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The Good and the Bad of Selenium Test Automation Tool

Altexsoft

Jason Huggins’ 2004 creation was a JavaScript framework aimed at freeing its creator from repetitive manual testing. The largest chunk of the product’s development is focused on this product. Selenium’s open source status makes a tool with a steep learning curve a low entry point for startups and independent developers.

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“Server Utilization” is a nonsense metric

ProdOps

But is high utilization of servers is “good” and low utilization is “bad”? I would guess that “waste” in terms of unutilized servers is considered bad, and thus servers that have “higher utilization” are thus considered better. When these systems are not available or don’t work, I consider that a bad thing. Or maybe vice-versa?

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Five World-Changing Software Innovations

LeanEssays

At the time, perhaps 70% of an IT budget was allocated to infrastructure, and that infrastructure rarely offered a competitive advantage. CEO Jeff Bezos believed that the only way to scale to the level he had in mind was to create small autonomous teams. By 2006 the team’s product, Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), was ready for release.

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Grown-Up Lean

LeanEssays

He describes “some surprising theories about software engineering”: I discuss these theories in terms of two fundamentally different development styles, the "cathedral" model of most of the commercial world versus the "bazaar" model of the Linux world. However, the open source world figured out a better way to develop software.

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Friction

LeanEssays

Because these companies are creating a new end-to-end experience, they rarely leverage existing capabilities aimed at serving their market; they develop a “full stack” of new capabilities. In fact, when software development is done right, speed, quality and low cost are fully compatible.

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Agile vs Waterfall: Key Differences And Definition?—?Which Model Is Better?

Codegiant

In this article, you’ll find out whether Agile or Waterfall is more suitable for your team. And make an accurate assessment of which methodology is best suitable for your team. The Agile methodology definition was introduced by 17 software developers gathered in Utah back in 2001. Teams that can manage themselves are the best.

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The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Most monopolies or duopolies develop over time, and have been considered dangerous to competitive markets ; now they are sought after from the start and are the holy grail for investors. How might that market have developed differently? Now we aim to scale up our team to support the entire state in this ambitious program.