a specific need such as storing the canonical form of data (MySQL etc.), providing advanced search capabilities (ElasticSearch etc.), caching (Memcached etc.), and more.
TechBeacon
OCTOBER 16, 2019
You might be hearing a lot about "upskilling" lately, particularly in light of the technical talent gap. Enterprises are actively pursuing "full-stack engineers" while also investing in skills transformation programs for existing staff.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 14, 2019
From 2017 I’ve started most DevOps conversations with, “DevOps is now boring, and I love it!” What I mean by boring is that we are arguing less and less about why you should embrace DevOps principles and practices and having more and more conversations about how to implement DevOps in the real world. As a […]. The post The Relationship Between Feature Flags and DevOps appeared first on DevOps.com.
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.
Netflix Tech
OCTOBER 18, 2019
Faisal Siddiqi Infrastructure for Contextual Bandits and Reinforcement Learning?—? theme of the ML Platform meetup hosted at Netflix, Los Gatos on Sep 12, 2019. Contextual and Multi-armed Bandits enable faster and adaptive alternatives to traditional A/B Testing. They enable rapid learning and better decision-making for product rollouts. Broadly speaking, these approaches can be seen as a stepping stone to full-on Reinforcement Learning (RL) with closed-loop, on-policy evaluation and model objec
CIO
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Business intelligence definition. Business intelligence (BI) leverages software and services to transform data into actionable insights that inform an organization’s strategic and tactical business decisions. BI tools access and analyze data sets and present analytical findings in reports, summaries, dashboards, graphs, charts and maps to provide users with detailed intelligence about the state of the business.
O'Reilly Media - Data
OCTOBER 17, 2019
People from across the AI world came together in London for the Artificial Intelligence Conference. Below you’ll find links to highlights from the event. When flying is cheaper than standing still. Raffaello D’Andrea presents his vision of how autonomous indoor drones will drive the next wave of robotics development. Watch “ When flying is cheaper than standing still “ When to trust AI.
Hacker Earth Developers Blog
OCTOBER 15, 2019
This blog is a guest contribution from Wendy Dessler. The number of web development jobs is set to increase by nearly 13% in the next few years. As more and more businesses embrace the power of the Internet and mobile technology, developers will be hired to create websites and mobile apps. If you are in the process of trying to figure out what type of web developer you want to be, you have come to the right place.
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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
General Leadership
OCTOBER 16, 2019
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “If you seek tranquility, do less. Or (more accurately) do what’s essential?—?what the logos of a social being requires, and in the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: To do Less, Better.”.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their best practices in employee engagement. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! The November Frontline Festival will be […]. The post Best Practices in Employee Engagement: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
O'Reilly Media - Data
OCTOBER 17, 2019
This is a keynote highlight from the O’Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference in London 2019. Watch the full version of this keynote on the O’Reilly online learning platform. You can also see other highlights from the event.
Change Starts Here
OCTOBER 15, 2019
In this episode, Jen Kelchner, Founder of LDR21 Change Agency, shares the concept of Open Organizations — those characterized by transparency, adaptability, community, collaboration, and inclusivity — and how they are more conducive to change than traditional organizations.
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.
Dzone - DevOps
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Here are the top six automation testing tools. Finding an automation testing tool that suits the needs of your project might be a difficult task. There are many tools, each with its strengths and weaknesses. Here is a list of testing tools that might help you in the decision making process. You may also enjoy: 14 of the Best Automation Testing Tools Available.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Read Horace He’s analysis of AI research papers which shows TensorFlow is the platform of choice in the industry, but most researchers are now using PyTorch on The Gradient : Since deep learning regained prominence in 2012, many machine learning frameworks have clamored to become the new favorite among researchers and industry practitioners. From the […].
O'Reilly Media - Data
OCTOBER 17, 2019
This is a keynote highlight from the O’Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference in London 2019. Watch the full version of this keynote on the O’Reilly online learning platform. You can also see other highlights from the event.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Take your average IT team in a young enterprise in the midst of skyrocketing growth. There’s a good chance the workflows they’ve used since the outset can’t keep up with the ever-increasing volume of requests from the business. In the minds of some DevOps and app development teams in particular, the IT department of the […]. The post How Enterprise IT Teams Can Win the Hearts of DevOps appeared first on DevOps.com.
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Toptal
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Micro-frontend architectures decompose a front-end app into individual, semi-independent "microapps" working loosely together. This can help make large projects more manageable, e.g. when transitioning from legacy codebases.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Read why Mary Shacklett says that big data experts must demonstrate soft skills and business acumen to survive on Tech Republic : In 2019, big data and analytics skills is the number one area of need in companies. According to AWS recruiting agency Jefferson Frank, technical skill areas in demand include programming languages such as […].
O'Reilly Media - Data
OCTOBER 16, 2019
This is a keynote from the O’Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference in London 2019. See additional keynotes and sessions from this event on the O’Reilly online learning platform. You can also check out more highlights from AI London ’19.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 14, 2019
As opposed to the traditional software development lifecycle (aka waterfall), today’s Agile and DevOps-based software development process is more outcome-oriented. The unrelenting pace of the changing market landscape has made the hybrid, Agile plus DevOps way of software development absolutely critical in addressing customer demands and staying competitive.
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TechBeacon
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Security automation has become a top concern for many organizations as they struggle with a growing number of cyber threats fueled by new attack vectors in the cloud, and with proliferating endpoints created by the Internet of Things.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Read Randy Bean take a look at the adaption of artificial intelligence in corporations on Forbes : Artificial Intelligence (AI) is top of mind for leading corporations these days – 96.4% of top executives reported earlier this year that AI was the number one disruptive technology that they were investing in, up from 68.9% just […].
O'Reilly Media - Data
OCTOBER 16, 2019
This is a keynote highlight from the O’Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference in London 2019. Watch the full version of this keynote on the O’Reilly online learning platform. You can also see other highlights from the event.
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