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"Ideas do not come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error that take time and thought" - Charles K Cao, father of fiber optic communication. Technically, DePIN (short for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) is an open-source stack of technologies and protocols enabling the development of peer-to-peer physical infrastructure. However, DePIN is also a slow revolution, building a new layer atop internet and energy systems controlled and surveilled by insiders and returning power to the people. In this post, you will learn what problem DePIN solves (hint: it’s centralized), what incentives DePIN uses to scale decentralized infrastructure, and the projects and protocols driving this transformation. By using distributed incentives to crowdsource independent hardware administrators (for example, installing a solar panel on your roof or a Pebble Tracker in your attic), DePIN applications redistribute control away from tech giants and back to users. DePIN affects everyone since it gives regular people a chance to contribute to global IoT networks and perhaps annually. earn thousands of dollars To understand DePIN, we have to briefly review the downsides of the current centralized order. Who Controls the Internet? For most people, is experienced virtually. But it's also a physical thing, of which we are rarely aware. And it is the internet's very physicality, where economies of scale flourish away from the public eye, that has allowed centralized entities to dominate the digital millennia. the internet Very roughly, the internet is made of billions of devices connected by a network of wires and cables controlled by large telecoms. The application layer (the websites and services we use daily) relies on server farms. Globally, are controlled by and , a number that goes far higher in the US. 55 percent Microsoft Amazon Amazon Web Services alone has 26 million square feet of server farms, translating to about 600 acres scattered around the globe. A surprisingly small footprint for a company that hosts 40 percent of the Western internet. The vast fiber networks controlled largely by Verizon and AT&T in the US are protected from greater competition by enormous and . capital moats regulatory capture For a startup to go after these markets is like taking a chisel to a mountain. But cryptographic incentives and distributed networks can connect millions of people whose collective power opens up legitimate alternatives. DePIN: A Revolution Right Now Revolution is an overused word in tech, which is a shame because it describes DePIN perfectly.  The scale of DePIN's potential impact ranges from internet infrastructure to energy systems. It is a fundamental reimagining of the technology powering modern civilization. But how does DePIN work? DePIN Overview DePIN uses token rewards to incentivize thousands (and ultimately millions) of people around the world to purchase machines and contribute their outputs (which can range from data to energy itself) to a decentralized network. Some real-world examples include 's 5g hotspots, 's storage ecosystem, 's compute layer, 's car data ecosystem, and 's sidewalk data centers. Helium Filecoin Nillion DIMO Smartpoint has developed a DePIN stack called that cuts startup development time from years to weeks. The tooling, which includes middleware connecting physical device data to smart contracts, is to DePIN what Ethereum was to dAPPs. By dramatically lowering the technical overhead, W3bstream opens up the DePIN design space to orders of magnitude more founders. IoTeX W3bstream The DePIN Flywheel The value of networks, characterized by , is the square of its size. In other words, a small network is almost worthless relative to a large one (imagine with none of your friends). Metcalfe's law Instagram To overcome the , DePIN apps deploy tokens that disproportionately reward early adopters for purchasing hardware and running it any demand exists. This is the exact mechanism employed by Bitcoin when early amateur miners earned thousands of every month. cold start problem before BTC This means supply arises prior to demand, an inversion of the capitalist norm. When it first launched, Filecoin had such a bloat of storage supply it had to significantly subsidize storage costs. But as networks grow, demand and developer activity reliably follow. The value of each token grows with demand, which boosts the supply incentive pro rata. This is a beautiful model for bootstrapping decentralized networks because once launched, the token incentives are entirely blind to any social marker outside the network contributions of any given supplier. Even core developers are often unaware of the identities of large network contributors. Real World Examples W3bstream has opened up a new design space for hundreds of up-and-coming applications. Here are a few highlights: (health/fitness) Healthblocks Health researchers have long dreamed of accessing the treasure trove of data collected by wearables. But how do you anonymously pool wearables data while incentivizing contributors to keep them on longer than a few months? This is where W3bstream comes in. Healthblocks is a health data collective that rewards users for completing daily health tasks like step goals and well-being assessments. You can earn up to thirty $HEALTH tokens daily using their app, which connects to health trackers. The data is securely transmitted via Most profits from the sale of the anonymized data to research groups will be returned to users as tokens, driving the ecosystem forward. 