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How to create effective problem statements for idea challenges and hackathons

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Problem statements are concise descriptions of an issue that help understand the problems better and come up with effective solutions. They are like navigational compasses – the direction north being your desired outcome. Whether you are conducting an idea challenge, an internal hackathon (hackathon for your employees) or a full-fledged innovation campaign, the problem statement is key in determining the success.

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Go Big: Scalability in the Age of DevOps

DevOps.com

Achieving hyperscale is a work of technical art for any business. As companies grow and customers begin to rely more heavily on your service, ensuring reliability during peak business times is mission-critical. An enormous amount of work goes on behind the scenes to ensure scalability, and oftentimes it becomes necessary to redesign or rethink processes […].

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Building an Elixir runtime for AWS Lambda

Xebia

At the most recent AWS Re:invent, Amazon announced support for custom runtimes on AWS Lambda. AWS has support for quite a few languages out of the box; NodeJS being the fastest, but not always most readable one. Python can be edited from the AWS Console, while for Java, C# and Go binaries have to be […]. The post Building an Elixir runtime for AWS Lambda appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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3 ways AI will advance DevSecOps

TechBeacon

To some, artificial intelligence and machine learning may still seem like far-off concepts. But the reality is tht enterprises are already adopting these technologies, and many experts believe that 2019 may be the year AI and ML move to the mainstream. Not surprisingly, security looks to be one of the leading drivers of that adoption.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Building an Elixir runtime for AWS Lambda

Xebia

At the most recent AWS Re:invent, Amazon announced support for custom runtimes on AWS Lambda. AWS has support for quite a few languages out of the box; NodeJS being the fastest, but not always most readable one. Python can be edited from the AWS Console, while for Java, C# and Go binaries have to be […]. The post Building an Elixir runtime for AWS Lambda appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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3 ways AI will advance DevSecOps in 2019

TechBeacon

To some, artificial intelligence and machine learning may still seem like far-off concepts. But the reality is tht enterprises are already adopting these technologies, and many experts believe that 2019 may be the year AI and ML move to the mainstream. Not surprisingly, security looks to be one of the leading drivers of that adoption.

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Customers Say OEM Partnerships Are Driving Huge Value in the Digital Economy

Dell EMC

Children constantly ask “why?” I know that it can be tough for a parent to always provide an adequate answer of the why behind what we are asking our child to do, but honestly, knowing “why” helps children make sense of the world. A clear understanding of “why” is as important to your child’s development as it is to keeping clarity in one’s business decisions and strategy.

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Python Counters @PyDiff

WordAligned

On Monday I gave a talk at PyDiff on the subject of Python Counters. A Counter is a specialised dict which has much in common with a set. Of course all dicts are like sets, but with Counters the resemblance is even stronger. The documentation states: The Counter class is similar to bags or multisets in other languages. Alongside set operations of union, intersection and is-a-subset, Counter also supports addition and subtraction — natural and unsurprising operations for a container whose j

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Top Do’s and Don’ts Guidelines of Mobile App UX Design in 2019

Openxcell

High performing mobile apps are those that exceed their performance goal by a considerable margin and have outperformed their competitors significantly. Several mobile app developers are considering customer-centric mobile app UX design as the top factor to complement data and technical excellence in order to gather a quantifiable uplift. Basically, Mobile App UX defines how an app feels, how its usability, functionality and many intuitive features should be to provide a relevant user experience

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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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Online visualization workshop with Benjamin Felis

Agile42

In most of our classes, the training participants are impressed by the visualization approach used by our coaches. Instead of relying on a prepared PowerPoint deck, we start with a blank canvas that gets filled with words, symbols and pictures live during the class. The ability to visualize is an essential skill for a coach but also crucial in many fields in our professional work life.

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Top Do’s and Don’ts Guidelines of Mobile App UX Design in 2019

Openxcell

High performing mobile apps are those that exceed their performance goal by a considerable margin and have outperformed their competitors significantly. Several app developers are considering customer-centric mobile app UX. High performing mobile apps are those that exceed their performance goal by a considerable margin and have outperformed their competitors significantly.

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How to Calculate the Benefits of AIOps for your Organization

Loom Systems

The term AI for IT Operations (AIOps) is drawing lots of attention these days. With a goal of helping enterprises shift IT operations from reactive to predictive, AIOps is becoming a necessity for businesses that deal with dynamic and complex IT environments. While the ROI you can achieve by implementing AIOps is significant, how do you apply it to your organization?

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For January 18th, 2019

High Scalability

Sorry, Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability has been called on the account of wind, rain, power outages and general mayhem. We're all safe, but it's hard to write a post using stone knives and bear skins. See you next week. Lots of rain fell over the last 48 hours, but how much? Here is a preliminary look. For a more detailed list go here: [link] #cawx #AtmosphericRiver pic.twitter.com/DjCIH1E9fn.

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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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Error'd: An Internet of Crap

The Daily WTF

"One can only assume the CEO of Fecebook is named Mark Zuckerturd," writes Eric G. . "Crucial's website is all about consumer choice and I just can't decide!" writes Charles. . "Countdown started? I had better get a move on! Only 364.97 days left on this auction," Wesley F. wrote. . Pascal wrote, "The 'connected device table' lists 9 devices total, but when my router counts them -3 times each?

