Shark Tank India investors fall short on pledges
Over a year following the inaugural season of the Indian edition of Shark Tank, the seven esteemed investors made good on less than half of their investment pledges, according to a new analysis, the latest in a series of criticisms for the show. The “sharks” overall invested in only 27
Read moreFormer NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad
A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, that calls humans terrible drivers. The ad points to the nearly 43,000 crash fatalities in 2022 and promotes autonomous vehicles as
Read moreForerunner Ventures sees a future full of ‘digitally native franchises’
Forerunner Ventures first made its name in the venture world by betting on once-nascent startups like Jet, Bonobos and Glossier when it was far easier to build a digitally native brand. Yet as commerce evolves, so does the firm. As part of its ongoing evolution, Forerunner five years ago brought
Read moreBasecamp introduces special reduced pricing in India
Basecamp, one of the widely used project management tools first released in 2004, is now available to users in India with special reduced pricing that is as low as about $4 a month. On Tuesday, 37signals co-founder and CEO Jason Fried announced the reduced pricing of Basecamp for new customers
Read moreMeta releases Llama 2, a more ‘helpful’ set of text-generating models
The generative AI landscape grows larger by the day. Today, Meta announced a new family of AI models, Llama 2, designed to drive apps such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Bing Chat and other modern chatbots. Trained on a mix of publicly available data, Meta claims that Llama 2’s performance improves significantly
Read moreMy Journey From Entry Level to Engineering Manager
The first five years of any career are a roller coaster — here’s what my journey from entry-level developer to engineering manager was likeContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreNuke the Backlog
aka “Honey, I shrunk the backlog”Photo by Fotis Fotopoulos on UnsplashA few years ago, I was consulting with an airline that had a major web project going on. The engineering team was delivering around 100 story points a month, which sounded quite good — although if you know story points, you know they can
Read moreThe Power of Mentors
Only when we stand on the shoulders of giants can we see further than ever beforeContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreUnreleased Resource Stream: Sometimes Garbage Collectors Do Not Save Us
You always have to throw the garbage without waiting for helpImage created by me with GencraftThe problem with not releasing the resources we use is that over time the server fills up with things to do and can no longer process incoming requests, causing a disservice. This may be due to a
Read moreTikTok launches its music streaming service in Australia, Mexico and Singapore
TikTok is launching its new subscription-only music streaming service called “TikTok Music” in Australia, Mexico and Singapore. Today’s expansion comes almost two weeks after TikTok debuted the music streaming service in Brazil and Indonesia. The streaming service lets users sync the service to their existing TikTok accounts and listen, download
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