3bstream. W (weather data) Weatherflow Weather is highly localized, but forecasts are usually wrong, offering only general predictions for large geographical regions. Weatherflow is Helium for weather data, with over 45,000 crowdsourced stations deployed, their decentralized data capture ecosystem offers pinpoint forecasts. The managers of Tempest weather stations (regular people all over the globe) receive payment for sharing their data in a beautiful example of the DePIN model. Tempest weather (information/edge networks) SmartPoint.io SmartPoint.io is a decentralized kiosk network that uses on-the-edge computation to deliver insights and display information in real time. Active in New York City and across metro areas in the US, Smartpoint.io delivers content, and advertising, and can take in survey data from pedestrians. 24,000 endpoints have been deployed as of April 2023. (web-3 peloton) Caldance Caldance, similar to Heatlhblocks, is building a decentralized “fitness-to-earn” ecosystem that rewards users of their peloton-style bike for calories burned. Their $CDT token is used by research firms to purchase fitness data, driving the ecosystem forward. Conclusion DePIN is far less abstract than other crypto sectors; everyone–from construction workers to hedge fund managers–can host devices in their homes that contribute to the global decentralized movement while earning passive income. This is the essence of the vision for UBDI (Universal Basic Data Income) and it affects everyone. The economy is changing–the automated world is disrupting industries. Will you be a part of it? The featured image for this article was generated using Kadinsky v2. Prompt: Illustrate a humanoid Bitcoin token standing over rubble with a hammer in hand.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Rogeriana …the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started. I wasn’t paying attention during this particular philosophy class in high school, until the class got riled up and the professor got quiet. The topic at hand were Zeno and his deliberately inciting paradoxes as described by Aristotle. Everyone instinctively thought the story was bonkers, but they couldn’t put into words— . I was curious. I flipped through my textbook looking for that passage about Achilles and the tortoise. ( ). Coincidentally or not, that same year in high school we were learning about limits and integral calculus in math class. There was a clear connection here. The distance between the runners is getting smaller, so at some point this distance would approach a fraction of infinity, and any number over infinity is equal to zero. The solution to Achilles and the tortoise paradox seemed obvious, although not everyone thought so. why Whenever Achilles arrives somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has some distance to go before he can even reach the tortoise 1 About sensemaking Even though we are social beings and we did evolve together, as a species, any development of order ( ) begins with a single human having a coherent thought. Coherence is a product of sensemaking, which is a cognitive process allowing us to identify causality and verbalize a coherent thought. I am aware of existing descriptions of sensemaking, and I do agree with statements such as ( ), or ( ), or the process by which the circumstances are (4), or ( ), but all these statement can be distilled simply into— . Any statement about is implicitly a statement about . Understanding causality allows us to understand the nature of the relationship between phenomena, their sequence and the feedback loops. as previously described here the process by which people give meaning to their collective experiences 2 the ongoing retrospective development of plausible images that rationalize what people are doing 3 turned into a situation that is comprehended explicitly in words and that serves as a springboard to action the negotiation and creation of meaning, or understanding, or the construction of a coherent account of the world 5 being aware of causality meaning causality Coherence doesn’t necessarily have to impel immediate action or it doesn’t even have to be actionable, but it should decrease the uncertainty about any aspect of the world by enabling us to and have an answer to ? I hope it was coherence that ultimately drove me to write this article. Coherence can bring forth more coherence, like a work of art that by definition doesn’t have any utility, but it can inspire and serve as a foundation for building beliefs and knowledge, which as mentioned earlier, have an effect on our behavior. Coherence is subjective, so if one human , that doesn’t necessarily mean much for the others. In this sense, the ability to verbalize a coherent thought does not automatically imply order. connect-the-dots why connects-the-dots Organizations and communication Several years ago, while working in a fast growing startup, I had the opportunity to talk with bioinformatics scientists about the issues they were facing in everyday work. It turned out that accessing datasets has been a real pain for scientists — medical data in the US and EU is protected by different legislations, so there was no central authority to administer access, oversee data usage or formalize data standards, amongst other issues. It seemed obvious that solving this problem could facilitate medical research and advance human well being, but after some debate, the key people in the startup were not convinced, and they decided to focus on a different, unrelated problem. Ultimately, the problem I identified was solved by the National Institute of Health, when they created the Genomic Data Commons platform( ). So the problem was valid and important all along, but I failed to explain . 