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Exercises in Programming Style

Henrik Warne

In the book club at work , we recently finished reading Exercises in Programming Style by Cristina Videira Lopes. The book consists of a simple program implemented in 33 different programming styles. It is a great way of showing the different styles, and the book was quite popular in the book club. The book is relatively new (it was published in 2014), and I don’t think it is as well-known as it deserves to be.

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Design Psychology and the Neuroscience of Awesome UX

Toptal

Human cognition is complex, and many factors play into instant impressions. Design psychology is coming to the forefront as more and more companies are using neuroscience to design better user experiences.

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Kanban for Software Testing Teams

Abstracta - Software Development

Committing to the continuous improvement of kaizen This article was originally published on stickyminds.com Kanban, a highly effective framework for “going agile,” is based on the Japanese business philosophy of kaizen, which believes that everything can be improved. One of the principles of kanban that. The post Kanban for Software Testing Teams appeared first on Abstracta Software Testing Services.

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How to Stop Selling Your Ideas and Start Enrolling People in Them

Next Level Blog

Think about the last time you made a big purchase like a car, a major appliance or a mattress. With the possible exception of the car, there’s a pretty good chance you bought the product online after reading a lot of customer reviews. Why was that the case? Of course, one reason is that Amazon and other online retailers make it really easy to buy things online.

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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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A DIY Web Accessibility Blueprint

A List Apart

The summer of 2017 marked a monumental victory for the millions of Americans living with a disability. On June 13th, a Southern District of Florida Judge ruled that Winn-Dixie’s inaccessible website violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This case marks the first trial under the ADA , which was passed into law in 1990. Despite spending more than $7 million to revamp its website in 2016, Winn-Dixie neglected to include design considerations for users with disabilities.

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Automation Apps that Will Launch Your Startup

CTOvision

Starting a business can be one of the most exciting and rewarding things you ever do in your entire life. However, there are a number of stressors that can hamper the experience and bog you down with mundanity. Luckily, through the use of automation, these tasks are simplified and executed without you ever having to […].

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Latin America M&A Best Practices

Toptal

Latin America boasts great investment opportunities with attractive risk levels, higher returns than home markets, and access to a large population base with growing income. However, Latin American acquisitions require special attention and include a number of difficulties unique to the region. This article provides insights gleaned from Finance Expert Emilio Labrador's 15 years of experience in Latin American oil and gas M&A.

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5 Indispensable WordPress Plugins for an eCommerce Website

Women on Business

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How Much Disruption Will AI Cause?

Cutter Consortium

A huge amount of innovation is taking place around AI right now. Many, including Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant Curt Hall , think AI has the potential to disrupt lots of industries, including banking/financial services, healthcare, automotive, retail, Internet of Things (IoT), IT security, government, and the military. We’re in the midst of conducting a study on AI and machine learning.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Time for Transformational Cybersecurity!

Marv's Smart Future

One of the hardest things to change in human society is a long-standing myth. The current well accepted myth about information technology (IT) systems is that they cannot be defended against well-funded, determined hackers.

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Massive Scale Visibility Challenges Inside Hyperscale Data Centers

Kentik

Hyperscale data centers are true marvels of the age of analytics, enabling a new era of cloud-scale computing that leverages Big Data, machine learning, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence. Architected to scale up smoothly in order to accommodate increasing demand, these massive data centers are based on modular designs that allow operators to easily add compute, memory, storage and networking resources as needed.

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Top Traits of Socially Responsible Employers

Strategy Driven

When talented workers are looking for new employment opportunities, they tend to go for the companies that have a proven track record of being socially responsible. If you start to demonstrate that you fit the bill, you should soon have a big pool of excellent employees to choose from. Beyond this, treating your staff members right will result in a team who are highly motivated and more likely to stick by your business.

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Next up on hackers’ IoT target list: Gas stations

The Parallax

CANCÚN, Mexico—You can add gas stations to the growing list of real-world hacking targets. Two security researchers in Israel have new evidence that gas station systems, from cash registers to fuel pumps, are connected to the Internet and exposed to malicious hackers. The researchers who discovered the vulnerability, Ido Naor, a senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, and Amihai Neiderman, an independent researcher formerly at Azimuth Security, found gas stations connected to the Internet t

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“Build vs Buy Analytics?” The Question ALL SaaS Leaders Need to Answer in 2024

As a SaaS leader, you know that the more metrics, insights, and analytics you add to your products, the more engagement you’ll have – and the stickier your product will become with customers. At what point do you decide to keep building your analytics in-house or invest in an embedded analytics solution? Read our Build vs. Buy Analytics guide to learn: Top 4 benefits of embedded analytics A quick cost comparison of in-house analytics development vs embedded analytics 10 considerations to help yo

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Insight Delivered: The Power of Sankey Diagrams

Kentik

Understand relationships in network traffic data using Kentik Detect’s Sankey diagram visualization. Seeing steam. Sankey diagrams have been around for more than a century. The first one, drawn by Captain Matthew Sankey in 1898, was used to show the energy inputs, outputs and efficiency of a steam engine. In general, a Sankey diagram is a type of flow diagram where the width of the bands represent the proportional quantity of flow distributed over one or more dimensions.

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Motivate Your Team – Avoid This Mistake

Let's Grow Leaders

Early in my career, I made a critical mistake that’s very common, even when you’re a leader who cares and wants to motivate your team. I discovered my mistake when Joanne handed me an envelope. Inside was a single page. I unfolded […]. The post Motivate Your Team – Avoid This Mistake appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Software-Defined Future is Here

TidalScale

In January, I argued that 2018 is shaping up to be the year of the Software-Defined Server. I pointed to a number of reasons why: Data is growing rapidly , putting pressure on IT infrastructures that simply aren’t built to keep up. To act on all that data quickly, businesses need to analyze it entirely in memory, which is 1,000 times faster than flash storage.

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Phenomenal Lineup of Thought Leaders in Global Risk Speaking at The Cipher Brief Threat Conference 8-10 April 2018

CTOvision

The 2018 Cipher Brief Threat Conference will be held 8-10 April in Sea Island Georgia. This event is far more than speakers. Last year every single person I interacted with was an interesting professional working real world problems. It was a great way to learn lessons from peers and I expect this year it will […].

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.