Tag: Leadership and career
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How we saved 70k cores across 30 mission-critical services
Posted on January 15, 2022, Level advanced Resource Length long
As part of Uber engineering's wide efforts to reach profitability, recently our team was focused on reducing cost of compute capacity by improving efficiency. Some of the most impactful work was around GOGC optimization. In this blog we want to share our experience with a highly effective, low-risk, large-scale, semi-automated Go GC tuning mechanism. By Cristian Velazquez.
Tags how-to architecture-and-apis software-engineering devops-and-ci-cd product-and-design leadership-and-career
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What is the difference between REST and SOAP APIs?
Posted on January 12, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length short
When machines need to communicate with one another and exchange data, they require certain formatting for specific data types. That's where SOAP API and REST API come into play. They allow for communication and transfer of data, but each is different in several ways. From implementation to their required resources, various attributes separate one from the other. By Mark Smallcombe.
Tags architecture-and-apis software-engineering devops-and-ci-cd leadership-and-career
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Using no-code as a proof of concept
Posted on January 9, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length long
No-code is a set of tools that allow you to create websites, apps and software all without writing a single line of code. By Bobi Robson.
Tags miscellaneous leadership-and-career software-engineering architecture-and-apis
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Why the global chip shortage isn't ending anytime soon
Posted on January 8, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
The semiconductor chip crisis is real, and it's had a serious impact on our lives. Cars are more expensive and harder to build. Computer makers are rushing to keep up with an insatiable consumer demand for remote work and school devices. Expect low stock and high prices to last until 2023 for GPUs, consoles and many other gadgets. By D. Hardawar @devindra.
Tags miscellaneous leadership-and-career cloud-and-infrastructure
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How to create a KPI dashboard in Power BI to make smarter decisions faster
Posted on January 7, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Imagine having a business meeting where you are given puzzles instead of information. To get to the KPI dashboard to round up your performance, you need to piece the puzzle together. Sounds funny, right? Well, in reality, meetings or preparing a report often consist of pure efforts to obtain and interpret the right data.By Blaz Abe.
Tags data-and-analytics leadership-and-career
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9 open source alternatives to try in 2022
Posted on January 6, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Whatever tool you are looking for, there are plenty of open source software alternatives to choose from. By Lauren Maffeo.
Tags leadership-and-career product-and-design software-engineering cloud-and-infrastructure
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Costs of being an analytics laggard... and path to becoming a leader
Posted on January 4, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
How much money is your organization leaving on the table by not being more effective at leveraging data and analytics to power your business? This question is becoming more and more relevant for all organizations of all sizes in all industries as AI / ML capabilities become more widely available. And nothing highlights the costs of not becoming more effective at leveraging data and analytics to power your business models then a recent study by Kearney titled "The impact of analytics in 2020". Posted by Bill Schmarzo.
Tags data-and-analytics leadership-and-career miscellaneous how-to
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Bring no-code apps to your Gmail inbox
Posted on January 3, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
AppSheet in Gmail, a new feature that lets you use custom-built no-code applications, created in AppSheet, directly in your inbox as a dynamic email. Too often, daily workflows are spread across multiple applications, slowing productivity as we navigate from one app to another and back again. By Mike Procopio.
Tags leadership-and-career product-and-design software-engineering architecture-and-apis
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3 ways to make your manager see you as more productive
Posted on January 2, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Nearly 6 out of 10 workers found that they had more productivity working remotely than they previously expected, according to a survey conducted by Jose Maria Barrero of the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology, Bloom, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business' Steven J. Davis. By FairyGodBoss.
Tags leadership-and-career business-and-emerging-tech software-engineering
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What is low-code workflow automation?
Posted on December 28, 2021, Level beginner Resource Length medium
What is low code workflow automation and why are businesses increasingly adopting it into their operations? By impactmybiz.com.
Tags leadership-and-career software-engineering architecture-and-apis
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Flattening forgetting curve with learning-by-doing
Posted on December 27, 2021, Level beginner Resource Length short
Use technology to your advantage and enhance the retention rates of your training sessions. Classrooms change. Courses change. But the age-old struggle of any learning or development session stays intact. How to retain knowledge gained beyond the training session? And how to apply the concepts taught during training to a real-life scenario? By David Hand.
Tags leadership-and-career miscellaneous cloud-and-infrastructure
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What is containerd, and how does it relate to Docker and Kubernetes?
Posted on December 26, 2021, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Containers still mean "Docker" to many people. Docker popularised the modern use of containers in software development and deployment. These days, other technologies are around too. Here's how Containerd, Docker and Kubernetes relate to each other. By James Walker.
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