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Let's learn about via these 274 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. Software /Learn Repo Tell a computer what to do. 1. Unlocking the Secrets of ChatGPT: Tips and Tricks for Optimizing Your AI Prompts As one of the most advanced AI models, ChatGPT offers the potential to transform the way we approach tasks in both professional and personal settings. 2. How to Create Toast Notifications in React Applications In this article I will show you how to use Tailwind to add some stylish design elements. 3. This College Prep Software Is Selling Advertising Access to Your Kids Naviance, a college prep software, is selling advertising access to high school students. 4. Make Your Own Typing Tutor App using Python! When normal people want to learn typing, they use softwares like Typing master. But since we are programmers, we can use our knowledge to write our own typing tutor app. Python, as always will be best for this purpose as it is easy to understand and provides a lot of libraries for our specific purpose. So lets begin! 5. "Unless you’ve been developing software in a cave" In this article, we’ll look at some microservices best practices and suggest a few proven ways to help with your microservices architecture. 6. Headless WordPress Checklist: What Do You Need to Consider Before Migrating? Check out the best practices and checklist for Headless WordPress. Learn why you should migrate to Headless WordPress. 7. Delete Your Old Tweets: 90% of Employers Consider Your Social Media Activity When Hiring A survey shows that 90% of employers consider your social media activity when hiring and a whopping 79% of HR have rejected a candidate because of social media. 8. Find the Celebrity A celebrity is known to everyone, but he does not know anyone at the party. 9. Downloading Data as a File with Alpine.js A quick demonstration of using JavaScript to download ad hoc data. 10. Become an Effective Open Source Maintainer Tips on how to be an effective Contributor to Open Source. 11. Courier API Puts Despatch Cloud into Premier League of Software Companies Yorkshire-based software company Despatch Cloud Ltd is aiming to build on their current success by launching a new service this week, Courier API, squarely aimed at taking on some of the international giants of shipping management software. 12. No Niche: Status Quo of the OSS Market Some good stories start with a printer. And stories with a printer often end in frustration. This particular story starts with a printer in the 1970s... 13. Shutting Down Spring Boot Applications Ways for Clean Shutdown of Spring Boot Applications, whether in Developer mode or in Production Mode. Code Samples are provided Inline and via Git Repo. 14. How to Add a Favicon to Your Storybook Application Favicons are small images or icons that appear in the browser tab, bookmarks, and other areas of the browser UI. 15. A Needle in a Haystack: How Wi-Fi RTT Takes Indoor Positioning to the Next Level Hello! We are developers from the Navigine company. We decided to test the Wi-Fi RTT technology and share the results with you. 16. How Bugsnag Helped 99designs Standardize Debugging and Create Efficiencies 99designs’ engineering team now uses Bugsnag to troubleshoot errors in more than 25 projects, written in multiple coding languages. 17. 6 Reasons Why No-Code Platforms are the Future Of Software Development The next generation of no-code platforms will be a key force in transforming everything about software development. 18. Why Continuous Integration Is Essential in Agile Development The agile software development model means releasing software faster, but that doesn't mean you can skip out on quality. 19. The Lloyd Braun Principle of Agility Serenity now, Insanity later, is valuable advice about controlling emotions but within this statement is an important guideline for delivering agile software. 20. Setting up 2FA on 9 Popular Apps & Services Before Safer Internet Day How to enable 2FA and what is two-factor authentification is. Set it up before Safety Internet Day which is celebrated on February 8 and make you apps secure 21. Fluent Parallel Tasks in C# Performance is often one of the key focus points when building enterprise software. Many of the systems that we build rely heavily on communications with other systems. When these external communications become slow, then our software becomes slow. Unfortunately, we often have no control over the response time of the services that we depend on. However, we can optimize the way that we communicate with those services in order to ensure maximum performance. 22. Good Signs to Look For in a Professional Development Team in 2022 To choose the best development team among the thousands of options on the market, you need to know their distinguishing features. 23. 3 Key Benefits of Using a Task Management Software in Your Business From saving a lot of time in performing repetitive tasks to improving planning to increasing productivity, task management software is the future. 24. New Software Release: Uno Platform 4.1 Offers 30% Performance Boost, and More Compatibility! This release packs over 200 new feature requests, bugs, and issues you raised. We welcomed a few great contributions from our community of 200+ contributors. 25. 10 Tips for Using Diagrams to Ace The System Design Interview If you’re a software engineer interviewing for a backend role, you’ll probably be tested on how well you can design a system architecture given some goals and constraints. It's one of the most high-signal interviews, because it’s open-ended, which presents more opportunities for both mistakes and flexes. An important detail is that these interviews test not only your knowledge of backend systems, but also how effectively you can communicate your ideas. 26. Protocols Should Be Designed by Amateurs Protocols are not handed down from on high. On the contrary, they start as a seed, which grows into a massive tree (if it’s worthy, and more importantly, if it’s nurtured). These seeds are no more than ideas, planted by individuals, perhaps in a Slack channel or, more formally, as an RFC. 27. Top 10 Python Web Frameworks: 2020 Edition Python is undoubtedly the most popular high-level programming language that is ideal for scripting and web application development. It features an easy-to-learn syntax that allows the programmers to express concepts with less coding. Apart from this, this general-purpose programming language has a dynamic type system, memory management, a wide standard library, and many other features. 28. Stop Introducing "Just Any" Software Into Your Business To ensure that organizations have a cohesive approach to purchasing and introducing new tools, companies should standardize their software procurement process. 29. Should You Become a Programmer ?? A lot of people are thinking about becoming programmers. Some, because they just like computers in general and think that coding should be a fun challenge for them, others maybe because they’ve heard that programmers have very high paying jobs. Either way, most people don’t know what are they going to work at a job as a programmer. Some think that it will be like in movies. 30. React Native Basics: Implementing Infinite Scroll React Native is without any doubt a strong and powerful solution. It opens the world of cross-platform app development for a much wider audience of software engineers who aren’t familiar with native technologies. But it might at the same time be quite difficult to implement complex things when you’ve just started learning. In this short tutorial, I want to give a step-by-step guide on how to implement one of them — infinite scroll. 31. Don't Make These 5 Golang Mistakes These are mistakes that I’ve made writing Go. Although these might not cause any sort of error but they can potentially affect the software. 32. A to Z Complete Overview About White Label Partnerships The idea of optimum business success in this ever-advancing digital industry calls for smart work. Opting for white label solutions rather than building customized solutions that cater to clients’ specific requirements is the smartest thing that an entrepreneur can do to attain business success. 33. Top 10 Business Development Tools in 2020 and 2021 Slack, Rocketbolt, and Trello are among the best business development tools in 2021. In this article, we'll go over 10 tools your business should consider. 34. Top 10 Equity Management Software to Try in 2021 New to equity awards? Whether you are well versed in equity awards or not, this form of stock compensation has become a popular way of sharing profits with employees from large enterprises to growing startups. Simultaneously one can align the incentives of staff and shareholders. 