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Designing WhatsApp

High Scalability

This is a guest post by Ankit Sirmorya. Ankit is working as a Machine Learning Lead/Sr. Machine Learning Engineer at Amazon and has led several machine-learning initiatives across the Amazon ecosystem. Ankit has been working on applying machine learning to solve ambiguous business problems and improve customer experience. For instance, he created a platform for experimenting with different hypotheses on Amazon product pages using reinforcement learning techniques.

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Software Testing Methodologies: Short Guide To QA Models

DZone

Over the years, the whole idea of software testing has evolved. And the evolution not only has called for modern testing strategies and tools but a detailed-oriented process with the inclusion of test methodologies. However, the only thing that defines the success or failure of a test strategy is the precise selection of tools, technology, and a suitable methodology to aid the entire QA process.

Software 273
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Preventing Hero Culture In Software Teams

Professor Beekums

I’ve written before on the problems of hero culture. It is still my favorite post that I’ve written because it hits so close to home for me. Photo by unDraw Every situation in that post is hypothetical, but based on a real situation I had to deal with myself. Unfortunately, that post is very light on the solution, despite the claim of it being easy.

Software 119
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Washed Up

Alex Russell

The rhetorical "web3" land-grab by various VC s , their shills , and folks genuinely confused about legal jurisdiction may appear to be a done deal. VC s planted the flag with sufficient force and cash (of dubious origin ) to cause even skeptical outlets to report on it as though "web3" is a real thing. pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” @pixelatedboat Thank god someone finally solved the problem of not being able to pay money to pretend you own a jpg 6442 10:14 PM · Mar 9, 2021.

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Flow Metrics: Three Anti-Patterns to Avoid

Tasktop

Value stream management is a growing practice in software delivery organizations of large scale enterprises and government agencies. Flow Metrics are a major pillar of how we measure improvement in value streams. . As organizations begin to adopt Flow Metrics , our natural tendencies emerge to massage the newfound visibility to make the metrics “look good”.

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How To Decrease Risk of Presenteeism When Ending Remote Working

DZone

Absenteeism has always been considered a big problem in business workplaces, and most entrepreneurs try to deal with this to ensure that their organization remains productive. When the pandemic-led crisis forced many organizations to embrace work from home or remote work protocols, another crisis cropped up to thwart productivity. This new problem is called presenteeism.

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Changing A Tire On A Moving Car (Or How To Improve Product Roadmaps)

Smashing Magazine

Changing A Tire On A Moving Car (Or How To Improve Product Roadmaps). Changing A Tire On A Moving Car (Or How To Improve Product Roadmaps). Scott Himmer. 2022-01-07T16:00:00+00:00. 2022-01-07T18:34:18+00:00. Companies can often carry their products into the future with a “feed the machine” mentality. To meet customer demands they continually pack more features into a product only to find that it’s making it more and more complicated over time.

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How It Works: XEvent String Comparison Performance Tip

SQL Server According to Bob

How It Works: ​​ XEvent String Comparison Performance ​​ Tip I ​​ ran across ​​ a ​​ check in the ​​ XEvent ​​ string comparison logic ​​ which ​​ can ​​ be used to improve performance of the ​​ ‘like’ comparison.

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The Ultimate Code Quality Checklist

DZone

It is a common practice nowadays to check website code quality before executing any website code on a live website. There are various reasons for this practice, including reducing risk, better user experience, and also ensuring a higher search engine ranking. This article focuses on some common questions that website owners commonly ask when they first start their search for a good coding software solution.

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Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1). Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1). Luis Ouriach. 2022-01-05T13:00:00+00:00. 2022-01-05T18:21:06+00:00. I’ve been living and breathing user interface and product design for just over a decade now, and although I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside some incredibly helpful and creative colleagues, my formal guidance (or teaching, as I should probably say) has been rather limited.

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7 Key Steps to Implement Devops Strategy in Your Organization

Simform

Organizations need to become more DevOps-driven to have coordinated and high-performing development teams. This article outlines a detailed DevOps strategy to reduce implementation failure and fast-track your company’s software delivery pipelines. The post 7 Key Steps to Implement Devops Strategy in Your Organization appeared first on Insights on Latest Technologies - Simform Blog.

