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Coping up with technical debt using fusion development 

Isn’t the word ‘debt’ scary enough, and how about adding ‘technical’ as a prefix? Yes, technical debt is a grim reality; however, we can share an effective way of coping with it in this blog-using fusion development! Tech debt is a common problem that creeps up silently, building up through countless small and seemingly insignificant decisions. Originally published at https://saxon.ai on April 28, 2023.

[chappydev]

Future of LLMs (or, "AI", as it is improperly called)

Posted a thread on bluesky and wanted to share it and expand on it here. I'm tangentially connected to the industry as someone who has worked in game dev, but I know people who work at more enterprise focused companies like Microsoft, Oracle, etc. I'm a developer who is highly AI-critical, but I'm also aware of where it stands in the tech world and thus I think I can share my perspective. I am by no means an expert, mind you, so take it all with a grain of salt, but I think that since so many creatives and artists are on this platform, it would be of interest here. Or maybe I'm just rambling, idk.

LLM art models ("AI art") will eventually crash and burn. Even if they win their legal battles (which if they do win, it will only be at great cost), AI art is a bad word almost universally. Even more than that, the business model hemmoraghes money. Every time someone generates art, the company loses money -- it's a very high energy process, and there's simply no way to monetize it without charging like a thousand dollars per generation. It's environmentally awful, but it's also expensive, and the sheer cost will mean they won't last without somehow bringing energy costs down. Maybe this could be doable if they weren't also being sued from every angle, but they just don't have infinite money.

Companies that are investing in "ai research" to find a use for LLMs in their company will, after years of research, come up with nothing. They will blame their devs and lay them off. The devs, worth noting, aren't necessarily to blame. I know an AI developer at meta (LLM, really, because again AI is not real), and the morale of that team is at an all time low. Their entire job is explaining patiently to product managers that no, what you're asking for isn't possible, nothing you want me to make can exist, we do not need to pivot to LLMs. The product managers tell them to try anyway. They write an LLM. It is unable to do what was asked for. "Hm let's try again" the product manager says. This cannot go on forever, not even for Meta. Worst part is, the dev who was more or less trying to fight against this will get the blame, while the product manager moves on to the next thing. Think like how NFTs suddenly disappeared, but then every company moved to AI. It will be annoying and people will lose jobs, but not the people responsible.

ChatGPT will probably go away as something public facing as the OpenAI foundation continues to be mismanaged. However, while ChatGPT as something people use to like, write scripts and stuff, will become less frequent as the public facing chatGPT becomes unmaintainable, internal chatGPT based LLMs will continue to exist.

This is the only sort of LLM that actually has any real practical use case. Basically, companies like Oracle, Microsoft, Meta etc license an AI company's model, usually ChatGPT.They are given more or less a version of ChatGPT they can then customize and train on their own internal data. These internal LLMs are then used by developers and others to assist with work. Not in the "write this for me" kind of way but in the "Find me this data" kind of way, or asking it how a piece of code works. "How does X software that Oracle makes do Y function, take me to that function" and things like that. Also asking it to write SQL queries and RegExes. Everyone I talk to who uses these intrernal LLMs talks about how that's like, the biggest thign they ask it to do, lol.

This still has some ethical problems. It's bad for the enivronment, but it's not being done in some datacenter in god knows where and vampiring off of a power grid -- it's running on the existing servers of these companies. Their power costs will go up, contributing to global warming, but it's profitable and actually useful, so companies won't care and only do token things like carbon credits or whatever. Still, it will be less of an impact than now, so there's something. As for training on internal data, I personally don't find this unethical, not in the same way as training off of external data. Training a language model to understand a C++ project and then asking it for help with that project is not quite the same thing as asking a bot that has scanned all of GitHub against the consent of developers and asking it to write an entire project for me, you know? It will still sometimes hallucinate and give bad results, but nowhere near as badly as the massive, public bots do since it's so specialized.

The only one I'm actually unsure and worried about is voice acting models, aka AI voices. It gets far less pushback than AI art (it should get more, but it's not as caustic to a brand as AI art is. I have seen people willing to overlook an AI voice in a youtube video, but will have negative feelings on AI art), as the public is less educated on voice acting as a profession. This has all the same ethical problems that AI art has, but I do not know if it has the same legal problems. It seems legally unclear who owns a voice when they voice act for a company; obviously, if a third party trains on your voice from a product you worked on, that company can sue them, but can you directly? If you own the work, then yes, you definitely can, but if you did a role for Disney and Disney then trains off of that... this is morally horrible, but legally, without stricter laws and contracts, they can get away with it.

In short, AI art does not make money outside of venture capital so it will not last forever. ChatGPT's main income source is selling specialized LLMs to companies, so the public facing ChatGPT is mostly like, a showcase product. As OpenAI the company continues to deathspiral, I see the company shutting down, and new companies (with some of the same people) popping up and pivoting to exclusively catering to enterprises as an enterprise solution. LLM models will become like, idk, SQL servers or whatever. Something the general public doesn't interact with directly but is everywhere in the industry. This will still have environmental implications, but LLMs are actually good at this, and the data theft problem disappears in most cases.