35. Hardware Upgrades At Home: Hacking Nintendo Joy-Con Controller Surgically implanting a 3D-Touch Capacitive Trackpad in place of the original Analog Joystick. 36. 5 Reasons Why a Screen Recorder Is a Vital Tool For Business Screen recorders are one of the most underrated tools for business out there, even if they can be easily listed among the most useful core tools every organization should use. They can be successfully employed for a broad range of enterprise uses – most of them so vital it’s a mystery why most people still refuse to acknowledge their immense usefulness. What’s even more appalling is that some of the screen recorder software out there are even free, so you don’t even need to spend money to purchase a license. 37. A Guide on Finding 🔎 an Open Source Project to Contribute to Finding the right project is a common obstacle that everyone faces; you’ll either find projects that are very large or projects that are dead. 38. Representations of Data: One Primitive Plus One Primitive Equals Linear Non-Primitives On our first set of data structures, we get into the definition and scope of non-primitive structures. Have a look at the previous read on The Power of Data structures in case you feel a little lost. Right off the batt, we define what it means to be a non-primitive set, and how this can be further broken down. 39. MacDroid: Synchronize Android with Mac Easily MacDroid allows you to move music files, videos, and contacts from your Android device to your Mac. 40. How To Do Unit Testing For Microservices The microservices approach of building applications is most suitable when we develop complex applications with diverse functionalities. Since microservices, unlike monolithic architecture, keeps each function independent of the other, it is the most followed technique in modern times for large applications. 41. What I Learned in My First Year as a Product Manager Expectations, surprises, and lots of learning. 42. Seven things that slow down your VPN and What You Can Do About It Those accustomed to Virtual Private Networks probably know what a painful experience is slow connection speed. Paradoxically, VPNs are the #1 go-to software when talking about torrenting (where speed matters a lot), yet, due to their technicality, some sort of a speed drop is inevitable. 43. Architecture Design of a Smart, Scalable, AI-driven Robotic Production Factory The core concepts of the architecture and design of a scalable, smart, robotics production factory is outlined. 44. The Future of Web 3.0 for Creators, Travel Apps & Low-Code Tools 3 startup opportunities for your next venture. 45. How I got into programming and my thoughts on its future Hey, I've been nominated for the Noonies 2022 and this is my interview to help you know more about me and how I worked to become an engineering manager 46. Catch Your Hacker: Use Honeypot Tools to Capture Hackers Red Handed The number of security breaches and cybercrimes is increasing rapidly. With more and more approaches being transferred online, hackers have found their way of hacking into a system and corrupting the information or stealing data to turn it into profits. As the technology keeps on changing, the hacking attempts are also becoming smart and upgraded to ensure hackers are never caught in action. 47. An In-depth Look at Shadow IT How should IT departments respond to shadow IT? Is it realistic, or even practical, to track 100% of all IT resources? Should there be a more managed approach? 48. 7 Things I’ve Learned as a Software Developer In this Blog Post, I share some of the things I have learned so far while working as a Software Developer. 49. Why Solo Developers Should Never Take the Easy Route This story is my own take on why working solo shouldn't mean you take the easy route as a developer. Sometimes you've got to force yourself to do things to become better at what you do. 50. 5 Popular Hacker Hardware Tools in 2022 A look at some of the hardware tools that hackers use to access and corrupt your computer. 51. How Clean Code is Lowering the Quality of Developers I believe that software development has a problem with mis-promotion, and over-promotion of "Clean Code". 52. A 5-Step Guide to Develop a Growth Mindset as a Software Developer I have outlined five simple steps to develop a growth mindset as a software developer. 53. 3 Best DVD Ripper Software for Windows and Mac We all know that a DVD ripping software works by transferring a video into DVDs, back up or edit a DVD content, as well as to convert a DVD video into the media player and mobile devices playback. 54. Software Engineering and the Ikea Effect This is the IKEA effect, a cognitive bias where we place a disproportionately high value on products that we have partially created. 55. IIOT – Receiving Data From Mercury Meters Via RS-485 Over TCP/IP The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a technology that is used in manufacturing, warehouses, factories, and laboratories. 56. An Intro to Real-Time Data Anchoring and Legacy ERP Systems Comprehensive data visibility is still a big challenge in enterprise resource planning. 57. Solving the Single Number and Climbing Stairs Coding Challenge author: Sergei Golitsyn element appears twice except for one. Find that single one. how many distinct ways can you climb to the top? 58. Developing a Healthtech App: Notes on Process and the People You'll Need Are you planning to develop healthcare software? Or maybe you have an idea for a healthcare app and don’t know what to do next? This is a guide for you. 59. How to Choose the Right Food Delivery Software for Your Business In this post, details shared regarding choosing the Right Food Delivery Software for Your Business. Explore it. 60. The Future of Integration-Platforms-as-a-Service (iPaaS) An analysis of the future direction of iPaaS, and the features and technologies that it is made up of. Introduces Choreo as a new generation iPaaS offering. 61. You Can't Guarantee Webhook Ordering, Here's Why This post is about one of the topics we get asked about the most: guaranteeing webhook ordering. 62. Tips New Software Engineers Should Know There is a big disconnect between what we learn while getting a CS degree and writing software that makes money. 63. The Poetry in Software Releases How to plan the unplannable: In software as in life “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do." 64. 5 Ways To Produce A Podcast That Stands Out Among The Rest There is still space for high-quality podcasters. Take time to set yourself up for future stardom by following these successful podcast production secrets. 65. Tekpon solves a $30 billion problem: Unused Software U.S companies waste almost $30 billion on unused software over a year. Curios on how Tekpon, a software marketplace, can solve this problem? Read more! 66. A Human Writers Thoughts on AI Writing Bots My thoughts on artificial intelligence writing bots. 67. A Developer's POV on Creating Retrospectives As the year comes to a close, this blog post will discuss the importance of Retrospectives from the perspective of a developer. 68. Stop Building “Just-in-Case” Software A popular phrase over the decades has been “Build it and they will come”. In software, that simply isn’t true. Let’s make sure we’re building software “Just-in-Time” instead of “Just-in-Case”. 69. Diffusion by Push Technology Now Supports MQTT Support for the OASIS MQTT open standard protocol is the main feature added to Diffusion 6.6 Preview 2, the latest release of the Diffusion® Intelligent Event Data Platform. 70. CI/CD Best Practices for Salesforce DX With digital transformation and the move to online operations, companies are increasingly relying on Salesforce to manage many of their operations. New business needs and opportunities constantly increase the workload of Salesforce teams. In this context, teams are turning to Salesforce CI/CD to automate manual workflows, which help them handle these growing workloads and quickly deliver quality work to their end-users. This article gives you a short overview of how to implement CI-CD in Salesforce DX. 71. Exploring the Impact of Digitization in Field Service Digitization will be the key differentiator in the field service industry as labour becomes tighter while there is still plenty of work to be done out there. 72. What is the DynamicDocs Excel Add-In and How Do You Use It? DynamicDocs Excel Add-in integrates with DynamicDocs API and generates PDFs directly from Excel. In this article, we describe how to get started. 73. How Helpful is Primavera in a Construction Being a multifarious, sophisticated project, Primavera is essential in a construction project to get everything executed within budget and on time. Owned by Oracle, Primavera is a renowned tool used for planning, managing, controlling and executing projects or portfolios. It is an easy to use Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solution. Not only is this goodie used in construction, but it can also be used for any multifaceted projects with a lot of complexities. This includes oil and gas, engineering, architecture, chemicals, financial services, aerospace and defense, government, IT, telecommunications, and even movie creation. 