6 why It has been demonstrated throughout our history that an organized group of people can be more than the sum of its parts and can achieve more than a single human. It was an organization of humans that sent a man to the Moon. Nikola Tesla, the famous , did create the AC motor, but it was with the support of George Westinghouse that Tesla’s invention found application in the real world(7). If later in his life, Tesla had been part of an effective organization, could he have succeeded in creating wireless energy transmission, or other amazing things? loner Georges Lemaitre approached Albert Einstein in 1927 with a theory that the universe was created in the Big Bang and that it’s currently expanding. Einstein dismissed him with, (your calculations are correct, but your physics is abominable)(8). Einstein did eventually recant his position, but only after Edwin Hubble’s publication. vos calculs sont corrects, mais votre physique est abominable Social systems (such as organizations) are autopoietic systems of communication( ). Communication is not one-sided — it’s not enough to declare coherence, shout beliefs from the rooftop or throw data into someone’s face. Recruiting and onboarding peers involves verbalizing thoughts into a narrative they can understand and relate to, then further interacting with them to address any questions, help them internalize the narrative in a way that is aligned with our intent, so that we minimize possibility of misinterpretation. The social and cultural relativism, as well as subjective interpretation of any statement, require a shift from a passive attitude and behavior of a spokesperson (or a leader), where a statement is simply presented, and the expectation is on the interlocutor (stakeholders, teams, peers, employees, citizens…) to fend for themself and understand the statement in a way that is intended by the spokesperson (as if such statement has some meaning). (10), so we need to invest energy to help everyone reach the of understanding. To achieve this we use the language they speak, the vocabulary they have a solid grasp of, and the analogies they can relate to. If coherence, belief or knowledge is not shared or understood by other humans, does it even exist? 9 universal, context free Knowledge is not intuitive common ground The Texas Department of Transportation knows well how even one word can change understanding and influence the behavior. In the late 1980s they were spending $20 million annually on trash pick-up. Trash was littering the highways and the ongoing anti-littering campaign was not producing desired effects. Then an advertising agency realized that Texans don’t talk about in their daily lives, but they do say . The campaign was born and the following year showed a 29 percent reduction in litter on the road( ). litter mess Don’t mess with Texas 11 Organizations and fallacies Around the same time when I was working in a growing startup, an acquaintance of mine had a great idea to combine esports and blockchain in an effort to decentralize the gaming industry. His timing was perfect since everyone was jumping on the blockchain bandwagon, and his pitch deck was grand and shiny. It came as no surprise to anyone when he effortlessly got the funding and assembled the development team. They managed to create a proof of concept in a few months, and spent about fourteen more months working on their platform, but ultimately they produced nothing, ran out of money and failed. Turns out — gamers didn’t care about decentralization, gaming companies didn’t care, payment processors didn’t care, and blockchain as a technology was too slow and unreliable at the time. Coherence is not the only product of sensemaking. While writing this article I remembered Zeno’s paradox (mentioned earlier) and realized how it might have never been about a solution. It was just supposed to make me think, yet I converged on limits and integrals without thinking. I’m now wondering if the paradox could’ve been a metaphor for organizations — if you constantly move forward, others can’t , there cannot be a … It’s not easy to tell if a thought is really coherent, if it’s built on a cognitive bias, or if it just feels good because it’s satisfying a specific psychological need. catch up shared understanding ( ). It’s not a surprise that cognitive biases have persisted throughout evolution, as they allow us to preserve valuable energy by bypassing substantial cognitive processing, and jump to a conclusion that could possibly be statistically significant. Unfortunately, this could also lead to us seeing only what we expect to see( ), finding it difficult to concentrate on more than one task at a time( ), or having our perception and thinking swayed by the context( ), among other things. Knowing that our ideas can be imperfect, or plain wrong, we should accept that changing, updating, or even completely dismissing an idea is not a sign of weakness, but a legitimate and rational thing to do. ( ). The brain of an average adult human represents about 2% of the body weight yet accounts for approximately 20% of the energy consumed 12 13 14 15 Consistency is not necessarily a virtue when dealing with complexity ask me why Takeaways The foundation of order is epistemic, and as such, sometimes it’s just a mirage. So, we might believe that we’re building order, but in actuality we’re just digging ourselves into a hole. It’s too easy to get stuck into cognitive-behavioral patterns because they are energy efficient, convenient or familiar. Our consciousness does not imply self-awareness, and it is exactly self-awareness that has an influence over impulsive behavior( ). 