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Viktor Charypar from Red badger speaks to Packt

Red Badger Tech Director Viktor Charypar talks monorepos, lifelong learning, and the challenges facing...

Back in February, Viktor Charypar, Tech Director at Red badger explained the benefits of using a monorepo. For many teams, especially those without the...
What does it mean to be a DevOps engineer?

Does it make sense to talk about DevOps engineers or DevOps tools?

DevOps engineers are in high demand - the job represents an engineering unicorn, someone that understands both development and operations and can help to...
DeepMind AlphaGo Zero

Why DeepMind AlphaGo Zero is a game changer for AI research

DeepMind, a London based artificial intelligence (AI) company currently owned by Alphabet, recently made great strides in AI with its AlphaGo program. It all began...
Boring software - should we value it more?

All coding and no sleep makes Jack/Jill a dull developer, research confirms

In recent years, the software engineering community has been interested in factors related to human habits that can play a role in increasing developers'...
Tidelift aims to make open source software more sustainable

Tidelift is building a new model for open source software: Airbnb for maintainers

The challenges and issues within open source are well-documented. Indeed, some, such as Nadia Eghbal have suggested it's a timebomb waiting to explode. However,...
IT burnout

Silicon Valley investors envy China’s 996 work culture; but tech workers stand in solidarity...

The news of China's inhumane working hour policies is in the spotlight in the high growth tech world. Last month, a Github user with...
magical potions

Why Ruby developers like Elixir

Learning a new technology stack requires time and effort, and some developers prefer to stick with their habitual ways. This is one of the...
Will Grant on UX in 2019

Streamline your application development process in 5 simple steps

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are under constant pressure to deliver substantial results that meet business goals. Planning a project and seeing it through to...
voting

“Is it actually possible to have a free and fair election ever again?,” Pulitzer...

On Monday, Carole Cadwalladr, a British journalist and Pulitzer award finalist, in her TED talk revealed how Facebook impacted the Brexit voting by enabling...
Visual Studio Code and DevOps

How Visual Studio Code can help bridge the gap between full-stack development and DevOps...

The popularity of Visual Studio Code is an indication of how the developer landscape is changing. It’s also a testament to the way the...