74. 5 Best Screen Recording Programs for Windows So you want to create professional-looking screencasts, or record demos for your business, podcast or blog and provide a tutorial for your users? 75. Banking, Finance and More with Noonies Nominee Radley 2021 Noonies Nominee General Interview with Rad Sidwell-Lewis. Read for more on Investments, Finance, Tech, Entrepreneurship, Travel and Startups. 76. How Salesforce’s Partnership With Meta Gives Rise To Conversational Commerce This article analyzes how the partnership between Meta and Salesforce, a CRM giant, will materialize huge growth for conversational commerce through WhatsApp 77. 3 Best Data Recovery Tools for Windows and Mac Going through a hard drive crash and having to start your data recovery efforts all over again from scratch can be frustrating and time-consuming. 78. How to Design a Flexible Database Model Handling these business changes at a data store level can be a nightmare for software engineers if the design of the underlying model does not account for adapt 79. Top 4 Classic Software Development Books Much of modern problems in software development have actually been solved and we keep forgetting this to our peril. Every day something pops up in a conversation, on one of our teams or on socials that can be addressed by a book from years and sometimes decades ago. 80. The Joy of Using SECST Markup SECST (Semantic, Extensible, Computational, Styleable, Tagged) markup language. Use it to joyfully create compelling, interactive HTML SEO enabled documents. 81. RT-Thread Studio IoT IDE v2.1.0 Update: Fresh Boards, NXP, and MicroChip RT-Thread Studio V2.1.0 offers a tool associated with tutorials, which helps developers create the BSP visually. Developers can now easily make a board support 82. 8 FinTech Software Development Startups to Watch Out for in 2022 How does FinTech software development affect business success? ✅ Are FinTech development services relevant in 2022? 83. Shopify's Shop Pay: What it is and How it Works Learn what is Shop Pay and apply the service to elevate user experience and make checkout quicker for repeat customers. 84. Payload Transformations: All of Your Questions Answered Transformations are an excellent feature for interfacing with different applications. 85. Why RPA Is Attractive to Manufacturers As Kevin Ross from CyberArk puts it, “RPA is one of the hottest technologies in the IT market today, mainly due to its potential to deliver huge benefits to companies.” Many businesses are rushing to close the gap between production and demand for their services, especially after the COVID-19 disruptions. 86. 5 Reasons Why Open Source Vs. SaaS is A One-Sided Battle Open Source Vs. SaaS is A One-Sided Battle 87. How Much Money Do 'Normal' Software Engineers Make? It seems all the rage for FAANG employees share their $300k, total comp salary packages, but what about the regular Joe/Joann's living outside of the Silicon Valley bubble? How do they compare? 88. Short Number Formatting With Intl A look at a cool feature of Intl to help with large numbers. 89. How Delegation Makes Businesses Successful Building a successful business is impossible without an experienced team. This article will tell you about the impact of delegation on all work processes. 90. A Q&A With Kunal Kushwaha on Diversity, Open Source, and the Power of "Just Getting Started" Hear Kunal Kushwaha's story - DevRel Manager at Civo, founder of Community Classroom and Kubeworld + Twilio Developer Searchlight Honoree 91. Have You Grown Out of Quickbooks? If you think your business might be growing out of Quickbooks, there are a few signs to watch out for. 92. Software Has Taken Away The Human Element: Let’s Get It Back When you’re collaborating with your team, you don’t care about files. You care about the people. So why do companies put so much effort into developing tools and systems when they should be designing for interactions and relationships? 93. 8 Tools You Need For Working Remotely in 2022 Top of the best tools for remote work: Telegram, Getscreen.me, Trello and others. These software needed to work effectively from home. 94. Musings On Software Architecture: Monoliths to Microservices I've been planning some of my personal projects lately and this subject kind of caught my mind. I've seen so much hype about microservices, that I need to put my thoughts into perspective... I know that microservices is a very valid architectural model and perhaps an inevitable stage of cloud software development once it scales… 95. Richard Stallman: Everything You Need to Know About Him Sarah Mei goes over Richard Stallman. 96. How the CPQ Software is Transforming The Complex Pricing of Products And Services Many organizations have also seen the need to leverage technological advancements such as AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, robotics. 97. Project Reporting Made Easy With Trello’s New Dashboard View Project reporting has never been easier. Trello is a website that will host your company’s day-to-day tasks. It’s a platform that provides project management. 98. VPNs for beginners: what a VPN can and cannot do VPNs have become very popular in the last few years. Whether it’s the emergence of geographical restrictions, that VPNs help to bypass, or the evolution of cyber crime and privacy issues, — VPN market skyrocketed and is predicted to keep growing. This gave birth to a massive competition between VPN providers, and, sadly, some of them mislead their customers with false advertising and claims of security. 99. Choosing Web App Architecture: 3 Tier Architecture and Cloud Architecture What's the best modern web app architecture for you? Read about major front-end web architecture types available in 2021 and peculiarities of implementation. 100. Using the Software Testing Maturity Model to Refine Your Testing Strategy Want to improve your software quality engineering processes but don't know where to start? This software testing maturity model and assessment may help! 101. How to Repair Corrupted Microsoft Outlook Files The most prevalent issue faced by almost all Microsoft Outlook users. That is, file corruption issues in Microsoft Outlook including PST files. 102. All Types of POST Requests With API Tester Post requests are the most common types of requests that we perform on the internet and it is very useful in our day-to-day work life. 103. What is WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication)? The best way to get familiar with WebRTC is to code a prototype application. 104. 5 Main Things That Will Help You Understand Why Technology Is Important In Business Technology in business is a phenomenon that is taking over the world. Business is certainly not going anywhere anytime soon; technology is the only way to go. Business needs to have the right tools in place to compete in a competitive corporate environment. 105. Going From Zero to Transpiling your First App in TypeScript TypeScript for Beginners - Introduction, setup and running your first TypeScript code 106. 5 Key Benefits Of Being a Software Engineer Nobody Tells You If you're more of a visual person - check out the video version I’ve been a software developer for coming up to three years, these are the things that really make me enjoy this career and make me thrilled to recommend it to others. 107. How Blockchain Will Help Build Web 3.0 Blockchain will certainly become the basis of the semantic Internet soon, which has received the logical name Web 3.0. 108. Want to Drive Retention? Gamify Your SaaS Product Games are designed to keep us playing as long as possible. By presenting players with challenges and rewards for completing them, apps can generate dopamine hits in their users that can keep them coming back for more. Most people love a challenge, and consciously or not, we love rewards even more, even if they’re largely arbitrary. 109. What Working at Amazon Taught Me About Growth and Engineering 110. Meet Fedor Yaremenko: Senior Software Engineer and Glider Pilot Hi, my name is Fedor Yaremenko. I have 10+ years of experience in software development. I have developed Java enterprise applications for the past eight years. 111. Accounting Automation is a Prerequisite for Business Growth and Development Technology has enabled professionals from diverse fields to delegate repetitive manual tasks to software programs, giving them time to do more interesting and creative work and allowing for professional development. In the field of accounting, new software is able to take on complex calculations and bookkeeping, giving CPAs the ability to perform previously laborious tasks with just a couple of mouse clicks. 