O'Reilly Media - Data
JULY 31, 2018
We can build a future we want to live in, or we can build a nightmare. The choice is up to us. Our lives are bathed in data: from recommendations about whom to “follow” or “friend” to data-driven autonomous vehicles. But in the past few years, it has become clear that the products and technologies we have created have been weaponized and used against us.
scruminc
JULY 31, 2018
The 3-5-3 of Scrum. by Joe Justice | August 1, 2018 | Blog. Scrum teams wishing to receive the return on investment associated with a rigorous Scrum should have an immediate method to check if they are implementing the same practices observed in the documented high performing teams. To support this, I encourage Scrum masters to check themselves against the Scrum guide and its 3 roles, 5 events, and 3 outputs.
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Wolk Software Engineering
JULY 29, 2018
In this post, I would like to share some predictions about the world of web development. Making predictions is dangerous because there are high chances that they will be wrong. However, I enjoy thinking about the future because it is exciting and it can help us to identify potential future career opportunities. Remember that all innovations start as a fantasy.
Coding Dojo
AUGUST 1, 2018
In college, I was one of a handful of females in a 100+ class of Information Systems students. In my … Read more >>. The post Odd Women In Programming appeared first on Coding Dojo Blog.
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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.
Agile Alliance
AUGUST 1, 2018
If you work in an IT organization that seeks to operate in an Agile fashion, you may have run across the challenge of getting your stakeholders — those people who you’re building solutions for inside your organization — involved in your work and keeping them engaged at an appropriate level. This is a common challenge … Continued.
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Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 2, 2018
It’s never too late to begin team accountability. “Karin and David, can I ask you a question?” We had just finished a keynote where we gave leaders the tools to have the tough conversations. Sarah, a middle-level manager, came up to talk […]. The post How to Start Team Accountability When You Never Have Before appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
General Leadership
AUGUST 1, 2018
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “If your action inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”. John Quincy Adams. Anyone following the news these days is painfully aware of the divisiveness plaguing politics.
Agile Alliance
AUGUST 1, 2018
I recently had a conversation with Sal Freudenberg and Matt Wynne about their experiences remote mobbing. I met Sal and Matt at XP 2018 in Porto, Portugal where they presented their experience report on The Surprisingly Inclusive Benefits of Remote Mob Programming. We started a conversation there. Intrigued, I wanted to hear more about their … Continued.
The Crazy Programmer
JULY 31, 2018
There always been a lot of buzz especially among the people who are novice to the field of programming stuff about the two terms Frontend and Backend. Although these two are the most fundamental and basic terms in the design and development world, people more often fail to understand the fine line between the two and yeah we can’t solely blame people for this.
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IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d
O'Reilly Media - Data
AUGUST 2, 2018
The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Chang Liu on operations research, and the interplay between differential privacy and machine learning. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Chang Liu , applied research scientist at Georgian Partners. In a previous post , I highlighted early tools for privacy-preserving analytics, both for improving decision-making (business intelligence and analytics) and for enabling automation (machine learning).
OTS Solutions
AUGUST 2, 2018
The process of developing a Chatbot from scratch. A Chatbot is an artificial intelligence system that you interact with using voice or text. The interactions with a Chatbot can be as easy as asking requesting for the weather report. On the other hand, the interactions can be more complicated like solving issues with the internet connection. In this article, you will get to learn the process of Chatbot Development from scratch. 1.
Agile Alliance
AUGUST 1, 2018
By Jutta Eckstein and John Buck Being connected to society is an essential ingredient to long-term profitability. If a company is not giving back to society, it is likely to be viewed as untrustworthy and distrust will undermine all aspects of the business (including finding talent). For example, some years ago a large European insurance … Continued.
The Crazy Programmer
AUGUST 3, 2018
E-Commerce is growing and appealing to more business owners as well as customers. It has become a powerful tool to leverage offline business and as a result, increase its profits. But on the other hand, the development of an e-commerce app requires investing of both time and money. In order to set the app development budget, it’s necessary to consider all the factors that can influence the price beforehand.
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.
