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A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed

The Pragmatic Engineer

These people do not exist. A year ago, I spent months doing an investigative report on how UK events tech company Pollen had its staff work for free, as it had run out of money but still kept operating. I decided that while I greatly respect investigative reportage, it’s not an area I would venture into, again.

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Is Critical Thinking the Most Important Skill for Software Engineers?

The Pragmatic Engineer

Three out of the four people admitted they also had no idea, and were glad I asked. Of course, I am generalizing, and there were a few engineers who used jargon, and could also explain things simply, and were open to doing so when less experienced people were around. After a while, I started adopting this approach.

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Going from Developer to CEO: Chronosphere

The Pragmatic Engineer

However, Martin had not written a line of production code for the last four years, as he’s taken on the role of CEO, and heads up observability scaleup Chronosphere – at more than 250 people and growing. From learning to code in Australia, to working in Silicon Valley How did I learn to code?

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GPT and LLMs from a Data Engineering Perspective

Jesse Anderson

This integration will make people interact with an LLM on a daily basis. The metric I use for technology adoption is, what would people say if it were to disappear tomorrow? As soon as people start using LLMs on a daily basis in Gmail and Google Docs, they’re going to expect it. It will change certain areas dramatically.

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5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.".

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Bun: lessons from disrupting a tech ecosystem

The Pragmatic Engineer

Bun was mostly built by Jared Sumner , a former Stripe engineer, and recipient of the Thiel Fellowship (a grant of $100,000 for young people to drop out of school and build things, founded by venture capitalist, Peter Thiel). 👋 Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. world by storm.

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Six Sigma Green Belt Project Examples & How to Execute?

Knowledge Hut

LSS Green Belts identify critical areas for improvement and play a key role in executing the necessary changes, based on the ideas and abilities learned throughout LSS Yellow Belt training. Andrew Slaney works with BSI as a Principal Consultant, coach, and trainer in Business Improvement methodologies and Lean Six Sigma.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.