Dashboards are the foundation of modern business intelligence. They enable the visualization and transformation of hard-to-understand data into relevant information that various departments can use for better decision-making purposes. For companies that aim to develop a data-centric mindset, dashboards serve as a dynamic system for examining trends, outliers, and key performance metrics on the fly….
Ruby 3.4.0, and Ruby 3.4.1, updates to the longstanding dynamic, open source programming language, have arrived, with Prism now the default parser. Ruby 3.4.0 was released December 25, Christmas Day, along with an update, Ruby 3.4.1, which merely changed the version number of the release. Ruby 3.4.1 is listed as the current stable version and…
The decentralized AI space is rapidly evolving, with innovative platforms finding new ways to optimize resources and enhance machine learning (ML) capabilities. Nodepay is one such platform. It allows users to contribute their unused internet bandwidth by turning it into real-time data pipelines for AI training and development. The startup announced it has secured $7…
Although developer sentiment toward the Go language remains very positive, teams face a challenge when it comes to maintaining consistent coding standards across Go code bases, according to Go developer survey results for the second half of 2024. Go developers also have been quick to adopt AI assistants, the survey found. The survey, conducted from…
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Large language models (LLMs) like the OpenAI models used by Azure are general-purpose tools for building many different types of generative AI-powered applications, from chatbots to agent-powered workflows. Much of the work needed to get the most out of these off-the-shelf tools requires prompt engineering, or crafting the prompts used to structure responses. However, there…
The fully realized browser-based IDE has been a long time coming. Ever since the beginning of the cloud revolution, I’ve thought a powerful and flexible remote IDE was just around the corner. I imagined a development tool that could use any virtual machine as a development platform. I think that dream has finally been realized. I…
These days, most every application has the potential to be a cross-platform application. That’s great for users but often difficult for developers. Targeting more than one platform opens a whole warehouse of Pandora’s boxes: how to handle paths, how to write desktop application UIs, how to compile a binary for another platform, and lots more….
I am just going to start off by saying that I am a Laura Madsen fan. Her writing style combines laugh-out-loud humor with practical experience, making her books both enjoyable and educational. Even some of the book’s subheadings, like “Let’s Not Do Dumb Stuff Faster” and “Kwality Is Job One,” made me laugh out loud. …
Research has shown that many people learn best when they see a story or information depicted in an image. Graphs, charts with colors, lines and shapes can often tell a story and communicate issues, challenges and opportunities in a business environment. According to Forbes, “Almost eighty-thousand scientific studies attest that visual images promote retention.” Let’s…