112. 6 Tips for Tracking Software Licenses If you are looking to manage your software licenses better, Read on to know how you can track and document software used in your company with ease. 113. A Common Misconception About Agile Methodology I have been involved recently in Agile transformation, i went through lots of conversations, with Techy people, that have a lot of misconceptions about Agile. 114. Working With Transient Errors Each remote service that we call eventually going to fail. No matter how reliable they are, it is inevitable. 115. The Biggest Trends In HTML Code Editors We’ve Seen This Year 116. You’ll Never Fix It Later - How to Pull Your Team Out of the Quicksand The more quick and dirty code you write, the more stuck you'll get with it blocking you from releasing any piece without a big bang. Pull yourself out. 117. Building an API in Rust with Rocket.rs and Diesel.rs Following Clean Architecture In this guide I’m going to walk you through the process of building a simple CRUD API from scratch in Rust using Rocket.rs. 118. 5 Tips for Selecting Test Case Management Tools Here are 5 tips for selecting the test case management tools and save your efforts and time. 119. Before Thinking About Ethical AI, First, Become Responsible When talking about Responsible AI and Ethical AI, there still seems to be confusion. 120. The 5 Best Software for Creating NFT Art Some software tools are listed here with subscription details. Their pros and cons are also mentioned to help you decide on the best one to create your NFT art. 121. Differences Between RFID and NFC Systems, their Applications, and Alternatives RFID and NFC are similar communication methods that devices can use to interact with each other. However, there are differences in the systems and usage. 122. Creating Our Own Custom Messaging Solution for IoT Devices The Internet of Things relies on the interoperation of network nodes. Integra created a custom technology that improved client-server interaction. 123. The Online Shopping Trends of the Future How will eCommerce look in a few years? Discover the future trends of the industry and transform your online business! 124. How to Read Image Sizes and Dimensions with Alpine.js A look at determining image sizes using Alpine.js. 125. 11 Tips for Effective Software Testing and Quality Assurance 126. Benefits of Using WebAssembly for Your Applications Learn the top advantages of using WebAssembly for your applications. 127. ArcGIS Pro Vs. ArcMap: Why You Should Move to ArcGIS Pro Even today, many GIS analysts are exploring the key differences between ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro. Get insights into why ArcGIS Pro has taken center stage. 128. Why You Should Source Your Software Under the Open Innovation License Many people wonder what the point of open source is? For those who don't get it, they think it is giving stuff out for free. They don't understand how BeagleBone exploded the way they did. More importantly, they don't seem to understand that the internet as we know it, or many innovations in terms of the modern world, wouldn't exist or be the same if it wasn't for open source. Even when you look at proprietary tech companies like Apple, one can argue figures such as Steve Wozniak were greatly inspired by the open hardware movement many decades ago. 129. 12 Must-Have Tools For Freelancers Being a Freelancer is tempting for many reasons, but mostly because you can do what you love and choose the projects you want to do. You can work with clients you want to work with and there is nobody breathing behind you expecting from you to make more money for them. 130. The Critical Link Between Software and Hardware Teams in Product Development Software and hardware teams rely on each other. If they can learn from each other then benefits will be felt throughout an entire organization. 131. The Best Software HR Can Use in the Workplace to Reduce Workload This article will discuss five of the best tools HR professionals can use to make their lives easier. Workday, Bamboo HR, Zenefits, and Infor are just a few of the software solutions available. These tools help HR professionals and business users optimize workflow processes and provide a consistent experience across platforms. Let's take a look at each one in turn. Which of these tools will you need to use? 132. Avoid Time Tracking Issues With Facial Recognition A look at how facial recognition innovation helps avoid costly time and error issues with manual time tracking. 133. macOS Ventura's New Privacy and Security Features 134. Port Forwarding for Noobs Port forwarding is used to enable a router to use a specific port to communicate with certain devices on a network. Learn more about how it is set up here. 135. How Algorithms Can Potentially Raise Rent One of the algorithm’s developers told ProPublica that leasing agents had “too much empathy” compared to computer generated pricing. 136. What is a POS System and Why is it Important for your Business? Let's explain the benefits of a POS system using something almost everyone loves: pizza. Reducing the waiting time is one step towards building a happy customer base. Domino's uses an efficient POS system. So all their sales invoices are generated within minutes and you can grab your bite as soon as possible. YAY! 137. System Testing: Complicated Process in Simple Words System testing is one of the stages of the whole software system testing lifecycle (STLC), which comprises three others: unit testing, integration testing, and acceptance testing. Each of these stages has their objectives and technical features. This article dedicated to one of the most volumetric phases.So system testing is a software testing which executing on an accomplished integrated system with a purpose to find out if the structure, functional, data and other issues comply with initial stakeholders’ requirements. The main goal of executing this fraction is to checkup functional, as well as non-functional requirements in the system on the whole. Herewith testers detecting such defects as the wrong usage of system resources, unexpected combinations at the user level, incompatibility with an environment, unintended scenarios, absence of functionality or its’ incorrect performance and ect.Let’s have a simple example for a better understanding of how does this testing phase is executing. Imagine you are an electric guitar manufacturer. Electric guitar consists of many details such as fretboard, tunes, body, volume/tone controls, electronic fillings etc. Let’s say you completed chips and boards installation into the guitar body. Each of them has exact functions and resemble, in our case, separate units. But altogether, this units shape an integration system. In order to make sure they work properly you run a test-drive. So, actually, this verification procedure of integration system calls system testing. It shall be carried out on a systematic basis during the construction process to avoid unexpected surprise on the final chord. There is a big chance that off-color element in the very beginning stage of the whole product development lifecycle can roll back entire project.Within system testing stage the following types of tests should be executed: 138. What Does "Building a Cloud-Native Application" Really Mean? The inexplicable popularity of the term "cloud-native" is without real meaning. "Cloud-Native Apps" is an overused (even abused) term in the tech industry. 139. Git Commands Cheat Sheet That Could Save you From a Headache This Git command sheet is for non-beginners and is mainly dedicated to fixing Git mistakes. 140. Smell Detection: Does Digital Scent Technology Pass the “Smell” Test? It’s really exciting how the technology we use to do our work and make our lives easier just keeps getting better. I’m pleased that Siri and Alexa know me on a first-name basis. Amazon can often predict what program I want to watch, a book I’d like to read, or clothes I’d like to buy. Roomba has figured out just the right places to vacuum, and I simply have to pick up my iPhone and it can recognize me automatically. Now that’s great service! 141. 3 Types of Tools Needed For Effective Project Management, Remotely Project management is perhaps the most crucial job in any organization. This is because the success of every project is directly proportional to slowly reaching towards the goals and objectives of the organization that were established well in advance. 142. Test-driven Development: How to Write Unit Tests Tests are a way to explicitly set expectations about code. You establish them to allow the machine to check whether your code meets the expectations. 