OverOps

JULY 25, 2018

If Dev and Ops are one team, why don’t they share the same data? Everyone in tech is busy discussing Kubernetes, containers, and microservices as if the basics of DevOps and continuous delivery are all figured out. In practice, the classic blame game between dev and ops is still alive and kicking. We might be nicer to each other now with a common sense of shared ownership, but those niceties often hide the obstacles that are making it hard for engineers to move forward faster.

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O'Reilly Media - Data

JULY 23, 2018

Recognizing the interest in ML, the Strata Data Conference program is designed to help companies adopt ML across large sections of their existing operations. Interest in machine learning (ML) has been growing steadily , and many companies and organizations are aware of the potential impact these tools and technologies can have on their underlying operations and processes.

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Ron Jeffries

JULY 24, 2018

Yesterday, I tweet-improvised the following thread. I had intended to write it up later as an article on my site, and here it is. It received a number of replies and comments, and I'll address some of those here as well.

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Luis Goncalves

JULY 23, 2018

Many leaders and business owners are looking for effective ways on how to cut lead time and make the most out of their human resource to deploy innovative undertakings for their company. Usually, team huddles focus on discussing “big” ideas that rarely reach the end user and customers. More often than not, this type of “meeting and brainstorming session” leads the project stakeholders more confused than they were when they entered the boardroom.

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Martin Fowler

JULY 25, 2018

I've added a couple more memos to my thoughts on producing the second edition of Refactoring. Last week I shone a light on the hidden heroes. whose technical reviews removed many a mistake from the book. Today I added some thoughts about the copyediting of the book , which we've just finished.

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Evolution4all

JULY 23, 2018

Markets are changing. Products are evolving. But how about the companies and organisations? Many traditional methods are no longer working leaving the companies behind their respective industry standards. As a result, companies are investing a lot of money in different tools that can make their operations run smoothly. But what if machines and tools are not the problems?

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The Parallax

JULY 25, 2018

Leading sites hosting services or content as broad as fantasy football, Doctor Who , and search in China have this in common: Google Chrome now marks them as unsafe to visit. As of Tuesday, the browser labels ESPN.com, BBC.com, Baidu.com, and thousands of other sites that don’t use HTTPS as “Not secure.”. It’s the first browser to do so, but because of Chrome’s position as the most popular browser in the United States and around the world, it’s a change that could indicate how browsers will reac

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Agile Alliance

JULY 26, 2018

This book describes creative exercises that foster team-building and warm up the right side of your brain – the creative side.

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The Crazy Programmer

JULY 22, 2018

Ever since we got introduced to the era of DVDs, creating, burning and working on them on a platform basis has been a professional’s task. If we need to perform any operations concerning DVDs, we need to contact a person who is an ace in this field and has practiced this on many DVDs before. And this is certainly because of the complications our DVDs can lead us to.

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OTS Solutions

JULY 26, 2018

Best Tips To Reduce Mobile App Development Cost. Technology is changing every day. Today, with technology it is very easy to reach out to people through mobile applications as almost everyone uses mobile devices in their everyday life for different reasons like communication, entertainment and for business amongst others. This has led to a huge demand for mobile app developers across the world.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2018

Jessica approached me after my keynote last week. “My boss is about to make a REALLY big mistake and I don’t think I have the influence to stop it. What can I do?” She continued: My boss says we need to eliminate […]. The post 5 Ways to Gain More Influence and Impact appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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CTOvision

JULY 24, 2018

We hear a lot about Blockchain these days, but how many people know what it's really about? In an attempt to make this definition as simple as possible, blockchain automates trust. It’s a software architecture that allows non-trusting parties to record transactions without requiring a trusted governing authority. In other words, it does away with [.].

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Toptal

JULY 24, 2018

In this article, Toptal Freelance JavaScript Developer Nick Chikovani shows how easy it is to perform web scraping using a headless browser. Specifically, he provides a Puppeteer tutorial, going through a few examples of how to control Google Chrome to take screenshots and gather structured data.

