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Percona.Connect kicks off June 4 in New York City! Our Founder Peter Zaitsev and Director of Solutions Engineering Barrett Chambers are leading a free event built for the open source community. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4dwns22 New York is the first stop on a six-city tour where we're bringing our experts directly to you! The New York Agenda: 🔸 The Enterprise's Guide to Open Source Database Solution: Possibilities, Risks, and Success Stories 🔸 Running MongoDB in the Cloud: How to Reduce Infrastructure Costs Using Open Source Components and Kubernetes 🔸 The Future of Open Source 🔸 PostgreSQL Versus MySQL — What Are the Real Differences? 🔸 Fireside Chat with a Percona Customer 🔸 Empowering Platform Engineering with Percona Everest: Cloud Native Database Platform for MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL 🔸 Product Vision and Roadmap for the Future #Percona #OpenSource #MySQL

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🚨 Introducing Component Actions in Code-Native Integrations We are please to announce we have released the ability for your team to reference component actions in our code-native integration building experience. Here’s what changed: ☎️ All components, and their actions, can be called directly in code-native integrations ⚖️ Full feature parity with our low-code experience 🖥️ Improved Typescript experience for many core code-native concepts To learn more, read our announcement blog post:

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This article is intended for you, dear clients, both current and future. Whether you’re looking to build a new application, enhance an existing system, or integrate complex technologies, crafting an RFP that developers will love involves more than just listing technical specifications. It’s about creating a document that not only conveys your project’s vision but also fosters collaboration, innovation, and a mutual understanding of expectations. In this guide, I will explore key strategies to help you write an RFP that attracts high-quality proposals and sets the stage for a successful partnership with your development team. This article will help you understand the RFP process in the realm of software development from the developers’ perspective. By gaining insights into how developers interpret and respond to RFPs, you will be better equipped to communicate effectively and align expectations, leading to more successful collaborations and project outcomes. https://lnkd.in/erQqekKE

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We’ve been discussing custom software development, and now it’s time to put it to use. In this blog, we present 15 compelling examples of custom software development that you won’t want to miss. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePEjGsKZ

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Thanks Joe Colantonio for highlighting my article on #Chess, #AI & #QualityEngineering. It was fun to write and think about some of the parallels, as well as lessons learned. Check out some of the other interesting testing news in Joes show below!

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Exploring Firebird: A Developer's Reliable Companion in the World of Databases Over the years, I've had the pleasure of working with various database systems, but one that has consistently stood out, especially in the realm of small business applications and Delphi development, is Firebird. It’s an open-source relational database that, despite flying under the radar for many, has proven to be an invaluable tool in my projects. One of Firebird’s most impressive features is its embedded database capability. In my experience working with small companies, there was often a need for a powerful database solution that didn’t require the overhead of managing a separate server. Firebird’s embedded mode was the perfect solution. I could integrate a fully functional database engine directly into our Delphi applications, allowing everything to run smoothly without the users even noticing there was a database working in the background. I recall a particular project where we needed a lightweight yet robust database solution for a desktop application developed in Delphi. Firebird’s embedded database made the deployment process straightforward and hassle-free. The simplicity with which Firebird handled the data management was a key factor in the project’s success. Users got a seamless experience, and we were able to deliver a high-quality product without the added complexity of external database setups. And what’s even better? Firebird is free. For small businesses and independent developers, the cost can be a significant barrier when choosing database solutions. Firebird eliminates that concern by providing enterprise-grade features at no cost, making it a top choice for those working on a budget but unwilling to compromise on performance. Looking back at my experiences with Firebird, especially in the context of Delphi development, I can confidently say that it’s a tool worth exploring. Whether you need a versatile database for a small-scale project or a reliable partner in your development process, Firebird is up to the task. Now tell me a feature that you have used in Firebird and that added value to a project you applied. #Firebird #SQL #Database #FirebirdDatabase #DBA #DataScience #DatabaseManagement #DataAnalysis #Developer #SoftwareEngineer #SoftwareArchitect #SeniorDeveloper #DatabaseAdministrator #TechInnovation #DelphiDeveloper #DelphiDevelopment #EmbeddedDatabase #OpenSource #TechForSmallBusiness #SoftwareDevelopment

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Watched a portion of the old Brian Will video on why OOP is bad (https://lnkd.in/epvfRpPR), and bombed out fairly hard when he came out with the puzzling assertion that messages between objects properly speaking shouldn't include object references. Well, there goes your visitor pattern; there goes the UI staple of registering objects with some event bus for callbacks when particular events happen. Is there some source in the literature (Alan Kay, I guess) for this odd restriction? It seems like a basic misapprehension: sure, messages should transfer representations of internal state and not haphazardly leak references to the state itself (otherwise external parties can mutate it without going through the owning object's protocol), but it's also a pretty basic affordance of message-passing systems that the addresses of things that can receive messages are first-class things that can be passed around (compare URIs in REST, or channels in pi calculus). The other odd assertion was that permitting many objects in an arbitrary graph to hold a reference to an object and access its methods was as bad as having global shared state. It fairly obviously isn't: the ability to exercise the protocol for reading or updating a particular bit of state can get passed around to wherever it needs to be, but isn't immediately available to everything, and pretty much the whole point is that you're passing a pointer to the protocol, not the rights to inspect and modify the data structures it guards. It seems that Will wants to argue for a hierarchical flow of messages down a DAG-shaped stack of routines and subroutines with a single controlling root procedure, rather than a potentially cyclic call graph with objects fielding requests from all angles. In practice that's what your average Spring Boot service actually does of course: controller to service to persistence or external client layer, and back up again. But (and this is an argument for a future post) that's because the average Spring Boot service is fundamentally procedural code, with a bit of indirection between modules. Other topologies are possible, and appropriate for particular use cases. The most generous reading I can give of Will's argument is that OOP offers more flexibility than perhaps a majority of actually existing programs really need, and we'd be happier and less burdened by object bureaucracy if we wrote those programs in a more constrained idiom. I actually think that's kind of true, but haven't got to the bottom of what it means in practice just yet.

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DVA is not associated with this job posting Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) - Remote USA https://lnkd.in/gyx3EbB3 Job Description Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable, and robust code our primary Ruby on Rails system and GO services. Be the team's lead troubleshooter, researching issues across multiple services. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features Write well-tested code using RSpec, emphasizing security, performance, and resilience Make practical decisions with good judgment when faced with design constraints Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback through Git pull requests Mentor and support team members, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment #innovation #management #digitalmarketing #technology #creativity #futurism #startups #marketing #socialmedia #socialnetworking #motivation #personaldevelopment #jobinterviews #sustainability #personalbranding #education #productivity #travel #sales #socialentrepreneurship #fundraising #law #strategy #culture #fashion #business #networking #hiring #health #inspiration

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This is the process that you need to set up in Iteration Zero... https://lnkd.in/e3k_NGSV #OctopusDeploy #DevOps #dotNET #ClearMeasureWay

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🧐 Ever wondered “who is that jason” someone was talking about at the meeting? ☝ JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It’s a popular format used to store and exchange data, thanks to its readability by both humans and computers. Think of it as a structured way to organize information, similar to a list or a table, but using text. Here’s a quick example: { "name": "John", "age": 30, "isStudent": false } In this example: 📍 "name" is a label with the value "John". 📍 "age" is a label with the value 30. 📍 "isStudent" is a label with the value false. So, JSON is essentially a list of pairs (labels and values) that describes data in a clear and structured manner. 🤘 Feel free to reach out to Fstream for any support with the data formats or beyond. #fstream #json ##DataStructure #TechExplained

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