Again, this is just my general feeling, based on things I've heard from people in enterprise software or working on LLMs (often not because they signed up for it, but because the company is pivoting to it so i guess I write shitty LLMs now). I think artists will eventually be safe from AI but only after immense damages, I think writers will be similarly safe, but I'm worried for voice acting.

[divorce]

i want to keep tumblr because i like aesthetics

aesthetic aggregation is important because it allows for intimate relationships to develop outside of life-long domesticated-servile contracts

you transfer

love energy,

actually, when you share your aesthetic, and merge, like that

however

i don't think its possible to make organic relationships the same way it was a decade ago, no, entirely too sanitized

i highly doubt, since the algorithm that i'll ever oganically run into; actually its absurd to even finish that sentence

luckily, i became a sysadmin / programmer, in the interem period, and can actually build the tools this time around

i have an idea for an aesthetic aggregator portal place that combines dump.fm & tumblr with cellular automata, like a living pool you gaze into and everything's a ripple on a wave, man, that's like connected, woah

and i'm schemeing on it, i love lisp, when i go looking everything i want to do is available to me like channeling a spell... somebody already wrote scheme to wasm, that really shouldn't be too hard... still looking for alternate ways to chat :D hmu on xmpp it's exactly like AIM

i've tried node/npm, python, package managers... the best most satisfying one if you're going to go and install a big library, blob thing like that, is probably some flavor of emacs... for me, this is a personal preference, the fact that you 'can' do anything that rust/python/go/js can do in LISP... is enough for me, because, it is elegant, it is more pleasant to look at and easier to read, idk. loving my time with it recently and have been knocking it out of the park most days recently... the past 7 years i've been working on a top secret project, which will have a working alpha demo of the basic features by the end of next week :D

the best os rn is a freeBSD jail with guixSD GNU/linux-libre there's also hyperbola/BSD in the works you want to try to phase out the linux kernel because of all the google/microsoft shenanigans creeping in, you don't need unix/linux any more you can do all your daily driver stuff on an embedded, low power risc soc that costs under a hundo you need less overhead for embedded systems, there's microkernels like genome, and platforms like zephyr, its ok to move away idk one thing i learned its good to take a step back and look at the scope of what you're trying to achieve, try to strip away all the unneccessary parts... a mhz is 1,000,000 calculations a microsecond or whatever, when you sit down and write a piece of code how many calculations exactly do you need to do to do your business, honestly.

^these are the 3 am ramblings of a minimalist

i'm trying to find peers here on my site that's connected to the internet that's why i'm sending messages to it about my interests, pardon me, sir please send $1 to this address

[mariacallous]

Europe changed the rules of the internet this week when the Digital Markets Act took effect, holding the biggest tech companies to tough new standards. Now the world is waiting to see which giant will be first to fall foul of the law. One of the architects of the DMA says Apple is a strong candidate for the first formal investigation, describing the company as “low hanging fruit.”

Apple has faced intensifying pressure in recent years from competitors, regulators, and courts in both Europe and the US, over the restrictions it places on app-makers who must rely on its App Store to reach millions of users. Yesterday Apple terminated the developer account of Fornite publisher Epic Games which has challenged the company in US courts and recently announced its intention to launch a rival to the Apple App Store.

German MEP Andreas Schwab, who led the negotiations that finalized the DMA on behalf of the EU Parliament, says that makes Apple a likely first target for non-compliance. “[This] gives me a very clear expectation that they want to be the first,” he tells WIRED. “Apple’s approach is a bit weird on all this and therefore it's low hanging fruit.”

Schwab is not involved in enforcement of the DMA. That’s overseen by the European Commission, which has already demanded “further explanation” as to why Apple terminated Epic’s account and is evaluating whether this violates the DMA.

“Apple’s approach to the Digital Markets Act was guided by two simple goals: complying with the law and reducing the inevitable, increased risks the DMA creates for our EU users,” says the company in a statement sent to WIRED by Apple spokesperson Rob Saunders. Apple has said on its website that alternative app stores carry the risk of malware, illicit code and other harmful content.

The DMA’s rules that aim to “break open” tech platforms require Apple to allow iPhone users to download apps from places other than Apples’ official App Store. The Epic Games Store, announced in January, intended to be launched by the Fortnite-maker Epic, would have been the first alternative app store to take advantage of the new system.

Apple tells WIRED it had the right to terminate Epic’s accounts according to a 2021 California court ruling. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has been a vocal critic of what he styles as Apple’s “app store monopoly” for years, although in January the US supreme court denied a request to hear the latest episode in a lengthy antitrust dispute between the two companies in a victory for the smartphone maker.

The DMA went into force at midnight on March 7 in Brussels—3 pm in Silicon Valley. From that moment, six of the world’s biggest tech companies—Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and TikTok’s Beijing-based owner ByteDance—must comply with a suite of new rules designed to improve competition in digital markets.

In addition to Apple having to allow outside apps, Microsoft Windows will no longer have Microsoft-owned Bing as its default search tool; users of Meta’sWhatsApp will be able to communicate with people on rival messaging apps; and Google and Amazon will have to tweak their search results to create more room for rivals. Companies that don’t comply with the new rules can be fined up to 20 percent of their global turnover.

The new rules should cause the European internet to “change for the better,” says Schwab, a center-right MEP. “To allow more openness, more fairness, and most of all more innovation and therefore new services—that’s the idea.”