16 In the context of product development, the lack of self-awareness is the reason why you never ask your customer what to do? (17). They are preoccupied with their own lives, problems, experiences, mortgage payment, vacation plans, etc. they just don’t have relevant knowledge, time and energy to dedicate to a second-order observation of self in a context. Quite frankly, this is fine, it’s the reason why I have a job. All I do is perform task analysis of a , by a , in a , and try to come up with a better, more effective way on how to complete that task. If a customer is confused by my solution or doesn’t know how to use the product, I’m not going to point the finger at them and declare that the customer is dumb. People don’t know what they want until you show it to them specific activity specific person specific context In the context of organizational design, the finger pointing is often a sad reality. It’s employees’ fault if they can’t relate to the organizational purpose, or don’t know how to complete a task but comply with procedures at the same time. My approach to such misadventures has been the exaptation of product management practices. Start treating any statement (purpose, strategy, process, idea, user story, business goal…) as a product — the employees would be the , and the pain point this is trying to alleviate is the lack of . Since , the statement would have to be optimized regularly, and evolve according to needs and feedback, while delicately balancing the business goals. customers product shared understanding there is no final product customers’ The post-Cartesian paradigm helped us overcome the belief in substance dualism and realize that most people are not inherently good or bad, honest or lying, hardworking or lazy. However, they are good, honest and hardworking in a specific context( ). It’s about time we also realize the implications of subjectivism on organizational design. If employees are failing at being a part of an organization, if they’re failing at what they do, the first thing we have to ask is — did they get an opportunity to understand , , and ? Did they get an opportunity to be good, honest, hardworking? 18 what they need to do why they need to do it how to do it References Aristotle. Physics, Book 9, Part 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking Weick, K., Sutcliffe, K. 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As a , I build things full-time, whether it’s a , , or coaching founders to build tech products. For fun, I built an , , , , and a using my . product builder venture newsletter micro-products AI article tool event app Food app SaaS tracker sneaker app rapid MVP technique This post is one of my series. You may also like my top-rated guides that have ranked on 🎉 such as , , and . Multi-Part Product Guide HACKERNOON’S DAILY TECHBEAT Test Willingness To Pay Create Monetizable Products Mistakes That Kill Monetization Today, I'll share three powerful frameworks that I frequently used in my consulting to help identify untapped market niches. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting your journey, these frameworks will help you generate fresh and profitable SaaS ideas. Framework #1: Create the “OS for X” Instead of developing standalone software products for specific use cases, consider developing a solution that addresses the entire user journey within a specific sector. comprehensive, holistic, and all-encompassing Here are a few characteristics of this approach: (1) Systemization Ask yourself: What are the complexities of X workflow? How many steps are involved? How can you standardize them? Imagine building a SaaS solution like Carta.com (~$2,500/year) which functions as an operating system for equity management. Carta provides a platform that streamlines various processes related to equity ownership, cap table management, and investor relations. (2) Integration To create OS-like SaaS, you can combine multiple operational components into a unified platform. Practice.do ($28/month), for example, it’s like an The platform provides coaches, consultants, and advisors with the tools they need to run their businesses, such as scheduling, booking, payments, CRM, forms, contracts, and file storage. OS for one-person businesses. (3) Comprehensiveness Ask yourself: How might we help users reduce the need for additional software in order to complete the full journey of these tasks? TravelPerk.com ($99/month), for example, serves as a corporate travel operating system. Instead of switching back and forth between trip booking, accounting, and HR software, the platform combines them all. To simplify corporate travel management, the platform consolidates travel booking, trip management, travel policy enforcement, expense management, and invoicing under one roof. Framework #2: Monetize the Data Economy Another easy way to generate new SaaS business ideas is to think in terms of creating and making money