143. AI in the Enterprise: It’s Coming for Your Job, Not for Your Pay In this article, we explore the impact of AI on job security and argue that while it won't necessarily affect workers' pay, it may replace some jobs altogether. 144. React Native is The Perfect Choice for Your Next Mobile App: Here's Why In this article, we will talk about why React Native is one of the best technologies currently in the market for app development. 145. Ultimate Guide to React Data Grid And its Mind-blowing Features Indisputably, React is always the first choice for front-end web developers and simultaneously Data Grid is also the priority for the visual software elements since the evidence of UIs themselves. 146. How to Merge PDFs Without Adobe Acrobat For a task or assignment, different members are responsible for different parts. So, it's very common that the team must conclude the respective results at last. If their results are in the PDF formats, they must merge the PDFs to reach the final result. There are still many other occasions that we need to merge PDF files. 147. Best Applications That Will Make Remote Work During Coronavirus More Comfortable Things have changed very rapidly for a lot of people. Just a few months ago nobody would’ve imagined they would have to stay at home for a prolonged period of time, and even though warned, preparation for a global scale epidemic was pretty poor. Right now, when the spread of Covid-19 is at its peak, a lot of people have to get used to self-isolation, which means they can’t go to work to offices anymore but have to work remotely. 148. Deploy Like Vercel and Netlify with Cloud Run: Live, Preview, and Modern Workflow The modern workflow that unlocks your team's potential to ship faster. 149. The Devils 0666 File Creation Permission As far as I can tell, this is hard-coded into standard utilities. I straced both a touch creating a new file and a mkdir creating a new directory. The touch trace produced this: 150. 6 Easy Steps to Make Animated GIFs for Short Tutorials Most tutorials nowadays contain many visuals to grab the reader's attention and explain how to better solve different problems. Specifically, I found that GIFs are a very good tool for presenting GUIs. In this article, I will show you how to make animated GIFs that can be used alongside text to create faster and better demos. 151. Deployment Choice: Code Promotion vs Artifact Promotion When it comes to deployment, a choice must be made. Find out what's the difference in code promotion and artifact promotion 152. WTF is Commercial Open Source Software? Open-source evolution 153. How We Handle Software QA at Blue Label Labs Many businesses have a process they undergo before the products are shipped off to stores across the country or globe – it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but software QA is much the same. When you build a piece of software, whether a mobile app or otherwise, the first goal is to get design elements in place then from there, you ensure that the app functions as intended, meaning it both “looks right” and “behaves correctly” much like when building a physical product. 154. 15 Best Project Management Tools Project management systems are supposed to make the life of teams easier and the work process faster and more efficient. 155. Decentralizing Software Ownership with Blockchain Blockchain Startup building a decentralized code repository for community-owned software products and self-governing organizations 156. Virtual Open Day 2021: Mentoring Over 150 Brilliant Students Virtually On 20th of February 2021 at CodeChem we organized the third Virtual Open Day, which many of us will remember for a long time. 157. Quality Sense Podcast: Andrey Momot – The “Holy Trinity” of Software Quality In this episode, get to know Andrey Momot, a QA Lead at WalkMe, the company that pioneered the Digital Adoption Platform to simplify user experiences. 158. 5 Mac Apps with the Largest Service Files Merely removing apps on Mac OS X is not a hard thing to do: drag & drop or just delete to the Trash. But sometimes after such removal on your Mac, there could be left system files, caches, logs, and other debris – called app leftovers. That is why it is better to use special third-party app uninstallers for removing programs from your Mac with all their service files. 159. Low-code Programming Through the Ages A short tour of the best low-code tools over time. 160. How to Use Test Coverage for Business Profitability Test coverage is a metric that determines the scope of different types of tests. 161. 15 of the Best Continuous Delivery Tools Continuous Delivery is one of the best practices for software development, but what are the best tools for it today? Here are my picks. 162. Here's Why I Migrated From Chrome to The Brave Browser Chrome has been my goto for almost a decade now. I’m the kind of person who finds it stupid to cover the webcam (unless I have a sticky note full of credentials on my fridge), so I guess its quite clear already that I’m not so high on privacy concerns but what bothered me the most was how much information Google was extracting from me. 163. How to Resolve Quickbooks Error Code H202 Generally, H series errors are considered to be inevitable errors that may be caused by internal and external technical glitches. 164. UX and Product Design Notes with Noonies Nominee, Jordan Bowman An interview with Jordan Bowman, Product Designer and Co-Creator of UX Tools; and 6x 2021 Noonies Nominee for Design Thinking, Product Design, UI; UX and more. 165. Tools NPOs Can Use to Collect and Analyze Field Data These tools can help your nonprofit understand constituents' needs better 166. Software Development Life Cycle, Phases, Methodologies & Practices Explained! The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) refers to a methodology with clearly defined processes for creating high-quality software. 167. Top 7 Software Quality Engineering Trends to Attain Positive Business Outcomes in 2023 — Part 1 It’s time to know about vital QA trends helping organizations stay ahead of competitors, enhance operational efficiency, and improve end-user satisfaction. 168. 5 Features To Consider When Looking For a Reliable Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Software To Buy As data loss prevention (DLP) solution plays a crucial role to prevent unauthorized access to an organization’s sensitive data. 169. The Cost of Using Open Source Software as a Developer: A Tech Lawyer's Perspective The Price You Pay As A Developer For Using Open Source Software - A Tech Lawyers View 170. How Patent Trends Analysis Software Drives Wealth Global IP strategist, JiNan Glasgow George, cites key reasons investors, inventors, entrepreneurs, companies and others oriented toward innovation should capitalize on IP-driven growth and revenue opportunities 171. How SaaS Companies are Changing How We Live SaaS companies are remaking how we interact and we don't even notice it. Here's what SaaS means - for dummies, and how they make you a happier customer. 172. Everything You Need to Know About Web Application Penetration Testing Services In this blog post, we'll discuss why it's important to have regular penetration tests performed on your web applications. 173. Simon Prior Talks About Software Testing On The Quality Sense Podcast In this Quality Sense episode, our host Federico has the pleasure of interviewing Simon Prior, who has worked across the cyber security, Retail, gaming, etc. 174. The Software Development Life Cycle Is as Important as the Circle of Life The circle of life has different meanings across several civilizations, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is not that different either. 175. Jira - Software for managing projects. Choose the best tools for also non-profits. This is the first part of our tutorial series presenting how Atlassian products could be used by non-profits organizations from all around the world. We want to show you in a very simple and easy way, how can you improve the work of your organization. Thanks to good tools for managing projects NGOs can increase their productivity and work even more efficient for the betterment of the world. 176. What are Default Interface Methods in C# 8.0? Introduction 177. Understanding (And Making Your Life Easier) With Bootstrap So a few days ago, I had to make a project with Bootstrap, I had never worked with it in the past and neither with Grid. It was really difficult for me, and when I decided to find information, I got a hard time looking for something that I can actually understand and use. So in that day, I told myself: if I get to understand this, I will write about it so if someone its a beginner like I was, they don’t have a hard time as I did. So here is: my first article about the basic information to get to understand Bootstrap and don’t die, (or in my case panic) trying. 