Schwab’s comments add to a recent chorus of criticism targeting Apple. The EU’s antitrust chief, Margarethe Vestager, told Bloomberg earlier this week that the DMA will initially focus on sorting out big tech’s app stores. “I think it’s important you can have more than one app store on your phone,” she said on Tuesday.

Following Apple’s removal of Epic, the tone in the hallways of the Commission had become more urgent. “Under the #DMA, there is no room for threats by gatekeepers to silence developers," said Thierry Breton, the EU's industry chief, on X on Thursday, apparently referring to allegations by Epic's Sweeney that Apple had blocked the company's account because of the CEO’s critical Tweets. “I have asked our services to look into Apple’s termination of Epic’s developer account as a matter of priority.”

Flexing the DMA’s powers on Apple’s App Store would advertise how the law can improve life online for the general public, Schwab says. “I think the App Store would be a good example to show what we want to achieve with the DMA,” he says. “They will just see more apps and they will like these apps.”

Giving people choice over where they get mobile apps by requiring Apple and Google to permit alternative app stores on devices is seen as a key pillar of the DMA. In addition to giving users more choice, app developers will also gain more opportunities to to innovate, increasing competition, says Schwab. “With alternative app stores we can make markets a bit broader.”

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Microsoft Power Platform: todo lo que necesitas saber

¿Qué es Power Platform y para qué sirve?

Microsoft Power Platform es una plataforma SaaS de aplicaciones empresariales que ayuda a respaldar y ampliar Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 y Azure, así como servicios y aplicaciones de terceros. Microsoft Power Platform ofrece automatización con poco código, aplicaciones prácticas basadas en datos y lógica empresarial personalizable que pueden mejorar los procesos, sistemas y flujos de trabajo empresariales. Además de la automatización de bajo código pensada para que los usuarios finales creen sus propias aplicaciones, los desarrolladores profesionales pueden usar código para ampliar aún más las capacidades de la plataforma.

Su objetivo generalmente es optimizar las operaciones automatizando tareas rutinarias y proveer un rango de soluciones que habilitan la transformación digital de una organización.

Es capaz de abordar escenarios y casos de uso que habitualmente nacen dentro de las unidades de negocio, aunque también el ámbito puede ampliarse a toda la organización, o como parte de arquitecturas combinadas con otros servicios, generalmente en la nube.

Según el estudio de agosto de 2022 Total Economic Impact™, lanzado por Forrester, las empresas que apuestan por funciones premium de Microsoft Power Platform obtienen un ROI del 140% en tres años. Además, la consultora Gartner nombró a Microsoft líder del 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant ™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms.

Virtudes de las soluciones Power Platform

Soluciones desarrolladas con low-code

Time To Market

Seguridad integrada

Capacidades de movilidad

Posibilidad de utilizar un sistema de información propio, aunque extensible a otros orígenes de datos

Integración con la mayoría de las herramientas comerciales

Capacidad de incluir modelos de IA

Extensibilidad

ALM (Application Lifecycle Management). Mediante soluciones, es posible paquetizar y publicar los desarrollos, facilitando el ciclo de vida del software. Integración con Azure DevOps.

Cómo funciona Power Platform: herramientas

Las herramientas que componen Power Platform abarcan todas las partes de las que se compone cualquier arquitectura de software, datos, procesos de negocio y servicio e interfaces de usuario.

En función de la idiosincrasia del proyecto, se podrá hacer uso de las herramientas necesarias para integrar también con la mayoría de los servicios en la nube, sistemas on premises, soluciones custom o legacy o la mayoría de los productos comerciales empresariales.

Estas herramientas son las siguientes:

Dataverse

Como sistema de información o base de datos. En ella se almacenan los datos que usan las aplicaciones empresariales. En concreto, se almacenan en tablas estandarizadas, aunque se pueden crear otras personalizadas. Estas tablas son fáciles de gestionar y segurizar.

Power Apps

Interfaces de usuario en versiones app y web, ya que se adaptan a cualquier dispositivo y navegador. Al formar parte del ecosistema Power Platform, no es necesario escribir código o tener grandes conocimientos de este para crear y lanzar una app. Power Apps cuenta con inteligencia artificial y conexión a Dataverse para facilitar el trabajo de creación. También se puede integrar con otras tecnologías de la empresa como Azure, Microsoft 365 y Dynamics 365.

Existen dos tipos de Power Apps:

Canvas o de lienzo, cuyas características más destacables son:

Control absoluto del diseño.

Capacidad de conectarse a centenares de productos o servicios mediante conectores específicos.

Capacidad de aprovechar características de dispositivos móviles como cámara, micrófono o GPS, entre otros.

Model Driven

Diseño completamente adaptativo o responsive.

Utiliza Dataverse como fuente de información principal.

Power Pages

Para crear sitios web corporativos seguros con low-code.

Diseño completamente adaptativo o responsive.

Utiliza Dataverse como fuente de información.

Da visibilidad de la información a personas ajenas a la organización o anónimas, con lo que puede funcionar como una extranet.

Power Automate

Power Automate es un potente motor de flujos, con tres tipos diferenciados:

Cloud flows:

Alta capacidad de integración mediante conectores, con otros productos comerciales o servicios, además de con el resto de las herramientas de la plataforma.

