Juha Riippi

If you ever need to watch one, just one conference speech about where the software development is going with AI, watch this. https://lnkd.in/dunjGyAJ By Marko Klemetti and Henri Hämäläinen of Eficode in #futureofsoftware conference. #DevOps #softwaredevelopment #ai #artificialintelligence

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If you have been buying a new car in the recent years, most start with a configurator online. The ones I configure these days have AWD, Air suspension, animal free interior, but with cooled front seats ;) Why can i not do the same for my granola? Or why do I need to repeat my favourite order at the sandwich bar? Many say you can have your flavour of granola if you are a millionaire, but for the rest of us, someone else selects the ingredients. Digital technology has provided revolutions in many fields. What if we could #RewriteTheFuture #Capgeminifinland

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Code without exceptions! Next hands-on Tech Excellence Finland meetup will be about programming without exceptions. And how control flow is going to look different. Last week, we tried the 9 rules for Object Oriented Design, called Object Calisthenics (link to a post in comments). Those rules are nice to work with, especially in a safe-to-fail environment where we're all to learn some new tricks. Of the 9 rules, I have adopted to my normal programming quite a few. Especially rules 3, 4 and 9 do change the way we code. Number 2 and 5 are very good guideposts, but I don't always follow those. In the session, someone said as a learning to "how to work with objects that don't have getters&setters". Well, That's also what OO programming is about, right? In the next session - we might learn a way to think that exceptions are, well, reserved for exceptional situations (like out of memory, interrupt, etc). And how code can be very easy to reason. Want to join? Find Tech Excellence Finland meetup group and you'll be posted on the next meetup that will hopefully happen early December (still in the process of fine-tuning the details).

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According to this fresh AI report, the use of AI is largely viewed positively, especially in Finland, but almost half of organisations do not yet use AI at all and only 15% have an AI strategy. 🤖 Finland is a leader in AI in the Nordics, with 61% of Finnish organisations using AI, compared to 52% in Norway, 48% in Denmark and 45% in Sweden. Currently, AI is used in organizations especially to boost productivity and optimize operations: 43% of organizations use AI to automate processes and 42% to improve the quality of products or services. Almost half (49%) of Nordic organisations, especially small companies, do not yet use AI at all. According to the study, the biggest obstacle to adoption is uncertainty or lack of information about the potential applications of artificial intelligence.

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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of pitching FusionAI, our AI-assisted software development solution, at TECHARENA during the Elmia Subcontractor fair in Jönköping. No, AI won’t replace developers… yet 😉 But we’re certainly preparing for a future where it could be a reality! To illustrate this: Two weeks ago at Moldova DevCon, we used AI to generate all the conference music tracks. It took just a few hours, and it was thrilling to see attendees Shazaming the tunes, eager to find out who the ‘artists’ were. The Turing Test passed! 😄 But when the live band took the stage at the closing event, the unique, spontaneous moments reminded us that AI can’t replicate the magic of human creativity. With Fusion AI, we take a similar approach - automating routine tasks to free up developers and project managers so they can focus on the truly challenging, creative work that only humans can do. Let’s build the future, together. How does this sound?

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🚀 Exciting News! I am glad to announce the release of Alva BI 2.4 Personal Edition! 🚀 Alva BI is now available for personal use on your desktop and laptop. This version has no technical limitations and offers all the capabilities of the full version. https://lnkd.in/dKQYdTqE #AlvaBI #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #NewRelease #Personal #Technology

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Vesa Auvinen wrote in his Metaverse book that avatars will participate in meetings instead of us in the future. I agree that this is the future of meetings, but I didn't expect it to arrive so soon! My favorite AI notetaker tool has been Otter.ai since Jun Son introduced it to me in November 2023. Now, Otter.ai is working on a tool where our AI avatars could attend meetings on behalf of individuals, and their CEO says their prototype can be operational later this year. https://lnkd.in/drij-UBe These AI avatars learn from your voice and meeting data, which enables them to participate in conversations and answer questions on your behalf. Would you trust what your replicate says in the meetings?  #AI #FutureofWork #OnlineMeetings #replica

