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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

I remember the dread I felt as a startup worker during downturns when I read about mass layoffs at tech firms that had previously been considered ascendant. 5 ways to seize the opportunities created by recent chaos in ad tech. ” 5 ways to seize the opportunities created by recent chaos in ad tech.

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Contentstack raises $80M to grow its headless CMS platform for the enterprise

TechCrunch

While the concept of CMS has been around for decades, a relatively new innovation — so-called headless CMS — is beginning to attract both market share and the interest of investors. Closing the loop, Contentstack eventually bought the CMS division of Raw Engineering in 2018). billion by 2030, up from $21.5 billion in 2020.

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54gene valuation slashed by over $100M amid job cuts and CEO exit

TechCrunch

In August, it sacked 95 employees , mostly contract staff (in labs and sales departments) hired to work in 54gene’s COVID business line launched in 2020. In September, co-founder and VP of Engineering Ogochukwu Francis Osifo left the company. It’s been a strange couple of months at African genomics startup 54gene.

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Apiumhub supports Craft Conference one more year

Apiumhub

Craft Conference will cover: Language agnostic methods, best practices (tdd, bdd, ddd, ci, cd, security, performance, service oriented architecture etc.) that can be successfully leveraged by individual engineers. CraftHack is looking for innovative solutions that are realistic and sustainable. Check out the speakers!

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Mentorship, Coaching, and Sponsorship — A Powerful Framework for Building Resilient Teams

Gitprime

Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering). They run into the same struggles and the same problems she did, but there was no handy guidebook for them to consult along the way.

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DevOps vs Site Reliability Engineering: Concepts, Practices, and Roles

Altexsoft

We hope the information will be useful for DevOps specialists, product managers, CTOs, and other executives seeking ways to improve the reliability of their systems without victimizing the speed of innovations. regular password resets, manual releases, reviewing non-critical alerts, and. What is DevOps? Examples of toil are.

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The Cloud Cost-Conscious Conundrum

taos

Frankly, I don’t know a single CIO, CTO or VP of Engineering or Operations that would disagree with me. In these cases, a technical refresh is a considerable expense and by moving to a public cloud the solution can, in some cases, be less expensive than rolling your own update. Innovation. Public cloud is not cheaper!

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