Martin Fowler

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Sriram has added a FAQ to address the common questions he runs into from people learning about using products rather than projects to organize software development efforts.

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The Parallax

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Did you get hacked in 2017? Chances are you did, thanks to Equifax’s inability to protect the data of more than 143 million of its customers. As a result, you might be feeling frustrated, vulnerable, even angry—not exactly a positive way to ring in the new year. If you want to channel those feelings into getting safer in 2018, follow these seven steps, garnered from how-tos we’ve published this year, to better secure your digital life.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Early in my career, I had a GREAT boss, Gary, who had hand-selected and developed a team of rock star leaders. It’s arguably the best corporate team I’ve ever worked on. I’m not sure how he pulled this off, but nearly every […].

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Henrik Warne

DECEMBER 17, 2017

For the past two months, I have been helping my son’s grade 8 class to learn to program. All students wrote Python programs and got a feel for what programming is. This post has details on how we organized the course, code examples and lessons learned. Background. This year, all schools in Sweden are required to start teaching programming. Many schools already teach programming, but they depend on having teachers that know enough to teach.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 11, 2017

If you have not read it yet, I would like to bring your attention to the incredibly prescient science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke titled "Superiority" (available in the collection: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke). Written in 1951, this is such a great read because it captures some key, apparently enduring qualities […].

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 30, 2017

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The Parallax

DECEMBER 8, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO—Cars and computers have an increasingly close yet complicated friendship. Specialized software now connects to everything from the brakes to the steering wheel to the door locks to the radio. And in newer models, it likely connects to the Internet too. So what are the chances that your car is going to get hacked? What kind of havoc could a car hacker wreak?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Each week I read leadership articles from various online resources and share them across social media. Here are the five leadership articles readers found most valuable last week. Click on the title of the article to read the full text. I have […].

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Toptal

DECEMBER 26, 2017

In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Neven Pi?uljan introduces you to the intricacies of deep learning in hedge funds and finance in general.

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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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CTOvision

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As long as cybersecurity is viewed as a pain, it’ll never be integrated into the fabric of an organization. Fortunately, there have been significant advances in cloud-based security services that enable new ways to embed cybersecurity into enterprise services people want. Ever wonder why dentists re-positioned themselves as teeth whitening experts? Answer: no one likes […].

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Scott Berkun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

[On Tuesdays I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun (see the archive ). This week’s question is from Regina [330 votes]: What gaps in communication exist in global virtual teams? Which I have simplified for your reading pleasure to why remote workers fail. ]. The best argument about the viability of remote work is that it’s about results: any boss should let their good employees work remotely on a trial basis and see how it goes.

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General Leadership

DECEMBER 18, 2017

“ As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It’s that festive time of the year when we pause to spend time with our families and focus on what is important: our relationships. As a result, we turn off the monitors, switch off the laptops, close the books and take off or reading glasses for a short period while we recharge our batteries and sharpen our pencils for the new

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2017

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In one way or another, your team has had an incredible year. Fill in the blank: It was incredibly __(successful, challenging, stressful). Maybe it was all you hoped and planned for. Maybe you got thrown a whopper of a curve ball. Or […].

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Toptal

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Starting a fund is an aspiration harbored by many financiers. While attention tends to focus on investing and deal making, the initial fundraising process is riddled with uncertainty. This guide presents the main considerations to take when raising a fund, covering the legal, accounting, staffing, and strategic roadblocks that will be encountered.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Big Data is everywhere you look, and we have seen how useful it can be. Among billions of terabytes of data gathered, there is a treasure of marketing data that businesses need to understand in order to know what is relevant and how to use it to get better business results. Businesses waste 40 percent […].

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Scott Berkun

DECEMBER 26, 2017

On Tuesdays I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun (see the archive ). This week’s question is from Mike: How can you tell a wise person when you meet one? If you can’t judge a book by its cover, how can you judge a person on their first impression? I’ve never liked the cliche about “you never get a second chance…” because it’s rarely true.

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Career Advancement

DECEMBER 4, 2017

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” ~Andrew Carnegie~. David had realized that departments in his company functioned as silos. Information was getting trapped rather than shared; the way communication was supposed to flow was unclear.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 22, 2017

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Let’s Grow Leaders Q&A In a recent post we invited you to send us your biggest leadership challenge. We received a great question from a healthcare leader in the United Kingdom. It’s a question we hear all the time from audience members […].

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Toptal

DECEMBER 4, 2017

You might have heard about the new kid around the block: GraphQL. If not, GraphQL is, in a word, a new way to fetch APIs, an alternative to REST.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 27, 2017

You may view your company’s IT department as indispensable, especially as the workers within it troubleshoot issues with slow page loading times for a web browser, keep employees’ computers free from viruses and protect your network for interior or exterior threats. However, you also might have unnecessary expenditures associated with the IT department.

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Change Starts Here

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Another year is coming to a close! The following are the most popular posts of 2017 at the Enclaria blog. Which were your favorites, and what did you miss? Thank you for reading and sharing! What topics would you like to see covered next year? Please reply in the comments. Two Ways to Overcome Your […].

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Guest post by John Packham The debate is still out about whether leaders are born or made, but if you are looking to up your leadership game this year, you’ll want to do what all great leaders do: practice self-coaching.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Mark stared at the floor, his jaw clenched in frustration. I was sitting with a leader who had just crashed and burned. He’d made a decision that had cost him his reputation and maybe his job. He looked up at me and […].

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Toptal

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Product innovation happens at the intersection of desirability, business viability, and technological feasibility. Design thinking—with a proven ROI—integrates all three and delivers business value.

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Code Simplicity

DECEMBER 20, 2017

There are three key factors to being or becoming a great programmer: awareness, understanding, and responsibility. I’ve talked a lot about the subject of understanding. Heck, I even named my most recent book Understanding Software. In particular, I’ve pointed out many times that the better you understand something, the better you will do it.

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