Capacidad de orquestar procesos complejos.

Se pueden desencadenar de forma automática, instantánea o mediante una programación.

 Flujos RPA (Robotic Process Automation):

Capacidad de automatización de procesos de escritorio en VMs Windows, enfocados principalmente a soluciones custom o legacy, o acciones manuales en web, como web scraping.

La ejecución de los flujos de escritorio puede ser atendida o desatendida.

Flujos de proceso de negocio:

Ofrecen una guía para que los usuarios realicen su trabajo, dirigiéndolos a través de procesos definidos para llegar a un resultado deseado.

Reducen la necesidad de entrenamiento de los usuarios y ofrecen un indicador visual que especifica en qué parte del proceso empresarial se encuentra.

Power Virtual Agents

Herramienta de creación de chatbots, que pueden publicarse en múltiples plataformas o servicios, tales como:

Microsoft Teams

Power Pages

Aplicaciones web

Aplicaciones móviles o aplicaciones custom

Facebook

Cualquier canal compatible con Azure Bot Framework

Power BI

Herramienta de business intelligence:

Potentes cuadros de mando e informes

Puede combinar datos procedentes de múltiples orígenes

Capacidades de transformación, modelado y visualización

Publicación en la nube

AI Builder

Mediante este complemento, es posible dotar a Power Platform de forma sencilla con capacidades de inteligencia artificial. Para ello, AI Builder dispone de instrucciones paso a paso, plantillas y componentes prediseñados, lo que ayuda a las personas con menos conocimientos técnicos a desarrollar estas herramientas.

Existen múltiples modelos IA disponibles que pueden utilizarse directamente o bien realizando un proceso sencillo de entrenamiento previo. Entre los más destacados se encuentran:

Procesamiento de facturas

Detección de texto en imágenes

Detección de objetos en imágenes

Detección y traducción de idiomas

Clasificación de texto e imágenes

Análisis de sentimiento

��Por qué debes apostar por la Power Platform?

Como hemos visto en este artículo, la plataforma low-code de Microsoft Power Platform nos habilita como usuarios a automatizar procesos de negocio, crear aplicaciones personalizadas y analizar los datos empresariales, lo que nos permite en nuestra compañía agilizar nuestros procesos, incrementar la productividad y tomar decisiones basadas en datos, además de integrarnos sin problemas con otros productos y servicios de Microsoft y de terceros.

Desde Plain Concepts te podemos ayudar a implementar proyectos de Power Platform de una forma global en tu empresa. Ofrecemos un modelo de gobierno y adopción sobre el uso de la plataforma, así como orientación y desarrollo de automatización de procesos y operaciones dentro de la organización.

Igualmente, ofrecemos nuestros servicios especializados en consultoría y desarrollo de proyectos low-code y pro-code sobre la plataforma, para ayudarte a implementar casos de uso departamentales y funcionales con las herramientas de automatización, creación de aplicaciones corporativas y/o procesos de gestión documental. También te ofrecemos la posibilidad de extender la funcionalidad estándar de la plataforma e integrar las herramientas de Power Platform con otros servicios corporativos de Azure y M365 y de proveedores como ServiceNow, Google, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP o JIRA, entre otros.

[websyn]

Demystifying Microsoft Azure Cloud Hosting and PaaS Services: A Comprehensive Guide

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud computing, Microsoft Azure has emerged as a powerful player, offering a wide range of services to help businesses build, deploy, and manage applications and infrastructure. One of the standout features of Azure is its Cloud Hosting and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings, which enable organizations to harness the benefits of the cloud while minimizing the complexities of infrastructure management. In this comprehensive guide, we'll dive deep into Microsoft Azure Cloud Hosting and PaaS Services, demystifying their features, benefits, and use cases.

Understanding Microsoft Azure Cloud Hosting

Cloud hosting, as the name suggests, involves hosting applications and services on virtual servers that are accessed over the internet. Microsoft Azure provides a robust cloud hosting environment, allowing businesses to scale up or down as needed, pay for only the resources they consume, and reduce the burden of maintaining physical hardware. Here are some key components of Azure Cloud Hosting:

Virtual Machines (VMs): Azure offers a variety of pre-configured virtual machine sizes that cater to different workloads. These VMs can run Windows or Linux operating systems and can be easily scaled to meet changing demands.

Azure App Service: This PaaS offering allows developers to build, deploy, and manage web applications without dealing with the underlying infrastructure. It supports various programming languages and frameworks, making it suitable for a wide range of applications.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): For containerized applications, AKS provides a managed Kubernetes service. Kubernetes simplifies the deployment and management of containerized applications, and AKS further streamlines this process.

Exploring Azure Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Services

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) takes cloud hosting a step further by abstracting away even more of the infrastructure management, allowing developers to focus primarily on building and deploying applications. Azure offers an array of PaaS services that cater to different needs:

Azure SQL Database: This fully managed relational database service eliminates the need for database administration tasks such as patching and backups. It offers high availability, security, and scalability for your data.

Azure Cosmos DB: For globally distributed, highly responsive applications, Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL database service that guarantees low-latency access and automatic scaling.