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Use Crowdsourcing to Unlock Your Innovation Potential

Planbox

The crowd can be your innovation partner. Crowds are becoming the partner of choice when it comes to innovation and research but only a few companies are using crowds effectively. Business owners and managers remain cautious as sending a company’s problems out to a group of strangers seems like a risk most are not willing to take – especially for organizations that are centered on a foundation of internal innovation.

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Sparking the data science of optimization

Capgemini

Standing in line at the coffee shop, Blair’s phone buzzed in his pocket. Fishing it out of his coat, he noted that it was his regional vice president and boss, so he quickly answered, “Hi Tom, how’s it going?” Tom Callahan was a card-carrying member of the old generation of product sales guys who loved to sell and hated paperwork and planning. “Hey, Blair,” he responded.

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Four short links: 18 January 2019

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Remove Filters, Quantum Cables, Embedded Vision, and Citizen Developers. Desnapify -- deep convolutional generative adversarial network (DCGAN) trained to remove Snapchat filters from selfie images. Quantum Computer Component Shortage (MIT TR) -- cables for superconducting quantum computing experiments turn out to be hard to find at Radio Shack. Reminder: QC is in its infancy.

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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Top Do’s and Don’ts Guidelines of Mobile App UX Design in 2019

Openxcell

High performing mobile apps are those that exceed their performance goal by a considerable margin and have outperformed their competitors significantly. Several mobile app developers are considering customer-centric mobile app UX design as the top factor to complement data and technical excellence in order to gather a quantifiable uplift. Basically, Mobile App UX defines how an app feels, how its usability, functionality and many intuitive features should be to provide a relevant user experience

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What You Need to Understand About SaaS Buyer Expectations

IDC

The SaaS market has been growing at rapid pace for several years, and that momentum shows little sign of slowing. While the market is dominated by a small handful of large vendors, the long tail of the SaaS market is filled with many up-and-coming companies who demonstrate tremendous innovation, and as such, are experiencing staggering growth. From a SaaS buyer perspective, expectations continue to heighten surrounding what software vendors should, and ultimately must, provide if they want to su

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Scan Interference

Coalfire

Scan interference is best defined as when traffic from our scanners gets blocked, filtered, dropped, or modified in response to some sort of active protection system not recognizing our traffic. Once our scanners are flagged as an intruder, the client’s environment is no longer accessible, which causes the scan to fail. In order to ensure that reliable scans can be conducted, our scanners must be allowed to perform scanning without this interruption.

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Should you use AWS CloudTrail or CloudWatch?

Cloud Conformity

We know from AWS Best Practice that monitoring, keeping logs and collecting data for analysis is important for many reasons. But as CloudTrail and CloudWatch both do this, how are you meant to know what the differences are? Why not both? To understand the differences between AWS CloudTrail and AWS CloudWatch, we’ll review the fundamentals of these two services and how best to use them individually and collectively.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Python Counters @PyDiff

WordAligned

On Monday I gave a talk at PyDiff on the subject of Python Counters. A Counter is a specialised dict which has much in common with a set. Of course all dicts are like sets, but with Counters the resemblance is even stronger. The documentation states: The Counter class is similar to bags or multisets in other languages. Alongside set operations of union, intersection and is-a-subset, Counter also supports addition and subtraction — natural and unsurprising operations for a container whose j

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Book review: Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri

Wolk Software Engineering

A couple of days ago I finished reading Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri and, as usual, I would like to share a review with the community. I picked up this book because the author was a speaker at an event in Ireland. I live in Ireland, and I ended up learning about her work through one of my friends ( @dagonzago ). I checked out some of the work of Melissa Perri online, and after watching her talk Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri at Mind the Product, San Francisco, 2017 I decide

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We need disruption in Agile Training and Coaching

Net Objectives

Certifying bodies promoting a particular brand have changed the industry for the better in many ways. But they are businesses. And their model is selling training. As much as possible, as you’d expect from any business. And the people they support’s model is training and placing coaches. Brands compete – so it’s not surprising to … Continue reading "We need disruption in Agile Training and Coaching".

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Creating a Fast, Easy Daily Log with Bear & aText

Atomic Spin

I am a big note taker, mostly because I tend to be forgetful. No matter how significant or recent a discussion may be, I often forget the details of what was said or decided–unless I take effective notes. Originally, I started using Bear to take notes because it allowed me to use Markdown to make bulleted lists, highlighting text, quotes, and to-dos stand out visually.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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The Year Ahead for BPM -- 2019 Predictions from Top Influencers

BPM

What will 2019 hold for Business Process Management? Read the predictions from thought leaders in the industry, including Nathaniel Palmer's overview for the year ahead.

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5 Best Django Books for Beginners

The Crazy Programmer

Here you will find list of best django books for beginners to learn. If you’re eager to learn Django as it is so popular nowadays for its simplicity, then you can follow our articles that made Django more easy to learn. But Sometimes we prefer reading offline rather than online as we’re habitual of it or maybe you think that reading online brings distraction ( for example – ads, pop-ups ).

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Comment on 3L’s of Self-Directed Learning: Insights from My TEDx Talk by Siddharth

QAspire

In this article, Differentiation and innovation you explained is touched me. And, recently i am looking for ‘labor of love’ Thing i can do without looking for anything being paid to me. Thing that just give inner happiness. Looking for activity to do for life long.