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AllSpice thinks hardware developers lack their own ‘GitHub,’ so it is building one

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AllSpice , a collaborative hub designed for hardware development, came out of private beta on a mission to build a DevOps ecosystem inspired by GitHub. They bonded over frustrations at their respective jobs in what seemed like a hardware industry left behind to rely on PDFs and email to get things done versus software development.

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Exafunction aims to reduce AI dev costs by abstracting away hardware

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But they share a common bottleneck: hardware. Developing systems on the bleeding edge often requires a huge amount of computing power. Further underlining the challenge, one source estimates that developing AI startup OpenAI’s language-generating GPT-3 system using a single GPU would’ve taken 355 years.

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How should non technical founders collaborate with software developers?

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Software consultants come in many forms, but if you cannot write your own code, finding a developer who meets your needs can be a stressful process that involves much trial and error. Another scenario would be when the app needs to use the hardware capabilities of the phone: Bluetooth, camera, GPS, gyroscope, etc.

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TechCrunch Experts: 3 articles on growth marketing and software development

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TechCrunch Experts continues to gather and share authoritative advice for founders who need help with growth marketing and software development. Here are a few related articles we’ve run in recent weeks: Growth marketing. It’s important to have a battle-tested process for product validation.

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9 IT skills where expertise pays the most

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Its especially useful to create better software development workflows, and it improves proficiency and efficiency for SQL developers in particular. Examples include software such as Slack, Salesforce CRM, and Microsoft 365, which all offer web and application-based software services for customers.

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Duro drags hardware product development into the age of agile

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To software developers, the process of creating a hardware product can seem distinctly 1980s. I got frustrated with how much of my time was being spent managing the most fundamental elements of hardware development: CAD files, your bill of materials and your supply chain data,” explains Duro’s CEO Michael Corr.

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Classiq raises $10.5M Series A round for its quantum software development platform

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The idea behind Classiq, which currently has just under a dozen members on its team, is that developing quantum algorithms remains a major challenge. “Today, quantum software development is almost an impossible task,” said Nir Minerbi , CEO and Co-founder of Classiq.