using data (not in an evil way 😈). If you take a look at today’s software landscape, you will notice an increasing . abundance of data generation Social media platforms, consumer marketplaces, keyword searches, marketing performance data, and wearable devices are just a few examples of the diverse data sources contributing to this abundance. Here is how to apply this framework: (1) Analytics Software Help businesses make data-driven decisions by developing advanced analytics tools that enable businesses to extract valuable insights. There are many types of analytics software you can think of. One example in the e-commerce space is Helium10.com ($29/month) —a research platform that helps Amazon sellers quickly find profitable products in high-converting niches. In other words, Helium10 is an example of monetizing publicly available data on Amazon. The platform provides sellers with intelligent insights and automation capabilities by leveraging data such as product listings, keyword searches, and best-selling products. (2) Synthetic Data Create and sell high-quality AI-generated synthetic datasets for machine learning model training. With the rise of AI, the demand for accelerating the development of new AI models also increases. This created a new market for synthetic data, where platforms like Tonic.ai provides diverse and realistic data scenarios without compromising data privacy or security. (3) Value-add Existing Data Repackage existing datasets and improve them for a better user experience, usability, and performance. In other words, you can build new SaaS platforms by aggregating the vast amount of public data available on the Internet and then adding features like valuable insights, reporting, and trends. For example, PitchBook.com (~$24,000/year for 3 users) monetizes company data and contact details. It provides comprehensive data and insights on company investors, mergers and acquisitions, funding, valuation, and publicly-traded companies. Framework #3: App Store Economy Another way to find new SaaS business ideas is to tap into existing software such as the App Store, Chrome Web Store, WordPress Plugins, and Shopify Web Store. marketplaces These marketplaces are where developers are actively creating , plugins, and extensions for specific platform users, providing clues to finding niche SaaS ideas you never thought of. native integration (1) Consumer SaaS: Help people to improve their personal productivity and efficiency in everyday life. For example, RISEscience.com ($59.99/year) is a sleep and energy tracker that provides analytics and scientifically supported health recommendations to improve sleep quality. (2) Chrome Extension: Develop browser-native solutions that can improve work/life productivity. For example, MomentumDash.com ($39.95/year) turns your Chrome New Tab into a productivity dashboard with tools like Pomodoro timer, to-do list, reminders, bookmarks, white noise, inspirational quotes, and more. (3) Ecommerce SaaS: Help e-commerce merchants to improve sales and reduce cart abandonment If you’re passionate about creating software for e-commerce businesses, the Shopify App Store is a good place to start. Not to mention, the Shopify ecosystem is constantly expanding, with over 4 million e-commerce websites built on top of this platform. Verbiai.com ($17.99/month), for example, is a ChatGPT for Shopify business owners that optimizes product descriptions, meta content, and ad copywriting for improved SEO performance. [1] Follow me on / 👋 Twitter LinkedIn [2] Get my product-building teardown — 🚀 Join my newsletter Also published here

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Financial data is essential for making informed investing decisions. Without data, you cannot assess a company's financial health, determine valuations, or evaluate risk. It’s like shooting hoops blindfolded. Throughout history, financial information has been safeguarded and only available to those who could afford it. Bloomberg, a leader in financial data since the early ’80s, charges nearly $25,000 per year to access their terminals. Because of this, institutions had a massive data advantage over individuals. However, access to, and the availability of that financial information has changed dramatically in recent years with the emergence of APIs. Now, individuals can access the same financial information that has been available to institutions for decades, at a fraction of the cost. Over the last twenty years, financial data APIs have quickly become popular for individuals looking to backtest strategies or conduct other research. Now, algorithmic trading represents nearly two-thirds of all trading volume on US exchanges, according to Select USA. There is a good chance you’re reading this article because you’re looking to source financial data for a project you’re working on, so I will spare you any further details about how APIs work or why you may need them. However, I will caution you, not all APIs are “created equal.” The option that best suits you, may not be the best for someone else. So with that being said, here is a list of some of the best financial data APIs on the market, updated based on the financial market data landscape in 2024. Alpha Vantage Alpha Vantage is a popular financial data provider focused on delivering accessible and developer-friendly APIs. The platform is supported by a large community of software developers, tech-driven investors, and individual traders. Integration is simple, with