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As AI becomes a core part of business strategy, the real challenge lies in building scalable, production-level solutions that deliver real ROI. Streamline processes, enhance workflows, and scale effortlessly across business functions with Contextual. contextual.io/blog/the-build…

Employee Wellness Programs: 12 Examples That Work - Built In dlvr.it/TDLq5p

110% NO. You torched one of the most iconic brands in a generation.

What is your company doing to enhance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)? Learn why it's important to infuse DEI into your organization's DNA. #inclusion #diversity #anonymousfeedback incognea.to/blog/2022/06/2…

AWS launches Trainium, its new custom ML training chip tcrn.ch/2JvQzJg by @fredericl

Even with the curveballs that 2020 threw at us, Minnestar had a record-breaking year w/ 26 events connecting 3,300+ attendees. This #GivingTuesday we hope you'll help us continue to expand our work connecting & building a thriving tech community for all. minnestar.org/donate/

"The strength of JavaScript is that you can do anything. The weakness is that you will." - Reg Braithwaite

Daily standups are throughput-optimized status updates--get all the status at one time. Actually paying attention during the day is latency-optimized but comes at the cost of paying attention.

No amount of Scrum (or SAFe) training will get you up to speed on actual Agile software development. Neither framework has anything at all to say about actually creating code, and you cannot create a program by having stand-up meetings.

@skirani 13. A 10x engineer doesn't believe in computers, only software. They only eat freshly printed pages of source code from the latest version of the Linux kernel. A 10x engineer is outside your house right now holding a laptop over their head like a boombox.

@skirani No. Just no.

11. 10x engineers rarely job hunt or move out of the company. They move out because you make their life miserable with the process, meetings, training, and other non-value-added activities. If you come across them, hold on to them. Celebrate them.

10x engineers Founders if you ever come across this rare breed of engineers, grab them. If you have a 10x engineer as part of your first few engineers, you increase the odds of your startup success significantly. OK, here is a tough question. How do you spot a 10x engineer?

"Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else." - Eagleson's law

Absolutely love this concept: solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about.html What if we thought of our software choices in terms of how much power/energy was needed?

@RefactrIT Now even you are confusing our brands.

Totally. If you’re writing code, you should care about making it easy to verify that it works properly - not just now, but in the future. I’ve started viewing people who don’t believe this with deep suspicion - what are they up to? What are they trying to hide?

I don't believe "Agile" needs the help of any framework to be scaled. I'd say it is quite the opposite: "scaling" needs help from "Agile".

@RefactrIT We suggest you cease using the name Refactr as we have been using I since 2007. Please email ben@refactr.com with questions.

“ Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it’s bad.” – Cory House

Police say at least 7,000 people have joined Minneapolis #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch. strib.mn/2ICDh7y

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