178. An Overview of the Linux Operating System for Beginners Linux is a free software that enables you perform tasks with ease. This is a detailed beginner guide that shows you how Linux works and how you can use it. 179. Why Don't More People Use Brave? When Brave came out, my world didn’t change. I figured there was no reason to change browsers in a post Internet Explorer world. After all, Google already controls most of my information, why on earth would I want to introduce something new into our almost exclusive relationship. 180. Automation is a Great Tool for Your Cloud-Based POS Software Having automation baked right into your cloud-based POS software is a great way for you to improve business efficiency & grow larger. 181. ‘Maslow's Hierarchy of Customer Retention’: The Secret to Improving Churn There are only a handful of companies that you love. But have you ever thought about why that is? We will break down what every company can do to cut churn. 182. Open Source Series: Publicity or how to spread the word and win contributors 183. Technical Debt or Technical Fraud Technical Debt is one thing, but when let to fester for too long, it can become Technical Fraud. A much more dangerous and much more insidious predator. 184. Your Creativity is More Valuable Than The Tools You Use Using a design tool isn’t a skill. It’s just good practice to display them in your portfolio to depict how strong you’re with the tool. 185. How To Code Faster with Hundreds of Shortcuts in TeaCode TeaCode is a time-saving app from Apptorium that gives you an enormous library of expendable code snippets for any programming language. Instead of typing the whole action, you can only put down the expander and it with unfold into a full section of code. Every time you use an expander, you save loads of efforts on hand-coding every line. Plus, you can create your own expanders in any language. 186. Use The 5S Technique To Become A Better Programmer Hello, children all over the world. In today’s class, we’re going to talk about the importance of keeping your code/ script well organized and tidy. Please take it with a grain of salt, I don't believe there is right or wrong in development. 187. I Burnt Out on Inconsistent Codebases How Front End Development Broke Me: A Burnout Story 188. Japanese Quantum Computing Startup Has One Eye On The Future The Japanese are good at most things. Now they’re starting to find their feet with the hardest of hard tech niches around 189. PCB Testing Methods Overview Why PCB testing is so important? What are PCB tests and who should carry them out? Which tests are more suitable for prototypes and which ones for mass production? 190. 5 Powerful Employee Upskilling and Mentoring Tools How to boost your employee's skills and performance? Read my new post to find a list of several handy software tools that solve this task. 191. How the Slack Acquisition Helps Vancouver’s Tech Scene Salesforce recently acquired Slack, a company founded by Stewart Butterfield, for $27.7 billion. The company officially announced the acquisition on December 1, 2020. 192. Goldman Sachs, Data Lineage, and Harry Potter Spells Goldman Will Dominate Consumer Banking 193. 7 Best AI Logo Maker Software Available Online For any brand, creating its own identity is a challenging task. Especially for a start-up and small businesses, brand recognition is even more essential. Brand recognition can go a long way in influencing the success of a business. Every scale business spends a huge amount on marketing their brand and creating their imprint in people’s minds. 194. Open Source Series: Documentation or answering the what and how questions 195. The Era of Opinionated Productivity Software: Superhuman, Roam, What’s Next? Productivity software is indispensable for all of us. Dedicated tools for creating spreadsheets, writing down notes, managing our to-dos etc. ensure that we are productive in our professions. Incumbent vendors (e.g. Microsoft, Google) have dominated this space for many years — yet, there is a chance for new players to enter the stage. New challengers such as the E-Mail client Superhuman or the note-taking tool Roam Research can compete by developing highly opinionated products which deliberately omit flexibility. Instead, the software is stringently crafted around a very particular way of approaching a process, which is inherently seen as superior by the firm. 196. The best privacy-focused browsers in 2019 Privacy protection has become a catchphrase for many entrepreneurs and public speakers. In their recent speeches, both Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai elaborated on the importance of privacy, which is ironic, having in mind that Facebook and Google are the two biggest data scrapers around. 197. Quality Sense Podcast: Erika Chestnut on Calendly's Test Automation Strategy In this episode of Quality Sense, Federico has a conversation with Erika Chestnut, Head of QA at Calendly. 198. 7 Best Outdoor Apps for Nature Lovers Enjoy your outdoor hobbies with the best apps for nature lovers. 1. Birda App 2. iNaturalist 3. Solar walk 4. Alltrails, and more 199. 7 OCR Software Apps That Will Easily Convert Images to Text OCR - or in other words, optical character recognition - software allows users to easily convert pictures into the text. You can use the same software to convert handwriting into the text as well. What OCR software actually does is that it analyses a given document, and then it compares it with the already stored fonts in the database. The best part about using OCR software is that it will run the document through a spell checker as well to recognize words that are unrecognizable. The software won't guarantee 100% accuracy; however, it focuses on the close approximation. 200. How to Clear Floats using clear-float property A little while ago we wrote about the float property. So, now is a good time to explain the clear property. 201. Data-Driven Approach for Software Engineering: How to Avoid Common Problems In today’s digital world, data is constantly being generated, evaluated, and updated. It also plays an important role in the work of software engineers by providing accurate, actionable feedback that helps engineers understand where and how to make improvements to a product or process. 202. The Unbundling of Excel: How SaaS Businesses Are Replacing Excel Weekly tech analysis, market deep-dive & strategy. Today’s post is about the future of SaaS. 203. Small Puddle of Freedom Free software is a moral issue for Richard Stallman believes in freedom and free software. 204. On the Relevance of Software Engineering for the Development of ML based Software Systems We are studying the emerging discipline of Machine Learning Engineering by investigating best practices for developing software systems that include ML components. In this article, we share the research motivation and approach, some initial results, and an invitation to help us by taking our 7-minute online survey on ML Engineering best practices. 205. Quality Sense Podcast with Tristan Lombard: The Power of Community Building In this episode of Quality Sense, Federico has a conversation with Tristan Lombard, where they talked about the role of community building in software testing. 206. Quality Sense Special Guest Ashley Hunsberger On Agile Transformation This week’s Quality Sense guest has been at her company now for 16 years, but in that time she has had the chance to assume several different roles that allowed her to explore her interests, lead others, and help the company grow. Ashley Hunsberger started as a manual tester and today, she’s the Director of DevOps Engineering, creating their Developer and Agile Advocacy program. She focuses on the ways they can advance the work their teams are doing, as well as the way in which they do it. 207. Major Aspects of Software Cost Estimation It is well-known that software engineering is at the lead of the services that use outsourcing and outside contractors. 208. Complexity is the enemy of software engineering The key to long-lived, maintainable software is simpler than you think. 209. Canaries to the Rescue: Catching Service Issues Before the End User In this post, you'll learn the concept of canaries, example code, best practices, and other considerations, including both maintenance and financial costs. 210. The Next Consumer Apps and How to Build Them (3 Frameworks) Insights are builders’ best friends. They help you see opportunities, launch new products, and win the market before everyone else. 211. Surviving The Covid-19 Crisis with Open Source The COVID-19 crisis has hit the global economy hard, and the software industry was not spared. The long-term effects on the industry are still unclear, but it seems it has become widely acknowledged that the negative impact is going to be massive, and recovery will be slow. 212. Python Interfaces: Abandon ABC and Switch to Protocols Reasons to use Python Protocols instead of ABC library for Python interfaces. 