over 750 open-source repositories across various programming languages. They deliver a massive data index with over a billion data points covering an extensive range of markets including stocks, crypto, commodities, and currencies, along with over 50 technical indicators. Additionally, they offer a generous free tier with access to 20 years of historical data, making it an attractive option for both hobbyist investors and serious professionals. : Stocks, Fundamentals, Technicals, Forex, Crypto, Commodities, Financial News, Economic Data, Corporate Events, and more. 20+ years of historical data. Coverage Barchart OnDemand Barchart OnDemand offers a variety of cloud-based data services to strengthen your applications and workflows. With Barchart, you can access reliable real-time and historical data for stocks, options, futures, and forex, as well as market data, analytics, news, and other financial content. Their offerings are highly customizable and priced based on usage, allowing you to select certain data feeds and only pay for what you need. : Stocks, ETFs, Fundamentals, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, Commodities, Financial News, Corporate Events, and more. 15 years of historical data. Coverage Tradier Tradier is one of the few platforms that combines market data with a trading API, allowing its users to build and test strategies, and also execute trades under the same roof. Opening a brokerage account with Tradier is free and can give you access to a range of market data such as real-time equity and option pricing as well as key company fundamentals. However, it should be known that if you only plan to use Tradier for market data and don’t plan to execute trades, they will charge “inactivity fees” so keep that in mind. : Stocks, Fundamentals, Options (including greeks), and more. Coverage Intrinio Intrinio provides access to a variety of financial data and analytics through a unique pay-per-service model, allowing you to choose the specific data packages you need. They offer five separate packages (Stocks, Options, Fundamentals, ETFs, and ESG) each with three tiers (bronze, silver, gold) with varying access & limits. They also boast a massive archive of alternative data feeds, so if you’re looking for an API that offers alternative data, Intrinio is your best bet. Intrinio is on the more expensive side, but you surely get what you pay for; that’s why Intrinio is trusted by many reputable fintech firms & financial institutions. : Stocks, ETFs, Fundamentals, Technicals, Options, Financial News, Economic Data, Corporate Events, and more. 50 years of historical data. Coverage Xignite Xignite is considered one of the leaders in the financial data industry as they power high-profile fintech and wealth management companies such as SoFi, Betterment, Wealthfront, and more. They source data from over 6,000 exchanges globally to provide institutional-grade, real-time, and historical data for a broad range of asset classes and markets with ultra-low latency. Xignite certainly caters its product to enterprise clients and therefore has some of the highest pricing in the industry. : Stocks, ETFs, Fundamentals, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, Commodities, Swaps, Mutual Funds, Fixed Income, Corporate Events, and more. Coverage Final Verdict (TL;DR) There’s a lot to consider when selecting the market data provider for your project. Each of the APIs surveyed here (also summarized below) has its own advantages and disadvantages so I recommend you spend some time on each site to get a better understanding of which API best fits your information needs in 2024 and beyond: is a popular provider among data-driven investors & traders due to its vast accessibility. They’re known for their clear documentation, affordable pricing, and generous free tier. A great option for investors looking to gain an edge! Alpha Vantage is another accessible financial data platform offering customizable plans that allow customers to pick & choose which data feeds they want to pay for. They cover a broad range of endpoints from equity pricing data to futures & options. Barchart OnDemand combines market data with a brokerage account to allow users to build & test trading strategies, and also execute those trades with just one integration. (Alpaca is another similar platform.) Tradier offers a unique pay-per-service model, allowing you to choose the specific data packages you need. A good option for sophisticated investors and app developers looking for a focused and deliberate approach to data services. Intrinio is one of the most expensive, yet powerful APIs available in the industry. They source institution-grade data from over 6,000 exchanges globally and power many high-profile fintech and wealth management companies such as SoFi & Betterment. Xignite Last Updated in January 2024

