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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

TechCrunch

So far, web3 has not paid off on the Promise of the Premise : open source software that runs live on the blockchain. “It’s still much easier to develop a Web 2.0 Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence.

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The early returns on gen AI for software development

CIO

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Pricing strategy, technical due diligence, pitch deck appendix fever

TechCrunch

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. CEO and co-founder Puneet Gupta has shared his seven-step plan for developing usage-based pricing models. For years, conventional wisdom said it was a useless evolutionary holdover, but we’ve since learned that it helps strengthen the immune system.

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TDD or Test-Last? One Thing at a Time

Xebia

Disentangling Programming Concerns At first glance, all the activities I mentioned seem inseparable, like a big blob of spaghetti code. What do we want to achieve with the code we’re creating? In most cases, we need the ability to evolve the code. We introduce design to our software. The post TDD or Test-Last?

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Lessons from the field: How Generative AI is shaping software development in 2023

CIO

Specifically, organizations are contemplating Generative AI’s impact on software development. While the potential of Generative AI in software development is exciting, there are still risks and guardrails that need to be considered. Therefore, the technology will only be as good as the data provided.

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TDD saved the day

Xebia

Sometimes, the coding task in front of you can be overwhelmingly complex. Armed with a few assumptions about how things should work, I embarked on developing an application with a graphical UI and a backend. To tackle each operation, I started with a small test, following the principles of Test-Driven Development (TDD).