Martin Fowler
APRIL 4, 2023
Recent discussions with my colleagues showed that many software teams still run into trouble because they pack too much planned work into their iterations. Teams will usually run better when they have deliberate Slack , as it allows their delivery to be more predictable and gives them time to improve their environment. While writing that bliki post, I also defined two styles of task planning in agile projects.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
The hype around ChatGPT , OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, hasn’t reached a peak yet. That’s the vibe one gets from Y Combinator’s Winter 2023 batch, which features no fewer than four startups that claim to be building a “ChatGPT for X.” That new ventures are jumping on the ChatGPT hype train isn’t surprising, considering ChatGPT’s virality.
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CloudZero
APRIL 4, 2023
Just about everything you interact with digitally is enabled by the cloud. Whether you’re doom-scrolling on Instagram, binge-watching on Netflix, ride-hailing on Uber, or downloading super-cool cloud podcasts (hint, hint) on Spotify, you’re using the cloud.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
Almost any venture capitalist will say that they back startups based on the strength of the founding team. But what about the rest of a startup’s employees? New VC shop Ensemble thinks you need to go beyond the founders to see if a team will actually make a startup successful. Collin West, a co-founder and managing partner at Ensemble, told TechCrunch that unlike other VCs, his new venture capital outlet determines if a startup is a good investment based on the depth of its entire team.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
DevOps.com
APRIL 4, 2023
Streaming databases offer an innovative approach to data processing that combines the familiarity of traditional models with a powerful data transformation engine. This hybrid system provides DevOps and DataOps teams with extremely fast results for complex SQL queries, aggregations and transformations that are impossible or take hours to process in the traditional batch computation model. […] The post The Benefits of a Streaming Database appeared first on DevOps.com.
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DevOps.com
APRIL 4, 2023
Data is both the most important asset and the biggest challenge for most corporations. It impacts every aspect of the business from financial considerations to AI/ML training. Data is used by development and DevOps teams, engineering teams, quality assurance, business intelligence teams and database administrators. Despite its central role in operations, traditional forms of database […] The post Database Virtualization – Driving the Next Big Transformation appeared first on DevOps.com.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
A search startup raised $26 million recently to offer an AI-powered rival to Google. Perplexity AI , which bills itself as a “conversational search engine,” closed a Series A funding round led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from Databricks Ventures and angel investors including former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun.
Confluent
APRIL 4, 2023
Machine learning and data streaming are a perfect match, but have diverging tech stacks. How can we overcome the pitfalls of SQL and the gulf between languages?
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
Identity and access security issues are increasingly top of mind for companies. According to a recent Verizon survey , 61% of all breaches now involve credentials — whether they be stolen via social engineering or hacked using brute force. It’s frustrating for users, too; a NordPass poll found that eight out of ten people find password management difficult.
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Firemon
APRIL 4, 2023
TL;DR: There are multiple techniques for containing compromised instance credentials. The easy ones are the most likely to break things, but there are creative options to lock out attackers without breaking applications. Over the past few years we’ve seen some major advances by Amazon to help reduce the risks that an attacker can steal and abuse credentials assigned to AWS instances.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
A warming world is going to need a lot of cold drinks. Problem is, today’s refrigeration tech is anything but climate friendly. The way we cool our food and drink has barely changed in a century and the technology is still reliant on environmentally harmful refrigerants. Now, a German startup thinks it can freeze those refrigerants out of the market using little more than magnets and water while consuming up to 40% less energy.
Aqua Security
APRIL 4, 2023
CNAPP is projected to be one of the biggest security categories ever – a $25 to $30B market. Why? Enterprises are continuing to move applications to the cloud while adopting cloud native practices, necessitating new security measures. At the same time, CISOs are under pressure to consolidate tools for better security and operational efficiency.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
Just short of a year after raising $24 million from backers including DHL, Everstream Analytics, a company that provides predictive insights for physical supply chains, has secured a fresh round of funding. Everstream today announced that it raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Morgan Stanley’s 1GT Fund with participation from StepStone Group and Columbia Capital.
