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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. What does a business leader do in this situation?

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The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

CIO

With all the articles about all the amazing AI developments, there’s plenty of hand-wringing around the possibility that we, as software developers, could soon be out of a job, replaced by artificial intelligence. Coding can be a challenge, but I’ve never spent more than two weeks trying to figure out what is wrong with the code.

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AllSpice thinks hardware developers lack their own ‘GitHub,’ so it is building one

TechCrunch

AllSpice , a collaborative hub designed for hardware development, came out of private beta on a mission to build a DevOps ecosystem inspired by GitHub. They bonded over frustrations at their respective jobs in what seemed like a hardware industry left behind to rely on PDFs and email to get things done versus software development.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

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Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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7 common pitfalls for hardware startups and how to avoid them

TechCrunch

You’ve likely heard that “hardware is hard”; mostly because hardware startups have to deal with things that software companies don’t really have to worry about. ” Hardware development is complex and challenging. Hardware development is inherently a lot more costly than cranking out software.

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TechCrunch Experts: 3 articles on growth marketing and software development

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Experts continues to gather and share authoritative advice for founders who need help with growth marketing and software development. When it comes to growth marketing, ‘so much of CRO is psychological’ Software consulting. Here are a few related articles we’ve run in recent weeks: Growth marketing.

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Spatial Labs, a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, closes $10M seed round

TechCrunch

Spatial Labs , a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, announced today the closing of a $10 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Marcy Venture Partners, the firm co-founded by Jay-Z. Almost like a QR code, tapping the LNQ chip with a phone unlocked online and in-person experiences, such as virtual concerts.

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