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Article: Appreciation at Work

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Monkeys and Rocks with Matt Greenberg

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Episode 19. If a friend asks you to help them move something heavy, like a rock, you probably wouldn’t think twice. But if they asked you to take care of their pet monkey… That’s the beginning of our chat with Matt Greenberg, Vice President of Engineering at Credit Karma, who compares problems of various types and sizes to monkeys and rocks. The goal of effective leaders should be to break down bigger problems into smaller ones, going from monkey-sized problems to smaller, rock-sized ones.

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Continuous Delivery for Machine Learning

Martin Fowler

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Agile and DevOps Success Needs Continuous Testing

DevOps.com

One of the central ways to progress an agile transformation is to introduce continuous testing. With all such changes, it is cultural as much as technical. The expected outcomes are less broken builds and reduced time from break to fix, as well as a yardstick for measuring the team’s ambition for improvement. The Testing Bit […]. The post Agile and DevOps Success Needs Continuous Testing appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

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.

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Scale your security with DevSecOps: 4 valuable mindsets and principles

TechBeacon

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Notes from Observability Roundtables: Capabilities Deep-dive

Honeycomb

Greetings, fellow o11ynaut! You may recall a post we shared here about two months ago that told tales of the themes we felt best represented our recent release of the Framework for an Obsersvability Maturity Model. Well, the o11y maturity model was once again the primary topic and focus of Honeycomb’s most recent Observability Roundtable event held in San Francisco in mid August.

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Top 10 BI data visualization tools

CIO

There is golden knowledge in the sea of data that businesses are swimming in. Being able to fish out the business intelligence you need — when you need it — is the key to steering your ship.

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The Problem with Just Do Your Job

Let's Grow Leaders

Have you ever had a team member say something like this? “I just want to do my job. I know you want me to care, but I don’t. It’s a paycheck and I’ve got kids.” Or perhaps you’ve heard a leader tell […]. The post The Problem with Just Do Your Job appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Technical Components of CD4ML

Martin Fowler

Our authors now move on to the technical components that make Continuous Delivery possible for a Machine Learning system. The first two are "Discoverable and Accessible Data" followed by "Reproducible Model Training". more….

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

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.

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The Power of Focus

N2Growth Blog

I am frequently asked what it takes to become more productive. My answer is simply become very, very focused. Focus has always been a powerful characteristic that has served me well in all leadership roles alike. Relentless focus results in aligned priorities, order, discipline, and productivity. That sounds simple enough doesn’t it? Then why is this so hard for executives and entrepreneurs?

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How to Prepare for Your DevOps Interview

Dzone - DevOps

So, why should they hire you? Over the past decade, DevOps has emerged as a new tech culture and career that marries the rapid iteration desired by software development with the rock-solid stability of the infrastructure operations team. For system administrators, operations engineers, and others with strong systems and software backgrounds, there’s perhaps no better time than the present to transition into DevOps.

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Leading Friends and Former Peers

Let's Grow Leaders

My first formal leadership role where I would lead my friends and former peers didn’t go so well. When we ask a group of new leaders about their biggest problems, leading friends and former peers is always one of the most […]. The post Leading Friends and Former Peers appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. My first formal leadership role where I would lead my friends and former peers didn’t go so well.

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Serving and testing models in CD4ML

Martin Fowler

My colleagues continue their discussion of the technical components of Continuous Delivery for Machine Learning. This installment looks at model serving, testing, and quality. more….

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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13 robotic process automation experts you should follow

TechBeacon

Robotic process automation (RPA) is a hot topic right now. Many organizations, primarily large ones, are using RPA to process data more quickly and to shorten the time spent by employees on repetitive tasks.

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The State of DevOps Report 2019 Is Out

DevOps.com

The Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2019 is out like every other year. Now, let’s talk about the key findings of this year’s survey: The Industry Continues to Improve, Particularly Among the Elite Performers: Proportion of high performers have tripled, now comprising 20% of all teams. This shows the improvement is real for those who […]. The post The State of DevOps Report 2019 Is Out appeared first on DevOps.com.

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How to Find the Great Idea in Your Best Practice

Let's Grow Leaders

Your Best Practice Might Not Work Everywhere Javier was a well-loved director at an engineering design firm. He was also an accomplished Italian chef. Every year he would conduct an operational excellence rally that he personally catered with spaghetti made from homemade noodles, […]. The post How to Find the Great Idea in Your Best Practice appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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A model for thnking about lock-in

Martin Fowler

Gregor continues his article on lock-in by introducing a model, a quadrant based on switching cost and unique utility, to aid thinking. more….