Azure Functions: A serverless compute service, Azure Functions allows you to run code in response to events without provisioning or managing servers. It's ideal for event-driven architectures.

Azure Logic Apps: This service enables you to automate workflows and integrate various applications and services without writing extensive code. It's great for orchestrating complex business processes.

Benefits of Azure Cloud Hosting and PaaS Services

Scalability: Azure's elasticity allows you to scale resources up or down based on demand. This ensures optimal performance and cost efficiency.

Cost Management: With pay-as-you-go pricing, you only pay for the resources you use. Azure also provides cost management tools to monitor and optimize spending.

High Availability: Azure's data centers are distributed globally, providing redundancy and ensuring high availability for your applications.

Security and Compliance: Azure offers robust security features and compliance certifications, helping you meet industry standards and regulations.

Developer Productivity: PaaS services like Azure App Service and Azure Functions streamline development by handling infrastructure tasks, allowing developers to focus on writing code.

Use Cases for Azure Cloud Hosting and PaaS

Web Applications: Azure App Service is ideal for hosting web applications, enabling easy deployment and scaling without managing the underlying servers.

Microservices: Azure Kubernetes Service supports the deployment and orchestration of microservices, making it suitable for complex applications with multiple components.

Data-Driven Applications: Azure's PaaS offerings like Azure SQL Database and Azure Cosmos DB are well-suited for applications that rely heavily on data storage and processing.

Serverless Architecture: Azure Functions and Logic Apps are perfect for building serverless applications that respond to events in real-time.

In conclusion, Microsoft Azure's Cloud Hosting and PaaS Services provide businesses with the tools they need to harness the power of the cloud while minimizing the complexities of infrastructure management. With scalability, cost-efficiency, and a wide array of services, Azure empowers developers and organizations to innovate and deliver impactful applications. Whether you're hosting a web application, managing data, or adopting a serverless approach, Azure has the tools to support your journey into the cloud.

[melissa-benedetti]

Unlock boundless opportunities through upskilling! 🌟🚀

In today's fast-paced and competitive job market, landing the perfect job can be both exhilarating and challenging…  and lately I have been hearing a lot more about the challenges.  Job seekers, regardless of their background or experience, face the common hurdle of acquiring the right skills and knowledge to stand out from the crowd.

Recently, I made the decision to pursue an MBA. While graduate school hasn't always been an option for me, I understand it may not be feasible for many others as well. Fortunately, there exists a multitude of low-cost and free online resources that offer opportunities to upskill and acquire entirely new skills.

With the aim of empowering job seekers worldwide, I am thrilled to introduce this post, dedicated to curating and disseminating valuable resources within my community. Together, let's unlock the potential of countless individuals seeking brighter career prospects.

We also recognize the invaluable contributions of the organizations and individuals behind these resources. As we highlight their offerings, we encourage you to support these providers and spread the word about their initiatives, amplifying the impact they have on the lives of countless individuals.

Let's dive in together and prepare ourselves for success in the dynamic professional world. Remember, your dedication to learning is the key to unlocking new opportunities! As you come across valuable or intriguing insights, kindly write, share, and acknowledge the creators!

Explore these excellent resources!

https://www.coursera.org/  Coursera provides a vast selection of courses from global universities and institutions. Numerous courses are available for free auditing, granting you access to valuable materials without the need for a certificate. Start exploring knowledge today! 🌐📚

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https://online.stanford.edu/free-courses  Unleash your potential with Stanford University's free online courses on Stanford Online! Explore a world of knowledge and enrich your skills with their exceptional offerings. 🌟🎓

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https://skillshop.withgoogle.com/  Level up your skills with Google's Skillshop! Access free courses on digital marketing, data and tech, career development, and beyond. Empower your journey with Google's expertise! 🌐📚

https://alison.com/  Empower your career with Alison! Explore their diverse range of free courses, certifications, and diplomas in IT, business, marketing, and soft skills. Elevate your expertise with Alison's comprehensive offerings! 🎓🌟

https://www.udemy.com/  Discover an array of free and low-cost options covering various topics. Unleash your potential with excellent free resources! 📚💼

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/  Level up your tech-related career with Microsoft Learn! Access a wide range of free courses on Microsoft products and services. Unleash your potential with valuable resources! 🚀👩‍💻

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If you need something specific, feel free to ask me for assistance! It would be my pleasure to assist.

Melissa Benedetti

Talent Acquisition | Talent Management | Human Resources

https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissabenedetti/

#ContinuousLearning #OpportunitiesAhead #LearningForAll #JobSeekers #UpskillOpportunities

[iverveinc]

What is the Best Microsoft Development Tool for Your Project?

Introduction

It is crucial to choose the right development tools for any project. It can be overwhelming to figure out which tools are most suitable for your project based on the vast array of options available. We will provide you with insight and criteria in this blog post to help you make informed decisions and select the best Microsoft development tools for your projects.

1) An overview of Microsoft's development tools

Several tools are industry favourites when it comes to Microsoft development. Listed below are a few popular Microsoft development tools:

A. Microsoft Visual Studio

It provides comprehensive tools, debugging capabilities, and integration with a variety of languages and frameworks, making it the leading integrated development environment (IDE) for Windows platform development.

