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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

TechCrunch

Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. I have worked remotely in technology for over a decade, and I’ll share my tips for how fast-paced technical startups can take good care of their software development talent.

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Interpreting predictive models with Skater: Unboxing model opacity

O'Reilly Media - Data

Data Scientist Cathy O’Neil has recently written an entire book filled with examples of poor interpretability as a dire warning of the potential social carnage from misunderstood models—e.g., There is also a trade off in balancing a model’s interpretability and its performance.

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Ameelio’s free video calling service for inmates goes live at first facilities

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But while letter writing is a useful service, the team’s efforts have been focused on developing and testing the suite of digital products they hope to offer across the country starting next year. “We maybe had 8,000 users when we spoke to you, and a few months later we launched our mobile app.

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The Good and the Bad of Apache Kafka Streaming Platform

Altexsoft

Apache Kafka is an open-source, distributed streaming platform for messaging, storing, processing, and integrating large data volumes in real time. Plus the name sounded cool for an open-source project.”. We say ‘xerox’ speaking of any photocopy, whether or not it was created by a machine from the Xerox corporation.

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Breaking the Deadlock Between User Experience and Developer Experience

A List Apart

Even in developed nations, people on mobile devices see spotty coverage, flaky wifi connections, and coverage interruptions (like train tunnels or country roads). In early 2013, less than 14% of all web traffic came from mobile devices; today, that number has grown to 53%. UX and performance have issues in practice. My sister loves dogs.

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Technical Health Isn’t Optional

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

To help us understand technological health, we asked several CTOs in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region what their companies are doing to prevent security incidents, how they use open source software, how they use technology strategically, and how they retain employees in a challenging job market. Being Proactive About Security.

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Automating the Automators: Shift Change in the Robot Factory

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

What would you say is the job of a software developer? A layperson, an entry-level developer, or even someone who hires developers will tell you that job is to … well … write software. ” I, thankfully, learned this early in my career, at a time when I could still refer to myself as a software developer. .”