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If you’re anything like me, you surely like to keep up with the newest technologies on the market. I constantly try to look for ways to upgrade my IDE with cool plugins that can help me and my team in becoming more productive. You might already be familiar with great tools like Tabnine or SonarLint, so today I would like to share with you those less known plugins you may not have heard of yet, but should definitely try! GitLive GitLive is one of my favorite plugins to enhance the IDE’s built-in Git functionality. I’ve been using it for a while now, and I was happy to see they recently released a major update so I thought I would start my list with this brilliant tool. JetBrains IDEs already have a great Git integration that makes it easy to see the changes you're making ( and ) or the history of changes ( and ). via indicators in the gutter changelists via annotate with Git Blame Show History for selection But it's not so easy to see the changes your teammates are making, this is where GitLive excels. It adds a that shows the collaborators from your repository and all their active branches where you can easily view the diffs of the file changes. tool window It also adds showing your teammate’s changes compared to your local version of a file (including any potential merge conflicts, which is one of the best features of the plugin). gutter indicators The plugin works offline with any Git repository and just uses the data from your local clone. There is also an online mode that requires you to sign in with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure Dev Ops.  Then you can see who else from your team is online, what issue and branch they are working on, and even take a peek at their uncommitted changes, all updated in real-time instead of on push/pull. Code Time I am a big fan of data visualization which helps me understand how I spent my time coding. I feel like analyzing the graphs helps me improve my time management and better organize my work - that’s why I love time tracking tools and I use them for my personal projects and encourage my team to use one as well. Recently we’ve been experimenting with Code Time 🕰 Code Time is an Open Source plugin for automatic programming metrics and time tracking. Its advanced features can provide you with detailed feedback on how productive you are at work (a big plus for a slick design!). For example, it has a lot of cool features that help you minimize distractions, find out your most productive time of the day and break down your coding stats (code time by project, lines of code and keystrokes.) Git Machete Producing small PRs is definitely a good practice, but it’s easy to get lost in multiple branches and stacked PRs. Git Machete is a useful plugin that helps you keep track of all the branches, their relationship with each other and with the remote repository. It also aims at the automation of git actions and makes rebase/push/pull hassle-free (just a click on the button!), especially in the situation where there are a lot of branches and PRs. This plugin automatically discovers branch layout and creates a tree-shaped graph of branches (in case of any changes or inaccuracies you can also modify it manually in .git/machete text file). The graph provides useful information about the branches: sync to parent status, sync to remote status and custom annotation (there is also an option to toggle the unique commits for branches).
After right-clicking on a chosen branch in the graph, you can perform git actions like rebase/push/pull on that branch without a need to switch from your current branch, which is very handy! Stepsize Maintaining the health of your codebase requires effort from the whole team and Stepsize is an example of a tool that can save you time spent on tracking and addressing potential problems. It’s an issue tracker inside your editor for managing and maintenance issues. Sometimes while coding we encounter issues that need fixing, but don’t have time to do it straight away. Thanks to this handy plugin you can bookmark code and create TODOs straight in your IDE without affecting your workflow! technical debt Smart Search This cool little plugin comes in handy when you need to google something when coding. JetBrains IDEs like WebStorm have a built-in Search with Google action, but Smart Search gives you more useful options, like Stack Overflow, GitHub or Google Translate. Thanks for reading! I hope the tools I have rounded up above will make your work easier and help you become more productive. Happy hacking! First Published here

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The role of a PR specialists is to stay sober and level-headed. To me, a crisis is nothing but a crush test for business. I adopt new communication tactics, new strategies, and totally reinvent the processes. PR is about building credibility based on truth and facts. Actions are louder than words, and today’s challenge reveals who is who. Behavior and decisions of a brand will affect its reputation either way. Some businesses support their employees, customers, engage in charitable projects. Others exploit panic, run after the quick buck and save their skins. It’s true — reputation cannot be quarantined. It’s something that cannot be restored. Therefore, investing in it now is a visionary step. Why global brands respond? When some wrap up their communications due to cutting costs, the others boost their media presence. They sincerely want to be useful, helpful, to make things better for society.  