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Unit Tests in the Pyramid

Martin Fowler

Ham now starts looking at the pyramid in earnest, beginning with the foundation of the pyramid - unit tests.

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More Thoughts from a Seasoned IT Professional and Security Rookie

CTOvision

Note: I've been asked to post this from a reader that asked to remain anonymous but would like to inject some thoughts into our dialog here. This is the second in this series (the first was here). If you have thoughts you would like to insert into the discussion feel free to contact us. -mj […].

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Startup Financing for Founders: Your Companion Checklist

Toptal

Attention on the financial aspects of startups tends to focus on the external measure of fundraising. Yet before this, there are many aspects for an entrepreneur to consider regarding setting their business up for financial success. In this article, we address eight vital considerations to take around the equity, budget, and valuation components of a startup.

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Reflections on Dubai’s World Government Summit

Pandora's Brain

I lived in Dubai for three years in the early 1980s. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was a very young country then, but its ambition was clear. The tallest building was the Dubai Trade Centre, at 30 stories. In fact, it was the tallest building in the whole of the Middle East at the time, and many people thought it was a folly: why build a skyscraper in the desert?

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

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

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Wearable Technology: How and Why It Works

Toptal

The wearable technology revolution is shifting our long established patterns of how we utilize data in our daily lives and social interactions. In many ways, it’s a lot more personal.

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Cyber Engineering for 2018 and Beyond

Coalfire

2017 could be considered one of the most exciting (or horrifying) years in the technology industry. End-of-year statistics showed that the number of reported breaches in the business sector saw a 21% increase over the previous year, and headlines from all major news outlets were riddled with reports of hacks, data leaks, and high-profile vulnerabilities.

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Knowing your metrics

Derek Huether

Know your metrics and the behaviors they drive. Everyone at your company should understand which metrics drive the business, and what behaviors they encourage. That’s what Joe Nigro, CEO of energy company Constellation, said in a 2016 Harvard Business Review article. He went on to say, “Everyone needs to know how each metric fits into the big picture…why and how we’re measuring something, and how it’s relevant to performance.”.

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Importance of Internet Security

Strategy Driven

Internet security has never been more important. If you have poor internet security, then you are leaving yourself open to all kinds of issues. With that in mind, here are three reasons why internet security is so important. Financial. There are plenty of financial reasons why internet security is so important. If something happens and you end up losing data or customer information, then this can mean that you are less likely to get continued custom and it can hurt your bottom line.

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7 Must Know Mobile App Development Trends for 2017

Enlume

Transformation is always an amazing phenomenon and 2016 witnessed great transformation in mobile app development industry. Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in apps, Internet of Things (IoT), growing popularity of Location-based services (LBS) and Instant Apps are some of the important trends observed in 2016. Many of these trends are set to continue in 2017 along with emergence of some new trends.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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What Other Successful Business Owners Can Teach You

Strategy Driven

Have you ever considered that, as a business owner, you could learn a lot from other business owners? When it comes to running a company, all the most successful people have learnt from others and you should too. If you’re serious about making a go of your business, you need to be willing to learn from other, more successful business owners, starting now.

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How to make an app for iPhone or iPad?

Enlume

In the 21st century, the idea of anyone living without Internet and mobile phone is next to impossible. As we use mobile phones for several day-to-day activities, mobile phone apps have become an integral part of our lives. One of the most common phrase these days is ‘There is an app for that’. Rightly so, as there are more than 3 million apps in the app stores.

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Native or Hybrid? Get answers now!

Enlume

Out of the millions of apps available in app stores ( 3.4 million to be precise), only a small number of apps find permanent place on a user’s mobile phone. These apps are the ones which provide best solution for a user problem and do it by providing great user experience. Like a great product, a great app is not the one which people can live with but one which they cannot live without.

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