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Last week Studisco produced the Care About IT national Hackathon and Livestream event. 63 students from Turun ammatti-instituutti and Tredu Tampereen seudun ammattiopisto participated in the hackathon and solved challenges in health tech what they pitched in the Care About IT Finland Livestream. This production is something that we developed at Studisco in co-operation with our stakeholders and volunteers in 2020 when we needed to find a solution to participate youngsters in our game production and share awareness about mental health and substance problems. After doing the event for the last 4 years in Project Kantti we were asked to participate in the Care about IT project to facilitate the Hackathon event for the project. I'm thankful for the trust that our partners have given to us! 🩷🇪🇺🇫🇮 The main value in Studisco Events is always to have students partisipating in the production and give them opportunities and platforms to shine, test, and challenge their skills to grow towards worklife. What the Care About IT project is about: https://careaboutit.eu/ "With a growing shortage of healthcare workers and a large gap between the health industry, education, and IT, the healthcare system in the EU is facing a big challenge. In the Care about IT project, we look at the opportunities and challenges in VET education within the care and IT domains in our regions. By combining our knowledge and experiences, we want to ensure future-proof education in the care sector." #hackathon #edtech #healthtech #wellness #startup #education #work #awarnes #studies

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Are our jobs going to be taken by #generativeai? It's a question we've all heard before, but let's not jump to conclusions just yet. Studies have shown that we tend to overestimate the short-term impact of technology and underestimate its long-term potential. At Solita, we decided to put AI tools to the test through a complete software development project and thus the Twin project experiment was born. Check out the collaboration with ISS in the link below. The project itself is scheduled to run over the summer and we expect completion by September, there will be more published then. https://lnkd.in/dT9Ai2YQ If you want to learn more about this before then, don't miss our upcoming Crash Course on #genai for software development, some of the same people are involved there. https://lnkd.in/dxqUuSxN Huge props to Sami Köykkä and Marko Taipale, been really really interesting to see your work on this.

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Not sure what the next step should be on your journey to implement AI in your organization? Check out the Technical Assessment for Generative AI in Azure that Timo Salomäki has been instrumental in developing! You will get concrete recommendations on what to do next. https://lnkd.in/dkJD98Bx

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Has Copilot for Microsoft 365 been a game-changer for you? A year in, Storyals CEO Ulrika Hedlund shares our experiences and recommendations for getting started using generative AI tools effectively in the digital workplace. Read more about our journey and insights: https://lnkd.in/dZw-qxAX Happy reading & Happy Friday 😎 #AI #Microsoft365 #Copilot #DigitalTransformation #Leadership

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Check out our latest Sauna blog post! 😎 💡

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Society in general is starting to take bad software seriously. Is your company? Hint: Let's play "bad software practices bingo" and find out! [  ] Like a microwave oven, you let the clock decide if the work's done [  ] The general sentiment is that testing is a vanity metric... [  ] ...So someone other than the developer writes tests... [  ] ...Maybe [  ] You do PI planning and other fika activities at a rate and cost that would bankrupt a small nation [  ] You have several layers of IT roles with inspecific responsibilities [  ] You have a lot of people talking about work, not doing so much of it [  ] Your management does not understand IT, so you have to do "special" (yes, read it in THAT voice) slides for them [  ] You do "quick and dirty" more than once in a lifetime; actually, you do it on a very regular basis [  ] Once per year all teams get to cut down infrastructure spend with 5% because your procurement thinks they can wrench money from AWS' cold, inanimate hands [  ] You estimate stuff to someone who estimates stuff who sometimes nods in blank-eyed agreement [  ] You have no way of knowing if things break before customers/users complain [  ] No one can -actually- say what the hell their software does if [X] leaves [ ] When someone is fired, you get to do/listen to "KT" sessions because -nothing- is documented according to any meaningful practices [  ] No developer has ever spent more than a few hours on quality-enhancing activities like security, observability, or solving known technical debt (go ahead, ask them) [ ] "Design" and "architecture" are things that the team read about in university, and at work these are represented by men in Birkenstocks with oddly specific opinions which can all be safely discarded (like in Rock-Paper-Scissors, PM always wins against Architect) There are so many varieties! What score did you get?

