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Totally agree with Dan DiGangi here. If you don't understand the overall strategy of a business, it's hard for you to align and be fully effective. This goes from leadership down to engineering. What are you doing to try and understand that vision? Link in comments to the full interview with Dan!

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I got a preview of this talk. It's going to be good. If you think we've reached the end of the gen AI opportunity, then you should listen to what Roman Shaposhnik and Tanya Dadasheva have to share about the future of transformer architecture for AI.

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Thank you to Jason Lengstorf for talking with me at CityJS Conferences about reducing stress for #softwareengineers, and sharing practical tips for advancing a coding career. + Get a sneak peek at "Web Lunch", Jason's latest series. Link down below!👇

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“I believe that design can be an orchestration layer across the company, unifying disparate groups that touch the customer experience [...] The biggest challenge is breaking the traditional mold that cybersecurity can’t be user-friendly or visually appealing." — Deb Kawamoto I had the pleasure of speaking with Deb Kawamoto today. I'm continually inspired by the work they're doing at Vanta, and the similar challenges we seek to solve in security, privacy, and accessibility (at Stark) as a company's compliance pillars. Great writeup on Deb by Gordon Ching for the Design Executive Council! https://lnkd.in/e26iQ5Ps

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🇪🇺 Be part of the conversation on July 11th at 3:00 PM CEST! Our #NonprofitPulse2024 webinar features a rockstar panel discussing the latest nonprofit trends across fundraising, data security, and the development of AI. Save your spot today! #Fundraising #AIforGood #NonprofitTrends

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🔥 Accessibility Compliance win coming in hot! Every company has a number to move internally — including you reading this. Today we're finally sharing the Stark Accessibility Metrics Scorecard template. Track and manage accessibility alongside your other quality and performance indicators, from user satisfaction and retention to won/lost sales deals and brand value. We at Stark spent the last year talking to thousands of Executives and Managers about how so many of you struggled to not just quantify the ROI of accessibility but, ahead of that, establish metrics — just like privacy and security — to understand the various ways the org is moving the needle forward. In observing over 44,000 companies (with 75% of Fortune 500!) using Stark in various ways, we identified and outlined five key metrics a company can track to connect accessibility and business performance. 1. Percentage of employees trained in accessibility 2. Percentage of projects with end-to-end accessibility criteria 3. Revenue attributable to accessible products 4. User satisfaction from users with disabilities 5. Percentage of compliant products in portfolio The template provides a starting point on which metrics to measure, how to implement them in your organization’s operational processes, and enable your company to build inclusive products that drive business growth. We're excited to learn how you adjust your KPIs and metrics in a way that they best align with your company culture and business goals, and the billion[s] of customers that benefit from it.

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Anthrop\c Anthropic Claude for Android is here Today we’re announcing the Claude Android app. Now, you can use Claude anytime, anywhere on your Android device—for free across all plans including Pro and Teams. The app is designed with the following features:  Multi-platform support: Pick up and continue conversations with Claude across web, iOS, and Android apps  Vision capabilities: Take new pictures or upload files for real-time image analysis  Multilingual processing: Real-time language translation to help communicate or translate aspects of the world around you Advanced reasoning: Claude can help you tackle complex problems, like analyzing contracts while traveling or conducting market research to prepare for a meeting Among many other things, Claude can help you solve problems and make decisions in real time, provide creative inspiration and support productivity on the go. Whether you're drafting a business proposal between meetings, translating menus while traveling, brainstorming gift ideas while shopping, or composing a speech while waiting for a flight, Claude is ready to assist you. To download the Android app, find us on Google Play. Don’t have an Android device? Claude is also available on iOS through the App Store. —The Anthropic team

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At Speakeasy we love working with devex leaders like Michael Heap to continuously raise the bar for what is "best in class" 🔥 We've been super lucky to work with him on what makes a great developer experience for iac and terraform. Come hear him and Thomas Rooney talk through how you can leverage OpenAPI and your API supply chain to build a provider and unlock the Terraform ecosystem. Link to the livestream in the comments 👇 #terraform #codegeneration #openapi

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In my latest conversation on The Daily CTO, I sat down with Arnaud Lucas to dive into a fundamental shift that every CTO should consider: moving from feedback to proactive input in tech leadership. It’s not just about asking for feedback after the plan is made. The real impact comes when you gather input before the planning begins, building a foundation for alignment, avoiding costly missteps, and delivering solutions that resonate across teams and customers alike. In this episode, Arnaud shares: Why timing matters when gathering stakeholder input. How a structured input-gathering system can transform alignment. Steps for implementing this approach in your own organization. Check out the episode here: https://lnkd.in/gwUTAwcm #CTO #TechLeadership #StakeholderEngagement #TheDailyCTO #CustomerExperience #Wayfair #Leadership #Innovation

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Creating a Detailed Project Plan and Timeline * Organized planning for efficient execution * Clear timelines for project milestones * Effective coordination among team members Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e3WK9X_N Read our playbook, "Software Development Playbook" written by Mark Turkel, PBSD Founder and CEO. This book was written for business owners and decision makers in a non-technical form, and will help you to thrive in the software development process. Available on Amazon. #PalmBeachSoftware #MarkTurkel #ProjectPlanning #Timeline

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Closet Vikings and (decidedly not) Closet JavaScripters => Runic Code is in public preview! Check it out at: https://lnkd.in/ge6GN7qa What is Runic Code? It's the most awesome and, probably only(?), Viking-infused JavaScript code quiz app. What can you expect? Strengthen for all those JS battles where being able to divine the purpose of code could mean life or death! Err... maybe not death per se, but you'll still be able to amaze interviewers, colleagues, and the non-Viking-JavaScripting public with your legendary code reading skills. More updates are to come, but criticism both positive and negative will be considered in the Viking thing (parliament-ish gathering). My battles to come will include tackling: - each bit of feedback, - separation of concerns (I currently have my fetch inside App.jsx), - seeing if the bug where correct answers do indeed show up as wrong, as seen in the video, are happening, - adding a license and contributions.md to add more solved Codewars katas, - shuffling the multiple choice choices (hehe, had to double that word for clarity), - adding local storage to keep track of past scores, - and anything else that comes to mind! A thousand thank you's to anyone whose read so far and followed all my nonsense! Please do check out the repo at: https://lnkd.in/ghtg9MP5

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On this Tech Tuesday we're talking testing SDKs. Whether you're building SDKs or consuming SDKs someone else built, here are the topics to consider and ask your SDK vendor about.

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As software development grew in the 70s & 80s, it adopted management styles from manufacturing with little change. This gave rise to the Waterfall development model, emphasizing linear processes, extensive planning, and rigid workflows. These practices left a lasting legacy, particularly the focus on outputs over outcomes. In manufacturing, it’s easy to measure how many widgets are produced but harder to assess their impact on customers. Applying this output-focused mindset to product development is a critical flaw. This week’s article examines the pitfalls of prioritizing outputs over outcomes and the lessons for modern teams. https://lnkd.in/ePq6cVbC

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Great article on escape velocity for startup a.k.a Mendoza line for SaaS growth! "“How fast do I need to be growing to be interesting to a venture investor?” This is a question we get asked all the time by CEOs, and we realize “it depends” is not the most actionable answer to give. Instead, we have come up with a simple model that allows us to give a clear numerical answer to this question."

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