213. 3 Important Integrations For Your Time Tracking Software Effective time management is critical to success. 214. 4 Reports to Track in Your Microsoft Hyper-V Environment If you use Microsoft Hyper-V every day, you may want to spend some time producing and analyzing reports. Monitoring and reporting can help optimize VMs. 215. 8 Things That Helped Me Improve My Software Skills 8 painfully learnt ideas about software engineering that may challenge your assumptions and help you get better faster 216. The Google Ads Guide for SaaS Businesses Google Ads (formerly known as Google AdWords) is one of the best customer acquisition tools you can use if you are running a SaaS firm. 217. Where B2B SaaS Pricing Models are Headed in 2022 Pricing trends are particularly important for B2B SaaS to keep an eye on as they indicate how the buyers in your market value the types of services you offer. 218. When Driving Adoption for a Low-Code Platform, Does One Target Developers or No-Coders? Is the future of software development low-code? Or is it no code at all? 219. Developing Cross-platform Qt Applications for BLE-based Systems Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE, Bluetooth LE, also known as Bluetooth Smart) is a form of wireless PAN technology that can be used to transfer data between devices. 220. How Nonprofits Can Get Adobe Discounts via TechSoup: FAQs Learn more about Adobe for Nonprofits, including information on eligibility, product licensing, downloading and installing software, and more. 221. Why Choose the MQTT Protocol for your IoT Devices (with some caveats) Reasons and Peculiarities of Choosing MQTT Protocol for Your IoT Devices 222. Comparing the Top 5 CAD Software for Electronics Design Development Every electronics design starts with Schematics and PCB design development. This is a core aspect in a building a new electronics product. There are a lot of special CAD software that help engineers automate this process and perform it faster. However, all these CAD programs are not the same since they have various tools, interfaces, and give developers different capabilities. 223. The Different Types Of Software Testing Software testing is necessary for any developed application to verify its stable and sound functioning. It is performed by validating outputs against expected outputs using dummy inputs. These inputs are derived from real-life scenarios to make sure everything seems real. In this article we discuss in-depth what different types of testing are performed before the application is actually deployed. 224. Top 10 Field Service Management Software for Small & Mid Sized Businesses No business is untouched today by technology; so is the case with the field service industry. Technology companies have introduced some advanced software solutions that effectively resolve the most simple and complex problems of the field service industry. 225. Successfully Launching a European Office: It's All About Culture The enticement of a relatively wealthy market of 500 million consumers often makes opening a European office one of the earlier expansion steps for American technology companies. However, there are right and wrong ways to establish a European operation, with fostering the right culture a key aspect that will significantly impact the hoped-for financial contributions. 226. Monitoring Microservices: A Step By Step Guide Monitoring microservices in the right way is one of the biggest challenges nowadays. This blog will guide you to overcome the monitoring challenges easily. 227. Enterprise Software Is the Hardest Software To Write There is a perception that enterprise software is easy. The thought process goes something like: “How can adding up numbers and producing reports be as hard to do as programming image recognition, or writing software to control nuclear power plants?” 228. 9 Best Data Integration Software in 2022 Every business needs to collect, manage, integrate, and analyze data collected from various sources. Data integration software can help! 229. 7 Best Workflow Automation Software Available Online A business's success depends upon the amount of work its employees do. However, every employee has a priority list for their tasks meaning that certain tasks are more important than others. Unfortunately, this prioritization sometimes leads to them ignoring/rushing the smaller yet crucial tasks that are important to the smooth functioning of a business. 230. An Introduction to Embedded Human Machine Interface Development HMI solutions find their application in various fields: medicine, industry, automotives, and everyday life. All of them serve to display the operational data of the equipment in an informative way in almost real-time. With the help of the Qt framework, developers can quickly and easily create HMIs that meet the highest requirements. That is why many well-known companies choose Qt for their projects. 231. 17 Best Animation Software for Beginners in 2022 Looking for the best animation software for beginners? You are at the right place! 232. Do Not Refactor Code That is Not Yet Working: Beautiful Code is Working Code Excessive concern about the beauty of the source code can compromise the outcome of a project. 233. What is a BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) and How Does it Work? A BESS is an energy storage system (ESS) that captures energy from different sources, accumulates this energy, and stores it in rechargeable batteries. 234. How I bypassed Regulations to Setup Remote Access for a Client in China Connecting to remote desktop users from China. What remote access program choose to bypass the blocking and how to translate during the session. 235. 6 Tips To Help You Hire The Top Talent As Software Developers For Your Company You might be tired from hearing that “every company is now a software company.” Yet, that doesn’t make the claim less true. If you’re hearing it too much, that’s maybe because there’s a lot of truth to it. 236. Notion: Superior Productivity For All Notion is an All-In-One workspace. Notion’s platform allows you to create task-oriented lists and projects, wikis, databases, lightweight CRM’s, tables & more! 237. Developing, Packaging and Distributing a Python Library How to use new packaging standards with virtual environment tools — adapted from the official documentations of python.org and Pipenv 238. Google Making Fuchsia OS Open For Contributions Google is like the charm that Princess of Wales Diana used to carry with her every time she interacted with the public. The platform that Google offers lets its users expand the horizon ever imagined. Google uses open platforms to let the users collaborate with the project to develop something unique. 239. In the Absence of the NBA, Why Not Compete to Hack a Better Zendesk? It’s hard to know what to build. If you’re lucky enough to find a good problem, you’re still a long way from your first customer and even longer from success. 240. Network Troubleshooting for the Well-Rounded Developer Regardless of whether you work on the front-end or back-end, I think all developers should gain some proficiency in network troubleshooting. 241. 12 Common Software Testing Misconceptions Debunked Software testing is as important as software development. There are many misconceptions surrounding software testing. Let's clear them all. 242. Here's How We Train Our DevOps Skills Internally Our team started to apply DevOps practices long before we registered Mad Devs as a company. Specifically, I ran into this approach more than 10 years ago in a different company where I worked as a System Administrator. 243. OBS for Dummies : How to Record Your Screen Wait... OBS..I have heard it somewhere. 244. Continuous Integration: An Essential Guide Continuous integration (CI) is a process by which we verify our project upon every change that occurs in the codebase. 245. Diary of a Wimpy DevOps Engineer: Exploring Monoliths Learn how we improved our ETL processing performance from 550ms to 94ms by switching to micro-service based architecture and SingleStore 246. Hiring Manager Perspective on Technology Interviews Many candidates have never been in the interviewer chair I'm hoping to share a different perspective with candidates so they can prepare accordingly and it can act as a guide to hiring managers. 247. Building BMS for a Stationary Home Energy Storage Solution Learn different types of BMS arrangements and configurations for the custom hardware design of a BMS intended for a stationary home energy storage solution. 248. Laziness Chapter II: Code Wizards Code generators do our hard work. But we don’t need them anymore. 249. How To Evaluate Software Code Quality And Why It Is Important Software Engineers are in great demand nowadays. Their unique skill sets make them different from the other available professions. 