Review: Top Ten Software Skills by 2020

I still don't see anyone publishing the push for managers to upgrade their thinking and leadership for development teams to keep up with the global tech competition. Specifically, many developers have families and can't afford to spend all of their time developing. That's just a part of life - to have a family. Instead, I see managers still *encouraging* developers to learn to keep with the rapid changing pace of technology without providing the means necessary to stay relevant or leap ahead.

Anyhow, thankful for this list stating the next top ten things that developers should master.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/19/these-will-be-the-top-10-most-popular-tech-skills-of-2020.html

Top 10 Software Skills by 2020

1. Python
2. React (web)
3. Angular
4. Machine Learning
5. Docker
6. Django
7. CompTIA - skills that certify cybersecurity, IT, etc
8. Amazon AWS - or any popular cloud certification
9. Deep Learning
10. React Native (mobile)

Where to Start with Deep Learning

Current ads on Deep Learning that I found interesting:

• CLOUDERA - learn more @ https://blog.cloudera.com/open-data-science-and-machine-learning-for-business-with-cloudera-data-science-workbench-on-hdp/
• MATHWORKS - download ebook @ https://www.mathworks.com/campaigns/offers/deep-learning-with-matlab.html
• PYTORCH - learn more @ https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/

Happy Coding!

Review: Cloud Info Model vs Open Data Initiative

Like every big wave of advancing technology, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the two different options of data centralization and accessibility (i.e. how I see this 'data' game construct being played in the market). Linux initiated the Cloud Information Model (CIM) and has partners signed onto their team. Microsoft initiated the Open Data Initiative (ODI) and has partners signed onto their team. I guess one of the differences is that CIM focuses on storing data in the cloud whereas ODI allows more flexibility as to where to store the data yet enforcing a common metadata structure.

Quick look at ODI

Quick look at CIM

I need to do more research. I'm curious to know where the data developers stand on this like those who worked on MongoDB, Oracle, MS-SQL, and the MySQL community.

References
https://www.zdnet.com/article/whats-next-for-the-open-data-initiative/
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/11/amazon-web-services-genesys-salesforce-form-new-open-data-model/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/open-data-initiative
https://www.cloudinformationmodel.org/

Review: IBM's 'Code and Response' Docu film

It's always refreshing to see the good work that coders are doing to make the world a better place. Thank you @ibm for making this documentary!


Read More
https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2019/11/18/ibms-code-and-response-documentary-proves-developers-can-be-superheroes-too/

Review: CROKAGE - Crowd Knowledge Answer Generator

This (solution described in article) CROKAGE is absolutely a tool that will move computer science and software programming forward. Perhaps, all industries forward, lol.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/08/14/crokage-a-new-way-to-search-stack-overflow/

Additional References

• https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3339130 (white paper on ACM)
• https://www.techrepublic.com/article/developers-use-this-new-tool-to-solve-programming-problems-on-stack-overflow/
• https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/stack-overflows-crokage-helps-developers-find-answers/

Review: NoOps

https://www.spindox.it/it/blog/noops-e-devops-lalba-di-una-nuova-metodologia/

I agree, for the most part, with this author on NoOps.

https://www.sitepoint.com/noops-development/

I think the term itself is completely misleading, but simplified for non-techies. An operation actually exist, but it's just doesn't have any manual interventions because the entire operation is automated. A better term although not as appealing is "AutoOps". Anyhow, to close up my thoughts, all industries will continue to increase its automation and figure out a way to make things better, faster, and more cost-efficient. On the technical side, it'll be great to focus more on innovating rather than maintain.

Here's a NoOps reference from the article:
https://buddy.works/

Cheers!

Review: Azure Dedicated Host

Microsoft now has dedicated hosting with Azure. I'm looking forward to trying this out soon!
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-azure-dedicated-host/

Meanwhile Azure is stepping up with their hosting services, they are also stepping up in the security realm.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-invites-researchers-to-hack-their-azure-security-lab/

Tech Giants getting Smarter with Public Testing

Google has already been using the public to test their products and services - which is such a smart approach before and after releasing software to the...um, world! Of course, if you're storing private data like Facebook or GMail, then you probably want to actually invite experts like Microsoft is doing to test your software and be sure to label your software in "Beta" version.

See Azure Dedicated Host webpage

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/dedicated-host/

Review: GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions?!

So, yeah, I feel old. After reading this article and not being in the loop on GitHub Actions, I can't believe I'm not on top of this area of DevOps.
https://github.blog/2019-08-08-github-actions-now-supports-ci-cd/

Matrix Builds

I mean - Matrix Builds, wow! This is phenomenal to test multiple builds of your software especially considering that not all customers will upgrade at the same time. In addition, some of these customers who actually want the latest offerings (or solutions) are in-house customers and/or early adopters.

Live Logs

Although "live logs" is nothing new, it seems that GitHub is saying they already have the display of live logs available to those who use GitHub Actions. That's actually pretty cool. I can push my code and instantly see a build run while showing any errors.

And More...

Basically, it's kind of like an IDE in the cloud but seems to also connect and deploy to a live server. I haven't looked into the pricing yet. Maybe one day I'll catch up and start using something like this instead of doing everything on my local?


Thanks GitHub!