TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Alex Circei. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Alex Circei is CEO and co-founder of Waydev , a Git analytics tool that measures engineers' performance automatically. The end of the year is looming and with it one of your most important tasks as a manager. Summarizing the performance of 10, 20 or 50 developers over the past 12 months, offering personalized advice and having the facts to back it up — is no small task.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

The Scrum Guide has been updated to make it less prescriptive, using simpler language to address a wider audience. These changes have been done to make Scrum a “lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems”. An interview with Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland about the changes to the guide.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

As the United States entered its first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, there were wide expectations in startup land that a reckoning had arrived. But the expected comeuppance of high-burn, high-growth startups fueled by cheap capital provided by venture capitalists raising ever-larger funds , failed to arrive. Instead, the very opposite came to pass. Layoffs happened swiftly and aggressively during the early months of the pandemic era.

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Steve Farber

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Rotary International has been a flourishing community that stretches across several countries. And for Barry Rassin, the secret to its lasting success lies in the burning desire to serve others selflessly. He sits down. Read more. The post Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In The Expanding World Of Rotary International With Barry Rassin first appeared on Steve Farber.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast ( now on Twitter! ), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Today is our holiday look-back at the year, bringing not only our own Danny and Natasha and Chris and Alex into the mix, but also five venture capitalists who we got to leave us their notes as well. The goal for this episode was to reflect on a year that no one could have ever predicted, but with a specific angle, as always, on venture capital an

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Brightpearl , which allows retailers to streamline their operations thus boosting sales, has raised $33 million in funding to scale its business. This Series C round was led by Sage, which has put $23 million into the U.K. company. Previous backers Cipio Partners, Notion Capital and Verdane also participated, putting in $10 million. The Bristol, U.K.

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Altexsoft

DECEMBER 24, 2020

This is a guest article by Inna Shevchenko from iGMS. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to reassess how they approach their daily operations. The vacation rental industry, in particular, was impacted hard by the crisis. Airbnb alone reported a net loss of almost $700 million on revenue of $2.5 billion. As a result, increasingly more hosts are searching for tools to help reduce expenditure and ways to scale quickly.

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Dzone - DevOps

DECEMBER 24, 2020

DevSecOps as an Aspect of GRC [Part 1]. Throughout the DevSecOps as an aspect of GRC article, I’ll go in-depth on how DevOps can be a key aspect of supporting corporate GRC (governance, risk, compliance) needs. Before diving into implementation steps, it’s important to understand what DevSecOps and GRC are and why they’re more important than ever. In Part 1, I’ll look at why this approach is essential for scaling digital transformation while mitigating risks.

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The Daily WTF

DECEMBER 24, 2020

As we enjoy our holiday today, in this seemingly unending year of 2020, our present to you is a blast from 2012, the year the world was supposed to end. Original --Remy. "Most people spend their New Year's Eve watching the ball drop and celebrating the New Year," writes Jason , "and actually, that's what I planned to do, too. Instead, I found myself debugging our licensing activation system." "Just as I was about to leave the office, I received a torrent of emails wit

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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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DevOps.com

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The post Happy Holidays From MediaOps appeared first on DevOps.com.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Our reader poll today asks: As the year comes to an end, what are your expectations for next year? It’ll be much better: 32.43% It’ll be slightly better: 42.96% It’ll be about the same: 16.28% It’ll be slightly worse: 4.92% It’ll be much worse: 3.41% Optimistic views. 75% of you feel like next year will be better than this one.

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Dataiku

DECEMBER 24, 2020

It’s officially been more than three months since we took EGG, the human-centered AI conference, “on air” and made it a multifaceted virtual experience, complete with three main formats — livestreams , Episodes , and on-demand content. While unique in nature, each format is designed to help us continue our mission of informing, inspiring, and connecting people in the AI community globally, amidst the tumult of 2020 nonetheless!

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Arcserve

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Today, every backup and recovery strategy should include the cloud. You never know what kind of disaster might affect your business—or how—so it’s wise to take advantage of every available solution to protect your data and reduce downtime. But what exactly is the right cloud strategy for you? Let’s look at five different levels of. Read more » The post Cloud Strategies for Backup and Disaster Recovery appeared first on StorageCraft Technology Corporation.

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Exadel

DECEMBER 24, 2020

We are honored to have been named a Top 10 Customer-Obsessed Company of 2020 by CIO Bulletin. Even in the most difficult times, we think it’s crucial to invest in top-notch customer service to help our business run smoothly. Fostering client relationships based on trust and support has powered our company since its founding. For us, being a customer-obsessed company means continuously adding value to the customer experience.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Many individuals still believe that entrepreneurship will provide them with the freedom that they could not achieve as workers. While there are some cases where this is true, in reality, entrepreneurship usually creates higher demands than regular employment. It can be anything from stress and burnout to breakdown and depression, but running your own organisation often affects general wellness and mental health.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Talent Assessment > Hiring Based On Skills. If in case you missed the first part of this blog , I have been talking to our CTO Vishwastam Shukla about how more recruiters and hiring managers need to use skills as the primary criterion for developer hiring. Vishy knows the importance of skills from his days as a coder, and from a very personal experience, which he narrated during our tête-à-tête.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The world has witnessed around 72,692,481 corona cases so far while encountering more than 1,619,801 deaths. These stats observed in a couple of months have changed millions of lives throughout the globe, calling it a pandemic situation. So far, it has affected several families, businesses, professionals, and students to the core. While there are so many negative aspects, there are some positives of this pandemic too.

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InnovationM

DECEMBER 24, 2020

What is flutter? Flutter is a Google-developed open-source framework that supports dart language (means we have to code in dart language). By this framework, we can not only develop android and iOS apps but also desktop and web apps as well with the help of a single code base. The only main thing in flutter is widgets because the entire UI is based on widgets.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 24, 2020

There are benefits to using aluminum as a form during construction. In this article, three of those benefits will be highlighted. You will learn what formwork is, the steps involved in construction, and the practicality of this modern construction framework. What is a Formwork System? When concrete is poured, something structural needs to be in place to hold it while it cures.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Talent Assessment > Hiring Based On Skills. Growing up, this is what I heard often: Creativity is innate. You don’t necessarily need to go to a school to learn fine arts; if you have a passion for it, you will find a way to do what you love. When it comes to the sciences though, a college degree and the right training is a must. You couldn’t dream to do well in life if you didn’t have the right academic background. .

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