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🌟Evitec Solutions & Bliwa Partnership🌟 We are thrilled about our recent announcement of a strategic partnership with Bliwa Livförsäkring, a leading Swedish insurance company. Together, we're set to reshape the insurance industry with Evitec Solutions Life (ES Life). ES Life, our cutting-edge automated platform, will enhance Bliwa's operations, streamline their processes, and provide unparalleled scalability and flexibility. This collaboration underscores our commitment to innovation and excellence in the fintech space. 💡 Key Highlights: - Automates policy management, claims, and invoicing - Reduces manual processes and operational costs - Supports a wide range of insurance products - Future-proof and customizable to meet evolving market demands "With Evitec Solutions, we get a Nordic partner with a good fit for us that meets our requirements and needs based on our growth ambitions," says Tua Holgersson, CEO of Bliwa. Mikko Pilkama, CEO of Evitec Solutions, adds: “We are confident that ES Life will bring substantial value to Bliwa and its customers by providing a robust, flexible, and future-proof solution.” Together, we are committed to drive digital transformation and delivering top-tier solutions to the financial sector. 🚀 Read more from our news: https://lnkd.in/dNByDNJs

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🌟 Join Us in Shaping a New 3D Creation Platform – Equity Opportunity! #Finland 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲! I’m spearheading a project that combines innovative 3D technology with smart business strategies. With our MVP already 65% complete, we’re looking to accelerate development and prepare for launch. I’m seeking passionate individuals who are excited to help take this project to the next level from its early stages. ### 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧: Are you interested in being part of a project from its inception? Whether your strengths lie in business, 3D design, or innovation, there’s a place for you here. We’re especially open to those looking to contribute part-time while making significant impacts. ### 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫: - 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬: Fluency in Finnish is a plus, as we aim to initially make an impact in Finnish-speaking markets. - 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞: Background in business development, strategic planning, or sales. - 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭: 3D artists and designers ready to produce engaging visuals. - 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬: Strong communication is key for teamwork and project development. - 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞: Excited to engage with a startup and contribute to its growth. - 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Ability to lead and inspire others as part of our early team. ### Our Vision: - 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭: We’re developing tools that will simplify and enhance 3D content creation, aimed at revolutionizing industries like gaming, education, and marketing. - 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭: Our goal is to transform how these sectors interact with digital content, providing innovative solutions. This opportunity is not just about joining a new project; it’s about having the chance to shape its direction and growth. As an early collaborator, you’ll be eligible for an equity stake, reflecting the value and trust we place in our foundational team members. 📩 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞? Drop me a direct message, comment below, or send an email to [email protected] to discuss how we can work together. Let’s build something transformative together! ✨ #StartupJourney #3DTechnology #EquityOpportunity #CoFoundersNeeded #TechStartup #CreativeCollaboration #PartTimeOpportunity