Toptal
JULY 31, 2018
Employing Python to make machine learning predictions can be a daunting task, especially if your goal is to create a real-time solution. However, Tensorflow and Scikit-Learn can significantly speed up implementation. In this article, Toptal Python Developer Guillaume Ferry outlines a simple architecture that should help you progress from a basic proof of concept to a minimal viable product without much hassle.
Women on Business
JULY 31, 2018
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Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 31, 2018
There’s no question, the downside of a good economy is that it’s harder to retain your best talent. The challenging underperformers stick around, while your rock stars are suddenly the hottest ticket on LinkedIn. If you’re like most executives we talk to, […]. The post How to Take Your Retention Strategy to the Next Level appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Coding Dojo
JULY 31, 2018
Programmers have not always been fortunate enough for programming languages as understandable as those available today. Binary is the only … Read more >>. The post Interpreters: The Magic That Runs Your Python Code appeared first on Coding Dojo Blog.
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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.
Toptal
JULY 31, 2018
How does Figma improve the design process and outperform Sketch and other design tools when it comes to designer collaboration? Learn the big differences that every designer should know.
SCRUMstudy
JULY 30, 2018
As companies progressively adopt Scrum as the preferred project management method over traditional waterfall method, the subject of ‘role-mapping’ becomes more critical. Perhaps, one of the biggest challenges that organizations face when they move to Scrum is where does a Project Manager fit in Scrum? We are so used to the role of a Project Manager that we often forget that it is merely a role and does not necessarily specify a position in an organizational hierarchy.
Women on Business
AUGUST 1, 2018
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CTOvision
AUGUST 3, 2018
There are seven key MegaTrends driving the future of enterprise IT. You can remember them all with the mnemonic acronym CAMBRIC, which stands for Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Mobility, Big Data, Robotics, Internet of Things, CyberSecurity. In this post we dive deeper into the first of these trends, Cloud Computing. We succinctly describe Cloud Computing as the scalable delivery of computational resources. [.].
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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.
Apiumhub
JULY 30, 2018
With the release of java 8 a new paradigm was discovered in the development with java, but the question arises – is it enough? And what if we could have other functionalities of more purely functional languages in java? To meet these needs vavr was invented with the mission of reducing the code making it more readable and adding robustness with the immutability of the data.
Toptal
JULY 31, 2018
Many businesses use SharePoint but use it poorly. Restructuring and re-education are the keys to getting the most out of SharePoint. In this article, Toptal Freelance SharePoint Developer Anthony Lucidi explores how features like metadata tags, SharePoint workflows, and PowerApps can make a world of difference.
Career Advancement
JULY 30, 2018
“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”. ~Jim Collins~. Arthur, a manager at a mid-size firm, read a troubling statistic: According to Harvard Business Review, one in five high-performing employees plans to leave their job in the next six months. He wanted to groom his high-performing employees for success , growing their leadership skills.
CTOvision
JULY 31, 2018
Everyone’s talking about blockchain. Everyone’s hailing its potential to revolutionize everything from banking and insurance to supply chain management and capital formation. And, indeed, the potential exists to reinvent all of those things, but there are some scary implications as well. Blockchain is an inherently decentralized structure. In particular, distributed ledger technology (DLT) is inherently [.].
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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.
The Daily WTF
AUGUST 1, 2018
There are certain languages which are still in use, are still changing and maturing, and yet are also frozen in time. Fortran is a perfect example- over the past 40–60 years, huge piles of code, mostly for scientific and engineering applications, was written. It may be hard to believe, but modern Fortran supports object-oriented programming and has a focus on concurrency.
Gorilla Logic
JULY 31, 2018
What’s on your whiteboard?? A lot of great ideas that could potentially transform your company, right? Yet budget constraints and recruiting issues often mean those great ideas fall further down your list. Aligning with a nearshore Agile development partner can give you the talent and expertise needed to deliver on your company’s strategic goals – as long as you select the right one.
Apiumhub
JULY 30, 2018
We are looking for a Backend developer to join our software development team in Barcelona! We build high quality working software and we want essential people to be part of our growing team and to work with us on inspiring projects. . Who are we? At Apiumhub , we are experts in software architecture and software development. We build scalable software platforms and think about performance and cost reduction every time we start the project.
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