B. Visual Studio Code

It's particularly well-suited to web development because it's lightweight and versatile. Customization options are extensive, extensions are numerous, and debugging capabilities are powerful.

C. Windows Forms

Windows Forms is a powerful framework for building applications with graphical user interfaces (GUI). In addition to providing a rich set of design options and controls, it simplifies the creation of desktop applications.

D. ASP.NET

Building dynamic and scalable web applications is easy with ASP.NET. A variety of development models are available, including Web Forms and MVC (Model-View-Controller), and it integrates seamlessly with other Microsoft tools. For more information on why choose .Net framework for your next project, please refer to our detailed article.

E. Microsoft SharePoint

Designed to facilitate collaboration, document management, and content publishing, SharePoint facilitates enterprise development. A wide variety of tools and services are available for building intranets, websites, and business solutions with it.

F. Azure

In addition to infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Microsoft Azure also offers platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) services. An application development, deployment, and management environment that is scalable and flexible.

Help Using Microsoft Tools with Expertise

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2) When choosing development tools, consider the following factors

You should consider the following factors when selecting Microsoft development tools:

A) Purpose and Technology Stack

Understand your project's purpose and the technology stack needed. Different tools are optimized for different purposes, such as web development, desktop applications, and cloud computing.

B) Ease of Use and Learnability

Make sure the tools are easy to use and easy to learn. Your development team's familiarity and learning curve with the tools should be considered. An intuitive interface and extensive documentation can significantly improve productivity.

C) Desired Features and Performance Goals

Determine what features and performance goals your project requires. Make sure your selected tools provide the necessary functionality and are capable of meeting your project's scalability and performance needs.

D) Specialized Tools and Services

Microsoft offers specialized tools and services tailored to specific requirements. Office 365 development services provide integration with the productivity suite, while Power BI and Power Apps development services enable low-code and advanced data analytics.

E) Security and Regular Updates

Protect against vulnerabilities by prioritizing tools that emphasize security and offer regular updates.

F) Cost-Effectiveness

Take into account the cost-effectiveness of the tools based on the needs and budget of your project. Each tool should be evaluated based on its licensing model, support options, and long-term expenses.

3) Considerations and additional Microsoft development tools

As well as the core development tools, Microsoft Office 365 is also worth mentioning. Microsoft Office 365 offers a range of productivity and collaboration tools, including Word, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint, that seamlessly integrate with development workflows.

Considering the use of development tools requires consideration of costs and prioritizing regular updates. The use of the latest tools ensures data protection, improves overall performance, and mitigates the risk of security breaches.

Using Microsoft development tools like Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, SharePoint Development, and Azure, you have access to a comprehensive ecosystem that supports various development requirements. Power BI development services , Power Apps development services , and Office 365 development services can help you improve your development process and deliver high-quality solutions.

In addition to improving productivity, choosing the right tools can ensure streamlined development and the development of robust, scalable, and efficient solutions. Choosing the right Microsoft development tool for your project requires evaluating your project needs, exploring the available tools, and making an informed choice.

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Get the most out of Microsoft's productivity suite with our Office 365 development services. You can find more information on our website.

4) Conclusion

You can significantly impact the success of your project by choosing the right Microsoft development tools.The factors such as purpose, ease of use, desired features, security, and cost-effectiveness can help you make an informed decision and choose the tools that are most appropriate for your project.

In addition to handling web development and MVP development projects, i-Verve has extensive experience with multiple technology stacks.

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How to Import Candle Charts from TradingView websites?

💥S#.Data provides functionality that supports automatic downloading of historical market data from many data sources. But sometimes websites do not provide an API to make the process automatically. Fortunately, in addition to downloading you can import market data from CSV files directly.

💥TradingView is a charting platform and social network used by many traders and investors worldwide to spot opportunities across global markets. The major feature of the website - various historical dataset - that you can download as a csv file for further usage (e.g. - backtesting, analyzing).

💥For the TradingView website, you need a premium subscription to be able to export candles. Let’s look at this process step-by-step to understand how we can import this market data into S#.Data.

👉Visit TradingView Website.

👉Select Search Market for example NFLX. 👉Click Launch Chart for view.

👉Select Time Flame Candle for example 1 hr.

👉Select Export Chart Data.

👉In the Time format box, select ISO time.

👉Click Export.

👉Open the downloaded Market data file. You can see that the top bar is date and time, open price, low price, close price, volume and volume MA.

👉S#.Data supports only the first 6 data, the last one volume MA we will not take.

👉Open up your S#.Data Application.

👉Visit our instruction if you doesn't have S#.Data application.

👉How I can get S#.Data

👉Go to S#.Data application, click select import and Click candle.

👉Find the name of the file we just downloaded (btw, you can import by directories as well).

👉Click to select the file that we downloaded, click open.

👉Click to select the time frame to match the timeframe we selected in the file we downloaded initially in the data type field.

👉Setting S#.filed from the Security and Board fields.

👉By default put the Instruments Code that we downloaded. For example NFLX in the Security slot in the instrument board e.g. BATS by default.

👉Enter numbers 0-5 in the date box and so on. Remember - numeration started from 0, not from 1.

👉Skip lines Row 1 cause it contains data columns description.

👉Open the file that we downloaded again, select Copy, time, date that we started downloading Market Data.