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Following up "HIRED- Generational Synergy” event in Epicenter Helsinki. Thanks to Joey Bayer we dived deep into discussion of one of most challenging problem – generation diversity on workplace. Thanks to the speakers Eija Gerlander, Isioma Ify, Matti Copeland we have seen the different sides of this problem. What specify the younger generation at work? Isioma Ify noted: skepticism and creativity at work. What about GenZ values do we know from recent research? ✅ Their consumer habits are intentional. ✅GenZ cares more about a fulfilling career than making lots of money. ✅While GenZs focus on work, less than half say marriage or children are very or extremely important. ✅GenZs want to be empowered by employers to make the difference they value. I’ll add few key points: GenZ consume information from multiple global sources. And they communicate digitally. My 20-year-old son, a gamer has friends all over the world. GenZ organizes their communities differently - they don't recognize borders. ⁉Is this the first global generation? Older people are mostly belonging to residential communities. Their reference group - people they trust, whose advice they listen to, who are physically close. ❓So, what benefits we can gain from this difference? Our younger employees have another optics and language. They combine multiple realities and always question every decision. It makes them more flexible and reflective, more creative. But the same time less confident.  Older people are more conservative (nothing new here), but may offer field-proven concepts. ❓What can we do about generational synergy? Improve open communication to enable the reverse mentoring. Eija Gerlander noted that the values we declare should be real. I'd add that values must be explicitly demonstrated and practiced. Remember that values are not goals. They transcend and determine our goals and mediated actions. The two basic needs motivate us at workplace: financial compensation and social recognition. When our ability to pay is gone, let us give people more opportunities to be creative and to be recognized. Let also mention some engaging practices of Wolt (more in my previous post). Give more space for initiatives and no shaming for mistakes. Insure that everyone is noticed and heard. We should communicate digitally. Especially if we have 200+ team. GenZ prefer this way of communication, but we assume that older colleagues don’t appreciate this way. We at Albimarkeing OY have developed an innovative, ready-to-use SaaS AlbiCoins system. It enables value-based recognition for both 2p2 and project teams, combined with a flexible reward system. By rewarding initiatives and put core values into practice. Our concept of a corporate currency #AlbiCoins will help to build an engaged and motivated community where everyone is heard. Let talk more... #GenerationalSynergy #FutureOfWork #HRInnovation #CareerDevelopment #DiversityChallenge #Engagement #WorkplaceCulture

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April 11 means GAIA time! We are gearing up for the next iteration of the Gothenburg Artificial Intelligence Alliance Conference and are excited to begin inviting you. 🤩 🎙 Our call for speakers is now open! Will you be on stage at the Congress Hall of Svenska Mässan? 🤝 GAIA is not possible without our partners! Are you interested in the Gothenburg AI scene? If so, contact me or check our website for more information. I am eager to work with our fantastic team of volunteers to create the best possible conference on machine learning, data science, and data engineering. GAIA is a non-profit event by engineers, for engineers. https://lnkd.in/d96VfbHf #ai #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #deeplearning #naturallanguageprocessong #nlp #computervision #selfdrivingcars #llm #genai #datascience #dataengineering

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A Unicorn is becoming available in Oulu! This expert is a true leader in software architecture and development, with vast experience across industries such as healthcare, construction, and telecommunications. He has served as a lead developer and architect on projects that delivered highly scalable, secure, and high-performing systems. Whether it’s modernizing DevOps practices, leading Full Stack development, or designing complex software architectures, he consistently delivers top-tier solutions. He is proficient in key technologies, including Golang, Scala, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Svelte, React, and Docker. He also developed a custom query language for network topology management, integrating GPT-4 for natural language queries, which provides an intelligent and intuitive interface for managing complex network systems. One of his most impactful roles was leading a team to redesign the network’s provisioning system, focusing on fault tolerance, performance improvements, and security. His expertise also extends to custom communication protocols, cloud-based security solutions, and centralized user access systems, making him a perfect choice for projects requiring advanced technical leadership. Price: 14 174€ / month How to lease an expert? 🔸 Tell us about your need for skilled professionals. 🔸 We will find suitable senior developers from our extensive network. You will receive CVs and pricing information. 🔸 Interview the candidates you're interested in. We will follow up with discussions to ensure mutual interest from both parties. 🔸 Once the agreement is signed, the collaboration can begin. You will be invoiced monthly based on the hours worked. You can terminate the contract flexibly whenever you need. Our contracts have no notice period and can be terminated by the client immediately when the work is completed or reduced.

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GenerativeAI helps software testing with proper prompt crafting. Check out what Rik Marselis has to say about it (see the video), and join his tutorial at Testing Assembly 28.11.2024 to learn more! #softwaretesting #genAI #quality #TAHelsinki

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