Despite lockdown and quarantine, competition is still there. Yesterday everyone in the market was playing on equal terms, and today you have to do this little waltz to win the hearts. You join the fight against virus or you die. Brands are at risk of losing their business if they are in denial or prefer to stay out of it. There is scientific evidence proving that. Source: Edelman Trust Barometer According to Axios , 78% of consumers are sure businesses are responsible for their employees, workplace protection and mindful about communities. data News about how a beloved brand acts and responds to virus is comforting and satisfying for 66% of respondents. The dominant majority — 86% — consider brands to be ‘a safety net’ with the mission of filling the gaps where governments fall short. Ultimately, 33% of respondents around the world convinced other people to stop using the brand due to improper or zero response to virus. Let’s move from theory to practice. Making things right The first initiative Google’s initiative was establishing Covid-19 fund. It is meant to enable all the employees globally to take paid sick leave whether they are sick or isolated. Other than that, the staff got free access to Hangouts Meet service til July. Microsoft keeps paying hourly employees regular fee regardless of whether full service is required or not. Reduced working day will not have an impact on salary. Believe it or not, Google and Apple to track the spread of virus. partnered We can only guess what Steve Jobs would think of it. But that speaks a lot about priorities of the two giants. Twitter developed various options to support parents with regard to additional daycare expenses. Adobe and Loom provide free access to their products for students and teachers in schools and universities. LinkedIn opened 16 online courses on everything around remote work for free. Preply, the global edtech marketplace also decided to be proactive and enable online education and make it available for kids around the world. The project launched free language learning webinars for children between 5 and 16 years of age. Parents only need to find the relevant group and join 30-minutes lessons in Zoom. At the moment webinars are available in English and Spanish. More languages to arrive any time soon. Regardless of where one lives, it is easy to find a highly qualified, experienced and relevant tutor according to personal liking. Marriott, Hilton, Red Roof Inn belong to the biggest names of hospitality industry which was immensely influenced by isolation. Nevertheless, these brands have given their 6,000 facilities for treating coronavirus patients. TripMyDream proved the philosophy where employees are the most valuable asset in the business. No one was fired, no member of staff received lower salary. Andrey Burenok, founder and CEO, launched a fun #TripMyHome challenge, inviting people to recreate the country they’d like to visit in their households. The campaign turned out to be quite popular among audience: it’s fun, it’s about staying home safe, and it’s about cheering up when things look grim. Pornhub Premium is now available in all countries for free. In this way the brand encouraged the audience to stay home and be safe. Any activity within homes is better than putting your life at risk, right? Disappointment and true faces There is the dark side of the Moon, where companies make terrible decisions. For instance, Bird, electric scooter sharing service, invited its 406 members of staff to Zoom webinar under the name “COVID-19 Update”. People tuned in unaware of what will happen next, thinking it’s just another online meeting. Within several minutes a robotic-sounding voice without video got people fired and left them speechless for some time. Then there is Richard Branson. A charismatic personality known as an epitome of a perfect leader, forward-looking entrepreneur, visionary and guru, loving and caring boss. He’d be like: The inspiring image shattered. It was nothing but mere words. It took one serious problem to show the real value behind these quotes as well as real place of people among Virgin’s assets. Cut to the chase: Virgin Airlines’ employees were asked to take eight weeks of unpaid sick leave. There’s more to it: company’s reps complained about awful situation airline industry finds itself in and asked government for support. Let’s see: Branson’s personal net worth is somewhere around 4.1 billion. So if he paid his 8,500 employees from his own pocket, he would suffer a tremendous loss of 0,88%. One cannot help being curious about the availability of other options he considered. Decisions taken at critical moments will have a long-lasting aftertaste. You can spend decades building trust, and one wrong move can break it in a blink of an eye. Be prepared and aware Anti-crisis set of measures is a must whatever business you run. The quarantine made one thing very clear for the agencies: anti-crisis is a substantial full-on area of strategy which has to be developed. You have to be flexible to stay alive. In your communications, you must predict unpredictable and design an array of scenarios, even the most unbelievable ones. There has to be a custom-tailored approach for each specific brand, with testing of various interaction formats. It is essential to be useful these days. I launched consulting program and dedicate 1 hour per week to talking to teams, answering all sorts of questions. When you identify your particular response to pandemic, choose the correct channels to inform your audience. Be transparent and accountable, keep people updated on what you do. Information is a powerful weapon; mind how you use it during crisis. Be cautious. When communicating with stakeholders, validity, clarity and accessibility of information are the three basic pillars. Eventually, the pandemic shall pass and things will return to normal. And PR was, is and will be. Reputation matters and it has only one life. So be smart about whom you hand it to.

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