250. Releases: The Last Frontier of Standardization As software engineers, we strive to better our craft and leave a lasting mark on the organizations we work for. Throughout our careers, we balance two types of knowledge: the combination of business domain and technical stack is our bread and butter. Sometimes we might value the business domain over the technical stack and vice versa as we expand our toolkit. For example, we might work at a financial institution (let’s call it Acme Investment Bank) for a broad domain, but where the tech stack is not bleeding edge. On the other hand, we might roll the dice and work for a firm that has a bleeding-edge tech stack but where the domain is very specific, like a company that sells wine to your pets. 251. About Anything as a Service (aka XaaS) Because of some conversations I had and a talk I gave regarding digital business modeling last week, people reached out to me with questions about the differences between Platforms as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). In more detail, the questions were about my views regarding the strategic implications for value creation, business model development, pricing strategies, and when to start thinking about these implications. Because the question came up almost a dozen times, and I can only process so much coffee, I decided to write it down in this mini-blog about a phenomenon which is called XaaS, Anything as a Service. 252. An Introduction to Elasticsearch: Lightning Fast Search Solutions If you're reading this blog, chances are you really interested in Elasticsearch and the solutions that it provides. This blog will introduce you to Elasticsearch and explain how to get started with implementing a fast search for your app in less than 10 minutes. Of course, we're not going to code up a full-blown production-ready search solution here. But, the below-mentioned concepts will help you get up to speed quickly. So, without further ado, let's start! 253. 9 Strategies To Speed Up Your Software Development Process No matter how big or little, every company is always looking for ways to speed up software development projects to stay ahead of the competition. 254. How to Make Sure Your Developers are NOT a Single Point of Failure When I wrote "Your Developer is not a Single Point of Failure" there was definitely push back from managers, suits and other C-Suite denizens. Without a doubt, developers can be single points of failure. I would be lying, if I did not acknowledge the "historical blame" lies mostly at the feet of developers for the belief coders are single points of failure. Too many software developers built ivory towers of code for the sake of job security. Too many businesses were held hostage to custom algorithms only a handful of people could decipher...perhaps only ONE person could! 255. Complete Guide to Choosing the Best Billing & Invoicing Software Let me tell you a simple truth. Billing & invoicing is a pain. It has always been. Remember the pre-computer era of accounting? I am talking about the time when companies used to hire accountants and data entry operators to manually maintain billing & invoicing records in heavy files. The process was hectic. It took days and sometimes weeks to create invoices, send them out, and following up on unpaid bills. Above this, it could also cost a lot of time and money. 256. How to Initiate a Software Requirements Specification How many times have you felt that it would have been better to contemplate the project requirements? How many times did you feel like including that “one” particular feature/function could have saved it from failure? Hold on to the thought right there! Do you think a System Requirements Specification could have played a pivotal role in success? 257. Love, Death & Industrial Robots By 2022 the number of operational industrial robots worldwide is expected to surpass the population of Berlin. Nowadays in our factories, flexible cobots work hand in hand with people and machine learning is helping them to become even more versatile. It is very fascinating to follow the developments of the fast-paced automation industry. 258. Top SaaS Product Ideas for Startups of the Future No business wants to jump on every platform, and SaaS is no exception. You always need to brainstorm many ideas and get some guidance in order to succeed. 259. ERP vs. CRM: Which Would Most Benefit Your Business? Your organization’s growth is often tied to the tools that you choose to implement your business plan. Given that it’s such a crucial part of success, these tools have become a divisive topic. 260. Top 10 Antivirus Softwares in 2021 These are the top 10 Antivirus software options on the market in 2021. Depending on your device (Mac, PC, Android, or iOS), there is an appropriate Antivirus. 261. AI Graphic Design Software: The Top 7 Available Eye-catching and beautiful graphics rule digital media. Any business requires graphics in its brand promotion creatives to showcase their brand and convey their message clearly. Whether you wish to make a featured image for your blog or edit product photos for posting on social media, you need the best graphic design software to make or edit your graphics. 262. How to Get Startup Ideas Using 3 Frameworks Note: This article is part of my resource newsletters↗️ where I share insights on building things in tech. Join me :) 263. How Developers, Creators and Consumers Could Benefit from An Open Web I have lived in Silicon Valley for over a decade, and was always curious about its history. The way I see it: Silicon Valley is similar to Florence during the Renaissance era, and that’s where the bulk of new ideas come from. Due to rapid innovation that Silicon Valley created since 1960s, everyone in the world now has “library of Alexandria” available instantly. We have billions of super-computers sitting in our pockets, and everyone no doubt benefits from it. 264. BMS Safety & Security Solutions to Avoid Battery Hazards A battery management system (BMS) should be all eyes and ears of a battery. 265. Ruby on Rails is Not Dead! Here's How to Upgrade Ruby Legacy Applications Have you wondered how to modernize your Ruby on Rails? Read the owner’s guide for upgrading legacy software and learn why Ruby is still a good choice in 2021. 266. Significant Updates to Popular Kanban Software in 2019 How Jira, Hygger, Asana, and Others Surprised Their Users in 2019? 267. How C program stored in RAM memory When you run any C-program, its executable image loaded into RAM of computer in an organized manner which known as process address space or memory layout of C program. Here I have tried to show you the same thing in two parts . 268. Ultimate Guide to Synthetic Monitoring Products As we look forward to 2021, Synthetic Monitoring continues to be as important as ever in understanding the performance of your app or website. But your synthetic monitoring is only as good as the tool you're using and there are a lot of product choices. Since selecting the best one for you is critical, the choice can be overwhelming. Price, setup ease, accuracy, and more play a part in the best solution. 269. 11 Best Salon Appointment Scheduling Software for Hair and Beauty Business The ability to make an online appointment is essential to any customer experience today. Here we compare 6 different online appointment tools. 270. 20 Best Online Video Editors for Beginners InVideo, Clipchamp, and HippoVideo are some of the best online video editors on the market today. 271. How to Solve the Common Problems of Embedded Firmware Firmware is an integral part of any embedded system. A device is more than a combination of components. Without instructions, the microcontrollers do not “know” how to manage the peripherals. But embedded firmware development is not an easy task. It involves not only coding but a lot of testing and debugging as well. Today, we are going to talk about the common challenges of embedded firmware programming and their solutions. 272. DevOps Implementation: Is it Really Worth an IT Company's Investment? DevOps has emerged as the future of the software delivery process. Companies are shifting their focus on optimizing software quality and time through DevOps. 273. The High Cost of Any Mistake in Hardware Project Hello everyone! In this article, we will consider common errors in the design of electronic devices and how to solve them. We will see how to calculate the cost of rolling back a batch of devices, get familiar with the main prototyping cycle. 274. What Exactly Is A Name: The Quest [Part I] We all agree: a good name is always the most important thing. Let’s find them. Thank you for checking out the 274 most read stories about Software on HackerNoon. to find the most read stories about any technology. Visit the /Learn Repo