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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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SCRUMstudy

JULY 24, 2018

Any change that arises in either the programs or portfolios may have a cascading effect on all dependent projects and Sprints. Therefore, it is advisable to minimize changes at these higher levels. If a change is required and all stakeholders are in agreement to make the change at these levels, the following should be kept in mind. At Portfolio Level.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 24, 2018

Welcome to the Hope Business If I could give a one-page orientation manual to every person who takes a management or leadership position, at the top of the page it would say: You may have taken this job for the money (it’s […]. The post What No One Tells You About Leadership appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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scruminc

JULY 23, 2018

How to Measure Happiness Across a Large Group. by Joe Justice | July 19, 2018 | Blog. An aerospace parts client recently emailed me asking how to measure happiness across a group of hundreds of employees. Since this is a question we get frequently, I thought it would be a great idea to share the answer with all of you. Here is what I've learned about measuring team happiness: The happiness metric retrospective is easy to run via the team’s Scrum Masters.

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Toptal

JULY 25, 2018

In the life of almost any growing enterprise, there comes a point in time when the existing systems and processes become insufficient. For most enterprises at this key inflection point, implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, which integrates all areas of the business, can help to overcome this issue. This article provides enterprise leaders with the benefits and risks of ERP, as well as a detailed step-by-step implementation guide.

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Accenture

JULY 26, 2018

I’m the type of person who is up for just about anything. Some of it has to do with being a part of the story that will be told later. Or I just like trying new things and don’t embarrass easily. Either way, if someone suggests an outlandish activity, everyone will eventually look my way. Exhibit A: Some colleagues bet me that I couldn’t eat a 6-pound lobster in Las Vegas while we were attending a conference.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 23, 2018

Leadership is one of my life’s great passions – and I’m pleased to share with you my journey (in three parts in 3 weeks) to what I consider to be the heart of great More Human leadership – the success trifecta. A successful company, A happy team, And a fulfilled YOU. It’s what happens when a leader gets off their pedestal, and makes critical human connections.

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Apiumhub

JULY 27, 2018

Frontend developer, we are looking for you! We are searching for software cracks to join our young & dynamic software development team in Barcelona! We are growing and we need more software experts in Apiumhub. We have different interesting projects from all over the world, but what we always do the same – we build working software. Who we are?

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scruminc

JULY 26, 2018

2018 Scrummer Reading List. Our annual tribute to beach reads is back. We asked our team what books they are taking to the beach this summer and they responded with some great suggestions; a combination of fiction, non-fiction, business books and academic papers that make for great additions to any reading list. (Also good for cozy winter reading for our friends in the southern hemisphere).

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Toptal

JULY 24, 2018

LTV:CAC analysis is one of the most important exercises startup founders must go through to evaluate their business’ prospects and raise external funding. It is, however, frequently misunderstood and misinterpreted. In this article, Toptal Finance Expert Ryan Downie runs through a practical tutorial of how to perform LTV:CAC analysis correctly, and how it should be adapted and interpreted depending on the business model or sector in question.

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Experion

JULY 24, 2018

Automation in the Education sector has transformed the way the classroom functions; or the way the institution functions. Let us read how in this short blog. The post Automation in the Education Sector – Disrupting the Old System appeared first on Experion Technologies.

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CTOvision

JULY 27, 2018

On 2 August 2018 Cloudera is hosting a virtual event where you can hear from some of the greats in enterprise technology about how they built data-drive organizations. The event will include special segments from people who have done big things with data, including Mark Ramsey, Chief Data Officer GSK and Jason Knuth, Data Solutions [.].

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Women on Business

JULY 23, 2018

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Toptal

JULY 24, 2018

Virtual reality is no longer in the realm of science fiction. Immersive technology desperately needs skilled designers to jump in, get involved, take risks, and create something new. Leap into VR/AR!

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High Scalability

JULY 25, 2018

Google has released a new book: The Site Reliability Workbook — Practical Ways to Implement SRE. It's the second book in their SRE series. How is it different than the previous Site Reliability Engineering book? David Rensin, a SRE at Google, says : It's a whole new book. It's designed to sit next to the original on the bookshelf and for folks to bounce between them -- moving between principle and practice.

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CTOvision

JULY 26, 2018

Russian Hackers Reach U.S. Utility Control Rooms, Homeland Security Officials Say Russian hackers have managed to hack into control rooms of US electric utilities according to Department of Homeland Security. The DHS officials today said “hundreds of victims”may have been impacted since the hack attacks started last year in a giant and long-running campaign that [.].

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