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Software & Systems

AI and the future of software development

March 27, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

AI-driven software development is no longer a futuristic dream. With GitHub Copilot, more than 1.2 million developers already rely on artificial intelligence to generate code on their behalf, saving them time (and their companies money). But while we tend to […]


Software & Systems

A modern approach to enterprise software development

November 15, 2022

Via: ComputerWeekly

By 2024, 80% of technology products and services will be built by people who are not full-time technical professionals. This is one of the findings revealed by Gartner during its annual Symposium in Barcelona. Combined with robotic process automation (RPA) […]


Software & Systems

Data visualization with Observable JavaScript

October 6, 2022

Via: InfoWorld

Built-in reactivity is one of Observable JavaScript’s biggest value adds. In my two previous articles, I’ve introduced you to using Observable JavaScript with R or Python in Quarto and learning Observable JavaScript with Observable notebooks. In this article, we get […]


Basic Querying, BI Categories

Where JavaScript is headed in 2022

September 29, 2022

Via: InfoWorld

Since 2016 the State of JavaScript survey has undertaken the monumental task of querying the JS multitudes about the multifarious frameworks, techniques, and features that they use to build applications. The latest incarnation of this Herculean effort occurred in the […]


BI Security

5 best practices for securing CI/CD pipelines

September 19, 2022

Via: InfoWorld

The engineer’s mindset is to understand a problem, build a solution, and then figure out how to deploy a robust and secure implementation into production environments. Unfortunately, it’s often more complicated and expensive to embed security best practices into a […]


Software & Systems

How to use EF Core as an in-memory database in ASP.NET Core 6

September 8, 2022

Via: InfoWorld

There are many reasons why you might want to use an in-memory database when working on ASP.NET Core 6 web applications. Maybe you’re developing a new feature and you want to test it without affecting your production database. Or perhaps […]


Software & Systems

An AI alternative to code search tools

September 6, 2022

Via: InfoWorld

Like any other discipline, software development has its productivity challenges. Would you believe that the average software developer spends roughly 75% of their time just searching through and understanding code to make necessary changes? With developers spending so much time […]


Software & Systems

How to use the Command pattern in Java

July 26, 2022

Via: InfoWorld

One of our biggest challenges as software developers is organizing our code so that it is easier to extend and maintain. The Command pattern helps us do that by encapsulating all the data required to perform an action into a […]


Software & Systems

5 tips for writing better API documentation

July 5, 2022

Via: InfoWorld

When software moved online, so did the documentation. Today, hosted documentation is the norm. But while the formats and delivery methods for documentation have changed, the fundamental goal of explaining software has not. If anything, writing good documentation has become […]


BI Categories, Data Mining

Better Data Modeling with Lean Methodology

February 10, 2022

Via: DATAVERSITY

The process used today in systems development started with principles developed for assembly lines in the 1950s, when manufacturers wanted a more disciplined approach to producing goods and services.Products would come off an assembly line, they’d be inspected, defects would […]


Software & Systems

What is neural architecture search? AutoML for deep learning

January 28, 2022

Via: InfoWorld

Neural architecture search is the task of automatically finding one or more architectures for a neural network that will yield models with good results (low losses), relatively quickly, for a given dataset. Neural architecture search is currently an emergent area. […]


BI Users, IT Team

Virtual whiteboards prove vital for remote developer teams

December 29, 2021

Via: InfoWorld

As the world adapted to work from home orders and began operating in more distributed, remote teams over the past two years, one common refrain from software developers was the lack of a truly remote alternative to a whiteboard. Whether […]


Software & Systems

Pyston, the Python alternative, gets backing from Anaconda

September 1, 2021

Via: InfoWorld

Looking to advance Python performance, data science platform provider Anaconda has hired the lead developers of the Pyston alternative Python runtime. The developers, Kevin Modzelewski and Marius Wachtler, will focus on building an open source community of users, contributors, and […]


BI Users, Business Users

IT technical fellowship: A new path to the top

August 10, 2021

Via: CIO

Close your eyes and imagine if your top technical individual contributor within software infrastructure, cybersecurity, software development, and data center operations all came to you tomorrow and, each for his/her own reasons, gave notice that they were leaving your company. […]


BI Users, Executive

Business leaders’ cluelessness about software development is costing them a bundle

July 29, 2021

Via: ZDnet

If you needed any proof about the lingering disconnect between business and information technology departments, the data is in. We often associate the disconnect to a failure to communicate changing business requirements, but business leaders also are off the mark […]


Software & Systems

AI gives development tools a boost

July 7, 2021

Via: InfoWorld

The sudden acceleration in digital transformation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic revealed how unprepared most businesses were. One of the biggest problems they still face is the “app gap,” the lack of applications that end users need to do their […]


Basic Querying, BI Categories

7 pitfalls that undermine DevOps success

May 11, 2021

Via: CIO

Many organizations have begun incorporating DevOps into their IT mix, whether it’s for small projects or on a larger scale. While DevOps can provide a number of benefits — faster delivery of applications and features, improved communication and collaboration among […]


Software & Systems

How a digital integration hub transforms the mainframe

May 6, 2021

Via: InfoWorld

Companies undergoing digital transformation typically require agile, efficient, and real-time integration between their core business systems and hybrid cloud deployments. How can such real-time integration be achieved when the core business system is a mainframe? The short answer: an in-memory […]


Software & Systems

What is an API gateway? API simplicity and stability

April 22, 2021

Via: InfoWorld

API gateways are a response to a key outcome of the microservices architecture style: the proliferation of services and their interfaces. The core purpose of an API gateway is to simplify and stabilize the interfaces exposed to clients. In addition […]


BI Users, Executive

API management: What CIOs should know

April 9, 2021

Via: CIO

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are fast proving to be significant tools in creating business value for CIOs embarking on digital transformations or seeking to develop new revenue streams. APIs can translate text, label images, send text messages, check for fraud, […]