👉Press Paste in the Date Format field.

👉Change Numbers to Code Letters By yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss You can read more about format on Microsoft website

👉Once everything is entered correctly, click Preview to double check before importing.

👉When the screen shows this page, there is no problem.

👉But if you press Preview and the screen appears like this, check the details that you have entered again to see if there is any mistake, correct it and press Preview again.

👉Once it's verified and there are no problems, press Import.

👉When done, click Back to go to Common.

👉Click on our Security.

👉Click on Instrument Tab to view market Data.

👉Now let's see what data was imported. Click Candles.

👉Select Security, select the Instrument to view by double-clicking the Instrument Tab, move it to the right side and click OK.

👉Select date and time frame.

👉Click View Market data.

👉Click View Candle Chart to see our candles as a chart.

👉This is a Candle Chart comparison between the Chart that was in TradingView website before it was downloaded and the downloaded Chart rendered in S#.Data application.

💥💥Now you know how to import from a CSV file. To make this process you no need to use only limited websites like TradingView. S#.Data supports any format of CSV files that you can download from a variety of sources and websites.

💥Hope this blog is interesting for you. Please comment us what you interesting to know more about S#.Data. We will try to write our next posts.

Sources : StockSharp.com

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What are the best IT skills to learn in 2023 to get an IT job in California [ Updated ]

It turned out that among the most frequently mentioned talents in job descriptions for IT jobs in California were IT abilities such as digital literacy, data analytics, and data visualization.

In today's fast-paced business landscape, digital transformation takes center stage. It encompasses a wide array of endeavors, including embracing the boundless potential of cloud technology, enhancing and modernizing IT infrastructure, and crafting sophisticated data and analytics strategies to steer informed decision-making.

Companies are actively seeking experienced professionals well-versed in the precise skills required to drive technological and business objectives forward.

The caliber of skills has improved over time, which is a consistent trend. It takes more than being proficient in a given field to compete in the talent market. On a CV, prospects might stand out from the competition if they have practical IT abilities. Find out which abilities are likely to be in demand through 2023 and beyond.

Basic programming

Even for non-tech jobs, the fundamentals of programming are frequently in demand. Even with a basic understanding of programming, you'll be able to read other people's code, create your simple programs and algorithms, and gain a deeper comprehension of the lifespan of an IT project.

Being able to program is similar to being able to bead, so you can learn new technologies using the languages you've already mastered. The ability to think abstractly and conceptually, which is necessary for many vocations, is another skill that may be developed through programming.

An index states that the top five programming languages in September 2021 will be as follows:

C- It is widely used in the creation of desktop applications for the Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems.

Python- Managers, analysts, and marketers often use this phrase in non-tech business settings. They use Python to work with data in databases, tables, and even Excel macros.

Java- A language used by everyone to create websites and mobile apps. Java is used to create the majority of Android applications.

C++- A widely used technique for games and graphically intensive software like photo and video editors.

C#- One of the best languages for creating desktop apps and video games.

The index is determined by how many results for programming language queries there are on search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo!, MSN, Wikipedia, etc. Thus, programming languages are rated higher as a result of the increased usage of the language and solution searching by programmers.

Low-code platforms

By 2024, it is expected that low code would account for 65% of all software development activities.

Modern software development tools are complex, therefore low-code application platforms (LCAP) like Mendix, Quixey, and Microsoft PowerApps are an alternative. Low-code platforms allow developers to create straightforward business applications with no coding expertise and a tech mindset.

Since creating software takes careful design and upkeep, low-code platforms can be a lifesaver for managers, marketers, and any other users that lack programming abilities and want to construct and update a codebase without running the risk of destroying something. Low-code development thereby enables cost savings from IT outsourcing and frees up IT departments.

UI/UX design

To design effective and user-friendly digital products, an in-depth research is required, as is a grasp of the target audience. Leave those responsibilities to the experts, but learn the fundamentals of UI/UX design at the very least to maintain the dialogue with them.

Consider this: most marketing campaigns are built on digital assets like landing pages, websites, mobile apps, and social media. It's crucial for those who aren't UI/UX designers to stay up to date on the most recent developments in this sector and be able to articulate their ideas to those who are.

Data Engineer

Data engineering, in its simplest form, combines the skills of various IT specialists, including software engineers, Big Data developers, data analysts, and cloud computing engineers. The fundamental activities of data engineering in a corporation that produces enormous amounts of data from various sources are as follows:

Gathering and arranging the data

Combining and evaluating various data formats that were gathered from various sources.

Enhancing the storage of data.

Lowering data storage expenses to maximize the budget for the company.

Python, SQL, Java, Scala, cloud computing services like Amazon Web Services (AWS), and big data processing tools like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka are essential skills for a data analyst. The fundamentals of distributed systems, as well as knowledge of algorithms and data structures, are also requirements.

Data visualization

Numerous studies have proven that the human brain processes visual information more effectively and increases people's confidence in the material being presented.

The effectiveness of data visualization in a business setting cannot be disputed. For instance, research demonstrates that employees are 28% more likely to find timely information in firms that use visual data recovery solutions than in those that just use controlled reporting and dashboards.

