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AI as a service to solve your business problems? Guess again

TechCrunch

Industries of all types are embracing off-the-shelf AI solutions. In the words of Sepp Hochreiter (inventor of LSTM , one of the world’s most famous and successful AI algorithms), “the ideal combination for the best time to market and lowest risk for your AI projects is to slowly build a team and use external proven experts as well.

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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. Contributor.

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Transforming IT culture for business success

CIO

In lieu of integrating and customizing off-the-shelf enterprise applications such as Salesforce or SAP, Power Home Remodeling has constructed its own proprietary NITRO platform used to run and optimize all aspects of the business and customer experience. Back in the day, IT culture was all about the perks.

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Book review: Accelerate

Henrik Warne

The book Accelerate details the findings of four years of research on how DevOps affects various outcomes, such as software delivery tempo and stability, as well as the organizations’ profitability and market share. The research findings are also in line with my own experience of DevOps. Software Delivery Performance.

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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). User experience designers and researchers lay a solid foundation for building modern web apps. User experience and performance are already aligned—in theory.

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Length of Stay in Hospital: How to Predict the Duration of Inpatient Treatment

Altexsoft

Healthcare facilities and insurance companies would give a lot to know the answer for each new admission. Today, we can employ AI technologies to predict the date of discharge. This article describes how data and machine learning help control the length of stay — for the benefit of patients and medical organizations. days in 1960 to just 5.4

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The Problem with Patterns

A List Apart

It started off as an honest problem with a brilliant solution. As the ways we use the web continue to grow and evolve, we, as its well-intentioned makers and stewards, needed something better than making simple collections of pages over and over again. In order to achieve what they promise, they should be adaptable, flexible, and scalable.