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Release readiness through AI-based white box resiliency testing with JMeter and Dynatrace

Dynatrace

Dynatrace news. This guest blog is authored by Raphael Pionke , DevOps Engineer at T-Systems MMS. Credits on content go to him and the work he has been doing around performance & resiliency testing automation. I, Andreas Grabner, helped to bring the blog to life! Our Application Performance Management (APM) and load test team at T-Systems MMS helps our customers reduce the risk of failed releases.

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The Importance of Access Logs in Performance Issue Analysis

DZone

An access log is generated by the web server to log the details about the request that it has processed. It logs status code, response time, URL, protocol, size, client IP address, etc., about the request. Load Balancers will have similar log files created to log the request details. While doing any performance analysis, these logs play an important role.

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Composition-Based Design System In Figma

Smashing Magazine

Composition-Based Design System In Figma. Composition-Based Design System In Figma. Aleksandra Nagornaia. 2022-01-03T13:00:00+00:00. 2022-01-03T17:34:00+00:00. Working as a designer on a design system for a large product has taught me how precious the time you spend on a single task/component is. Things advance fast, and I try to keep up making it work for both designers and developers.

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How to Make a Music App: Features, Tech, and Cost

Simform

Wondering how to make a music app like Spotify or Pandora? This article will take you through all the steps involved in creating a music app, including business and technical aspects. The blog also talks about the cost of developing a music app in detail. The post How to Make a Music App: Features, Tech, and Cost appeared first on Insights on Latest Technologies - Simform Blog.

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Top Software testing trends to look out for in 2022

Testsigma

The software industry goes through a lot of research and modified methodologies that keep the software quality top-notch for the end-user. 2014 saw the trend of mobile app testing as they were becoming a multi-billion dollar business all over the world. 2015 saw the trend of scriptless testing and IoT focussed methodologies. Again, this was shaped by the market trends and the increasing importance of both of this software.

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Open Model Thread Group in JMeter

DZone

The Apache JMeter community has been swift in releasing the major security patches for the Log4j fiasco. I have already covered multiple posts about Log4j vulnerability , JMeter 5.4.2 and JMeter 5.4.3. JMeter 5.5 was supposed to be released in the last quarter of 2021. I have already covered what's new in JMeter 5.5. JMeter 5.5 will be released in early January 2022.

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Serializing Deletes From Clustered Columnstore Indexes

SQL Performance

At Stack Overflow, we have some tables using clustered columnstore indexes, and these work great for the majority of our workload. But we recently came across a situation where “perfect storms” — multiple processes all trying to delete from the same CCI — would overwhelm the CPU as they all went widely parallel and fought to complete their operation.

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Importance of Testing Virtual Care and Remote Medicine Apps

DZone

The healthcare industry is growing expeditiously as healthcare practitioners are looking for ways to improve patient care and give them easy access to care options while reducing the overall cost of maintaining the infrastructure. Fortunately, digital technology has made it easier for healthcare specialists and patients to communicate with each other.

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Metrics in SDLC: Let the Truth Prevail

Testsigma

Communication is the key to managing the stakeholders. Many times, not enough efforts are made to communicate clear details, status, risks on the ongoing projects. On the other hand, not everyone can detail every important aspect or gauge what’s important to communicate without being subjective and setting aside all emotions during communication. Usually, Engineering teams are focused on their work and do not put a lot of emphasis on communication and highlighting the risks with all the data.

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Working from home – tips and tricks for the testing community

Testsigma

COVID-19 has changed our lives in so many ways. There is not a single aspect of our life that is untouched by it. The way organizations operate their work has also changed drastically. Before 2020 no one would have guessed that work from home will become such an internationally accepted phenomenon. However, working from home has been a new experience for most of us, and there are times that we find ourselves struggling too.

Testing 52
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Simplify your Work from Home Challenges with Test Automation Tool Testsigma

Testsigma

One day suddenly the whole world locked down to prevent the pandemic from being spread uncontrollably. When machines and factories were all stopped – your social media, mobile applications, and all the digital world was still operating at the same pace as before. Even if you did not notice, millions of developers and testers worked from their homes to keep you online and help you share your thoughts, purchase essential supplies and view live news.

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