Because of this, the demand for data visualization abilities is rising in the modern workforce. Data visualization is a crucial component of data analytics that enables companies to assess information critically and present it in a comprehensible fashion.

Some of the most popular data visualization tools for marketers, managers, business analysts, and other professions that require working with a significant amount of data are Tableau, Google Data Studio, PowerBI, Datawrapper, and Infogram.

Video editing 

The time when TV and media production had exclusive rights to create videos has long since passed. To promote their goods and services in 2021, 86% of firms turned to video marketing. Videos are used today throughout all sectors of society for a variety of objectives, including marketing, staff development, client onboarding, and presentations.

The widespread use of videos in virtually every part of the business has increased the demand for individuals with expertise in producing scripts and scenarios for films, as well as SEO optimization for higher rankings.

CRMs

An effective sales process is built on the use of customer management software (CRM). Businesses require a 360-degree picture of their target audience, touchpoints, purchase behavior, and customer experience since customers are growing more demanding.

Because of this, managerial and marketing job descriptions increasingly emphasize the importance of having a basic understanding of CRM software. According to the CRM Software Research by G2, 73% of sales managers use CRM software. CRM tools are used by marketing teams 46% of the time, and customer care teams 45% of the time.

Product management

Product managers are typically the front-line representatives of newly produced goods and services. From the concept stage, till the product is released on schedule, they guarantee product success. To do that, they need a variety of capabilities, including strong project management abilities, a deep understanding of the software development process and a business domain, as well as communication, business analysis, and marketing fundamentals.

The majority of product managers agree that a product manager is a jack of all trades. According to respondents in a recent poll, the two biggest issues they face as product managers are a shortage of time (50,8%) and a lack of clarity around their roles (35,0%).

But there is no denying the importance of a product manager. Given that 81% of businesses track the performance of their products, it is obvious that either hiring professionals with product management skill sets or dedicating a full-time position to a product manager is very necessary.

You won't find any ordinary competencies on this list of in-demand IT skills for 2023 and beyond. Businesses need professionals with a strong understanding of digital technologies as they adopt a more data-driven strategy for employee development, marketing, and other crucial operations. So that you can stay ahead of the competition tomorrow, embrace these changes today.

Zenotis technologies is the fastest-growing talent acquisition company in the US and India. It provides various IT jobs in California and various parts of the US. For more detailed information about IT positions and other positions check out their website.

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Let’s face it, building a website can be far too complex for the ordinary person. Thanks to the low-code and no-code revolution, organizations have become equipped to respond to and adapt to rapidly changing business situations swiftly.   

Low-code and no-code software development tools gained popularity, particularly for internal tool development within organizations. According to leading research and advisory company Gartner, using low-code or no-code technologies will increase significantly in the coming years. By 2025, it is estimated that 70% of new enterprise applications will be developed using these technologies, up from less than 25% in 2020.   

One such tool gaining strides in the market is Microsoft’s Power Pages (formerly known as Power Apps Portal). This innovative platform offers businesses an easy and efficient way to create public-facing websites without requiring extensive technical skills. In this blog post, we’ll explore how you can build your website using Microsoft capabilities and take a closer look at the new and planned features of Power Pages that make it an exciting option for businesses of all sizes. From low-code development to seamless integration with Microsoft 365 ecosystem, we’ll cover everything you need to know about creating stunning websites with Power Pages. Let’s dive in!  

[fromkenari]

It's not just Gen Z and Gen Alpha who I'm worried about as a Software Engineer though. They're trying to take away our tools to build anything and replace them with drag-and-drop GUIs, and I've already been tasked with trying to make the BS they're calling "Anyone Can Make An App" work. Microsoft's entire Power Platform is built on this. They want to avoid individuality or actual features (not bugs!). They want to "eliminate bugs" by forcing you to work in a tiny, infinitesimal space of what you're allowed to do in these new "app builders" instead of having a free range of the app from code to end product. And they claim it's "easier." One example of this was me being the younger programmer (with almost 2 decades under my belt) who was forced to spend four months working in and trying to create something as simple as a Time Off Request App (which is one of their app bases!) in Power Apps to have proof of concept, except all I did was prove that it was a steamy pile of nothing that couldn't work for my high yield company. And it's not just Microsoft that is doing this. iOS and Android have banged out similar "low code" and "no code" options. And don't get me started on using LLMs to do your coding. People are doing it! And releasing apps with it! And they're a freaking nightmare to look at as an engineer who was brought up working in C, C++, Java (plain Java, all these JS Frameworks are gonna collapse and be useless as soon as we figure out what the next big thing is), Python, and even Assembly. I was the last class of Computer Engineering students that was taught Assembly. The lowest-level language they teach at my university now is Java, and it's not even a useful class. It's the kiddie pool like it's always been. I didn't understand anything I was doing until I dropped out after my Junior year, took a community college course, and actually made something from code to finish. it worked, and I could use it. Then, I understood it. This new stuff? They do not want you to know how it works and that is terrifying.

another thought about "gen z and gen alpha don't know how to use computers, just phone apps" is that this is intentionally the direction tech companies have pushed things in, they don't want users to understand anything about the underlying system, they want you to just buy a subscription to a thing and if it doesn't do what you need it to, you just upgrade to the more expensive one. users who look at configuration files are their worst nightmare