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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
The Daily WTF
APRIL 4, 2023
Today's submitter works for a company that has a history of outsourcing pretty much all development, and to the lowest bidder, at that. This resulted in some terrible code, complete with 30,000 line classes, so the company decided to bring development back in house and clean up the code. After three years of hard work, the in-house team was proud to announce their new, more maintainable, version of the code.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and guest host Amanda Silberling are joined by Sarah Peterson from The Nudge , a startup that texts its users ideas of fun things to do in their cities each weekend. Sarah talked about the company’s origin and how they’ve built a system of local hosts that power the company’s weekly recommendations.
Daffodil Software
APRIL 4, 2023
While observability is an increasingly crucial part of DevOps-based software development, the associated costs are growing faster than infrastructure costs. IT organizations today face the challenge of balancing innovative observability strategies with maintaining sustainable business models.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
Amazon’s first foray into the world of accelerator programs, designed to help early-stage startups build and launch, was focused on conversational AI back in 2016. Now, seven years later, Amazon has another AI accelerator – this time led by Amazon Web Services with a focus on the newest zeitgeist: generative artificial intelligence. Announced today, AWS has created a 10-week program for generative AI startups around the globe.
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Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.
Perficient
APRIL 4, 2023
Healthcare organizations are addressing the need to innovate by adopting digital health platforms (DHPs). DHPs enable organizations to support the healthcare quintuple aim , which outlines the high-level goals of the industry: delivering better patient outcomes, reducing the cost of care, improving the patient experience, improving provider experiences, and health equity.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
If you’ve ever renovated a house, you’ve suffered through the ordeal of getting custom-made cabinets, a costly and lengthy process that involves rounds of back-and-forth with dealers and designers taking up to half-a-year to complete. Now, a California-based startup, Ronbow , wants to shorten delivery times and reduce the costs of customized cabinets with its proprietary design and manufacturing software.
TechSoup
APRIL 4, 2023
According to the recent 2022-2023 Nonprofit Digital Marketing Benchmark Report , conducted by TechSoup in partnership with Tapp Network, 60 percent of nonprofits say they don't have a formal digital marketing plan or they plan on creating one but have not followed through.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
What is a fair price premium for a quickly growing startup? The answer is constantly changing, but recent history teaches us that it’s probably not more than 200% over public-market comps. It may even be closer to 100%. It’s not an academic question. Where the startup price premium benchmark settles this year could help determine if a host of Series B and C checks are written at valuations that are miserable, palatable or even exciting.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
TechBeacon
APRIL 4, 2023
Well-built business applications can streamline virtually any business process. We know this. It's not controversial.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
On April 20th, TechCrunch will host TechCrunch Early Stage in Boston – an event designed to equip entrepreneurs will all the tools needed to build their unicorn startups. No founder event would be complete without pitches! TechCrunch editorial is looking for 6-7 founders to take part in a Pitch Deck Teardown. On stage. In Boston. Live. Founders can apply here.
Apiumhub
APRIL 4, 2023
Thinking about starting your own Android app development project? To offer successful Android App Development Services, it is crucial to take into consideration best practices. The implementation of best practices can lead to better app performance, scalability, security, compatibility, and quality assurance, all of which can help ensure a successful app that meets the needs of users.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
Annual recurring revenue is a critical health metric for any subscription-based business. Calculating ARR is easy, but it’s a hard number to budge, as it’s a direct reflection of how well a startup is doing in terms of product-market fit. In his latest column, Sales Kiwi co-founder and TC+ contributor Jonathan Martinez shared five essential takeaways that he learned along the way to reaching $1M ARR.
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Next Level Blog
APRIL 4, 2023
Ideally, everyone who works for a company would act as an ambassador for that organization to the public at large. In the rare cases where you see that, it’s a triumph of a highly aligned corporate culture. And, as is true with any culture (good ones or bad ones), it starts at the top. When the senior executives act like ambassadors they also act as role models for everyone else in the company.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
Point-of-sale at the car dealership or robo calls asking you to pay for an extended warranty are what consumers are most used to. Meanwhile, traditional insurance is mainly for collisions, but what happens when a belt breaks or you push the “start” button and nothing happens? That’s where a new startup wants to change the way you care for your car. Aptly named, CarmaCare launched its proprietary “healthcare-for-your-car” subscription service three months ago to take over where traditional car in
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 4, 2023
User interest in crypto projects is often transactional, mercenary, and short-lived. Here’s how to change that.
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