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Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory

Erik Bernhardsson

I had my first job as a software engineer in 1999, and in the last two decades I've seen software engineering changing in ways that have made us orders of magnitude more productive. Because someone made the economic decision that the cost of building that software was too high. Supply-demand of software engineers.

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Nigeria’s Decagon raises millions to finance and train software engineers

TechCrunch

This past decade, Nigeria has seen several companies cater to the development and growth of software engineers and tech talent in general. As a serial founder, Nwobi ran a couple of tech businesses, most notably mobile internet company MTech in the early 2000s. Today, Decagon is announcing its $1.5

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The software engineering rule of 3

Erik Bernhardsson

Here’s a dumb extremely accurate rule I’m postulating* for software engineering projects: you need at least 3 examples before you solve the right problem. People on the internet pointed out that this rule already exists [1] [2] [3]. This is what I’ve noticed: Don’t factor out shared code between two classes.

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5 Tips for Writing Accessible Code As a Software Engineer

Dzone - DevOps

These statistics reveal that we, in the software community, can do a lot better to make our technology more accessible. Software engineers can contribute by baking accessibility in their development process instead of waiting until accessibility auditing or fixing bugs at the end. Here are a few ways on how to get started: 1.

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Veda Kadam, Software Engineer

Cloudera

Now she’s a full time employee working as a Software Engineer on our Data In Motion team. From something as simple as a remote control to the internet, I wanted to know how it worked”. As an undergraduate, Veda first began her college career in Electrical Engineering. She’s relatively new to the Cloudera family.

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Bootstrapping DevOps for the Internet Computer

DevOps.com

The DFINITY Foundation, a Swiss-based not-for-profit with the remit to extend the functionality of the internet, is no exception. The post Bootstrapping DevOps for the Internet Computer appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Ex-Uber software engineers raise $3M for Sperta, a 6-month-old startup that wants to help fintechs better manage fraud risk

TechCrunch

We are really excited about helping the internet make better decisions faster.”. “If decisions can’t be made automatically, the cases can be sent to Sperta’s case management tool. While models give us probabilistic predictions, rules give us explainable decisions and deterministic actions.

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