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Change Lessons from Back-to-School Season

Change Starts Here

In a recent webinar, someone pointed out how we help people change in business, but our children have a ton of change each year as they start school and they do fine. She asked, why do we seem to coddle adults more than kids? I’m in a unique situation as a parent this year.

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From DevOps to DevSecOps: Owning Cloud Security

DevOps.com

The cloud is a complex environment, with different groups managing different cloud services and environments. The most basic division is between the cloud provider, who provides the core infrastructure, and the customer, who leverages services or builds their applications using resources leased from the provider. Within larger organizations, different cloud resources, data and applications may […].

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The Power of Focus

N2Growth Blog

I am frequently asked what it takes to become more productive. My answer is simply become very, very focused. Focus has always been a powerful characteristic that has served me well in all leadership roles alike. Relentless focus results in aligned priorities, order, discipline, and productivity. That sounds simple enough doesn’t it? Then why is this so hard for executives and entrepreneurs?

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Samsung Files Patent for ‘Programmable Blockchain Solid State Drive’

CTOvision

Local industry news outlet Decenter reported on Sept. 3 that Samsung applied for the “programmable blockchain solid state drive and switch” patent on Jan. 15 and that it has been published on Feb. 2. Details of the newly designed system are sparse, but it will reportedly be used to improve the speed and lifespan of blockchain-aware […].

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Six Steps to Optimize Your Software Quality Testing for Consistent Results

Dzone - DevOps

A quality QA plan should be mapped out and followed carefully. This is how important software quality testing is to the success of your product: 40% of tech startups fail because of poor or absent QA. Failing to implement one of the fundamental aspects of software development can sabotage your all efforts.

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When Shift Right is Shift Left

DevOps.com

In some areas of IT, we utilize the idea of shift right quite a bit. Testing and security are two areas where it comes up often. The idea is that tracking late in the process–usually while the application is in production–leads us to find more insidious issues that might have remained hidden, and gives us […]. The post When Shift Right is Shift Left appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Agile Hardware with Embedded Software Development

Toptal

Agile has taken the world of software development by storm and has now started to creep into the hardware space. However, less flexibility, more certification requirements, longer development times, and other challenges require a managed agility approach to being successful in managing hardware products.

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The Worlds Of AI And Blockchain Are Colliding

CTOvision

Nowadays just about everyone understands the importance of data. And when it comes to AI, the more data the better. Data can be an incredibly valuable and powerful tool and it’s growing at an exponential rate. In just the past two years, 90% of the world’s data was created and companies are needing to store […].

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How Embedded Analytics Helps Product Managers Exceed Their KPIs

Embedded analytics can help you deliver cutting-edge analytics experiences to your end-users that align with KPIs that are critical to the growth and success of your business. Read this eBook to learn how an embedded analytics platform, like Qrvey, can help PMs exceed the following KPIs: Growing revenue while improving customer retention rate Delivering rapid time to value Earning a high net-promoter score Increasing Gross Margin / Profitability Conversion rate from trial to paid Don’t just meet

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DevOps Tools for Monitoring

Dzone - DevOps

What's in your walle- I mean, toolbox? DevOps has been a hot topic for many years, but it's still common for organizations to feel overwhelmed by the complexity of automating their entire infrastructure and to get hung up on which tools to use. An integrated set of DevOps tools for monitoring has the power to improve visibility and productivity, achieve higher-performing systems, and establish cross-functional collaboration.

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Why and How to Collect KPIs for Z DevOps

DevOps.com

It can sometimes feel frustrating to try to figure out how to do DevOps. That’s because DevOps is not about tools—there are lots of different tools that can help you succeed at DevOps. Nor is it about any really specific set of practices; although DevOps prioritizes things like automation and communication, it does not prescribe […]. The post Why and How to Collect KPIs for Z DevOps appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Treat Your Employees Like Customers: How to Increase Their Engagement and Productivity at Work

CEO Insider

Imagine that your employees could save 10 minutes every day when they’re looking for information they need to do their jobs. For a 1,000-person organization, that comes out to a staggering 50,000 minutes saved per week. In companies that use sophisticated enterprise search tools, workers can actually save a lot more than 10 minutes daily. […].

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