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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

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The 10/10-rated Log4Shell flaw in Log4j, an open source logging software that’s found practically everywhere, from online games to enterprise software and cloud data centers, claimed numerous victims from Adobe and Cloudflare to Twitter and Minecraft due to its ubiquitous presence. Image Credits: AppMap.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Gen Z VCs, choosing a GTM model, crypto crisis communication tips

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Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. ” “It might work for now, but if that’s success for my generation of venture capitalists, then I would have rather stayed in my happy little bubble writing geochemistry code at NASA JPL.” Cassie Bowe, partner, Energy Impact Partners.

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Kevala raises $21M to improve tools for managing energy grid infrastructure

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Kevala , the startup that collects and analyzes energy grid infrastructure data for utility companies, renewable energy providers, EV charging companies, regulators and other energy industry stakeholders, has raised $21 million in a Series A round. Today, there is a greater range of energy sources and receptors than ever before.

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TDD mistakes 3

Habitable Code

Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post listing three mistakes often made by folks who are new to test-driven development (TDD). Writing a dozen or more lines of code to get to GREEN. It is also not TDD. Or secondly, there is probably a lot of coupling between the code and the existing tests. Let’s look at an example.

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Assessing the business risk of AI bias

CIO

In the US, authorities are now using new laws to enforce instances of discrimination due to prejudicial AI, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau currently investigates housing discrimination due to biases in algorithms for lending or housing valuation. After the code is developed, it’s also reviewed.

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Sustainable Software Talks and Latest News About Green Software

Apiumhub

In recent months, Apiumhub has hosted insightful sustainable software talks featuring two great speakers addressing the intersection of software engineering and environmental sustainability. Green Software Foundation’s Guidelines Freeman introduced the Software Carbon Intensity Guide developed by the Green Software Foundation.

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ChatGPT goes pro, layoffs at Alphabet, and Dungeons & Dragons flirts with restrictive new licensing

TechCrunch

Welcome, welcome, folks, to Week in Review, TechCrunch’s regular column that recaps the last week in news. ChatGPT goes pro: OpenAI this week signaled it’ll soon begin charging for ChatGPT , its viral AI-powered chatbot that can write essays, emails, poems and even computer code. Read the full review for more.

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