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In the Absence of the NBA, Why Not Compete to Hack a Better Zendesk?

By Jackson 
It’s hard to know what to build. If you’re lucky enough to find a good problem, you’re still a long way from your first customer and even longer from success.

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Build an Effective MVP in 5 Steps — An Algorithm for Startups

By Oleksandr Simonov 
Imagine you have a business idea and it seems very good and feasible. No rush to order full cycle development with tremendous investments and the same uncertainty. Test your business hypothesis with an MVP.

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The Essence of The Zoho vs. Freshworks [Deep Dive]

By Karthikeyan Malaisamy 
Two weeks back, Zoho Corporation sued Freshworks for copying its trade secrets. I wrote a report on comparing the two businesses during my MBA as part of a course requirement. In the wake of recent developments, I believe it will be an interesting read: attaching below, a version of the essay. Disclaimer: I worked at Freshworks for fourteen months before pursuing MBA

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Why Microservices Suck At Machine Learning...and What You Can Do About It

By Simba Khadder 
I've worked on teams building ML-powered features, everything from personalization to propensity paywalls. Meetings to find and get access to data consumed my time, other days it was consumed building ETLs to get and clean that data. The worst situations were when I had to deal with existing microservice oriented architectures. I wouldn't advocate that we stop using microservices, but if you want to fit in a ML project in an already in-place strict microservice oriented architecture, you're doomed.

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Maliciously Manipulate Storage Variables in Solidity [A How-To Guide]

By Valid Network Research 
Smart contracts, in general, offer the ability to determine factors and expectations set out by the contract. In the field of programming, factors and expectations can be described as ‘variables’ and ‘conditions’ within the actual code.

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What We Need is Solarpunk NOT Cyberpunk

By Pat Riley 
It should be no surprise that I’m obsessed with science fiction. Considering that I’m both a graphic designer and work in cryptocurrency, it’s practically required that I pay homage to the neon-soaked aesthetics of Blade Runner 2049, have a secret crush on Ava from Ex Machina, and geek out over pretty much anything Neal Stephenson puts out.

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Larry Wall's "Three Virtues of a Programmer" are Utter Bullshit

By Austin Pocus 
The Three Horsemen of the Infocalypse

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What Happens When You Get Sick Right Now?

By Artur Kiulian 
We are living in a weird time. Day by day we see more & more people coughing and getting sick, our neighbors, coworkers on Zoom calls, politicians, etc… But here’s when it becomes really, really scary — when you become one of “those” and have no clue what to do. Your reptile brain activates, you enter a state of panic, and engage complete freakout mode. That’s what happened to me this Monday, and I’m not sure I’m past this stage.

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