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How to build an avatar stack with Ably Spaces

Tom Camp, DevRel Engineer at Ably takes you through a tutorial of adding an avatar stack to your application using Ably's latest product, Spaces. An avatar stack is a visual representation of a user’s presence - showing them as online and connected. They are the most common way of showing the online status of members in an application by displaying an avatar for each member. Events are emitted whenever a member enters or leaves a space, or updates their profile data.

Testing Strategies for Generative AI Applications | Sumit Mundhada | #TestFlix 2023 #GenerativeAI

In this enlightening session, Sumit Mundhada explores the dynamic landscape of Generative AI applications, a powerful technology with immense potential across various business domains. With the rise of Largest Language Models (LLM), numerous innovative applications are emerging, presenting both opportunities and challenges. As businesses embrace this cutting-edge technology, it becomes imperative to understand the development process and implement effective testing strategies to ensure accuracy and an optimal customer experience.

Create, Edit and Convert PDFs Easier Than Ever with DocFly

In today’s digital age, PDFs have become the go-to format for sharing and storing documents. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or just someone who deals with electronic documents regularly, you’ve likely encountered the need to create, edit, or convert PDFs. The process, however, can often be cumbersome and time-consuming. That’s where DocFly comes in, promising to streamline your PDF workflow and make managing PDF documents a breeze.

The Art of Data Leadership | What is a chief digital officer? #data

Our Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Shayde Christian, sits down for a buzzworthy conversation with Chief Digital Officer Raymond L. Kunik Jr. to discuss the “other” CDO role, the science behind work-life integration, the impact and applications of #AI, and its correlation with a pretty sweet hobby.

Underwriting Technology: What Insurance Leaders Need to Know

Automated underwriting technology is helping insurers reimagine what’s possible for replacing manual underwriting processes. Gone is the workbench of the 80s and 90s—incomplete data, sluggish page loads, time-consuming workflows and all. And in its place? A modern, connected solution that unifies your data, automates your underwriting process, and improves decision-making for a better customer experience and a stronger bottom line.

3 Principles That Create Modern Management | Johanna Rothman | #TestFlix 2023 #management

In this thought-provoking talk, Johanna Rothman delves into the critical role of modern management in fostering Agile success. Contrary to the notion that Agile eliminates the need for managers, Johanna argues that managers play a pivotal role in creating and refining the Agile culture. Without modern management practices, any Agile initiative is at risk of failure.

A Beginners Guide to Monetization Models

The art of turning a product or service into profit is not always a straightforward path. ‘Monetization models’ serve as a crucial strategy for businesses to generate revenue. As simple as it sounds, choosing the right monetization model can be a game changer, a “make-or-break” piece that impacts the sustainability and growth of a business.

CityFibre Integrates and Scales Its Data Estate to Boost Operational Efficiency and Optimize Its Future Network With Snowflake

CityFibre is one of the U.K’.s biggest fibre networks, connecting millions to high-speed broadband. Piyush Shandilya, Data Architect at CityFibre explains how the company uses Snowflake to process and analyze large, integrated data sets at speed, powering future growth and delivering next-gen connectivity. CityFibre is the U.K.’s third largest gigabit network and is predicted to connect 8 million people by 2025.

Shaping the Future of Ruby and Kafka Together with rdkafka-ruby

Hello there! My name is Maciej Mensfeld, and some of you might recognize me from my involvement in RubyGems Security, OSS commitments, or perhaps from Karafka: a multi-threaded, efficient Kafka processing framework tailored for Ruby and Rails. While I generally pen my thoughts on my personal blog, today's post is unique. This article results from a collaborative effort with the brilliant people over at AppSignal. To set the record straight, I don't work for AppSignal.