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How to Engineer Your Technical Debt Response

DZone

The Southwest Airlines fiasco from December 2022 and the FAA Notam database fiasco from January 2023 had one thing in common: their respective root causes were mired in technical debt. At its most basic, technical debt represents some kind of technology mess that someone has to clean up.

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Quality Sense Podcast: Simon Prior – #MakeATester

DZone

In this Quality Sense episode, our host Federico has the pleasure of interviewing Simon Prior, who has worked across the cyber security, Retail, gaming and airline industries. Simon is a passionate software quality leader, advocate of the importance of teaching testing at universities and co-host of the Testing Peers podcast.

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Importance of Unit Testing

DZone

Sometimes it can save lives as well: China Airlines plane crashed due to a software bug on April 26, 1994, which took 264 lives. In software testing, unit testing is the first level of testing in which where most of the issues can be rectified, which saves time. Let’s understand what is Unit testing. What is Unit Testing?

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Lost messages are just as bad as lost luggage

Particular Software

Did you ever stop to think about all the software systems involved in tracking your luggage on your journey? ARINC is a global service used by many airlines, but it’s not the easiest service to work with. Flights can also be cross-listed on other airlines, such as when a Delta flight is “operated by” KLM, one of its airline partners.

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Key Advantages of DBMS for Efficient Data Management

Scalegrid

It comprises a collection of interrelated data and a set of software tools that aid in the access, processing, and management of data. A DBMS, or Database Management System, is software used to store, retrieve, and manipulate data, serving as an interface between users and the database. What is the main advantage of using a database?

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How do Product Visions Become a Reality? Tasktop Viz™, A Short Story.

Tasktop

A few years ago our Chief Product Officer, Nicole Bryan, called the marketing team, talking excitedly about flight trackers, network activity, value stream flow and a new way to think about managing software delivery at scale. Software delivery work flows more like airline activity than a manufacturing line. Subscribe now.

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Voluntary Contact Self-Tracing for Companies

ScaleOut Software

In addition, employees can manually track information about contacts they make while on business travel, such as during airline flights, taxi rides, and meals at restaurants. It also notifies community contacts, such as airlines and taxi companies, of possible exposures so that they can take the appropriate action.