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A collection of 21 posts

AI Benchmarking Is Broken
Founders

AI Benchmarking Is Broken

We should take AI models seriously, which means taking their evaluation seriously

10 min read
How Redpanda is Taking Data Streaming Mainstream
Developers

How Redpanda is Taking Data Streaming Mainstream

Monitoring that even (Franz) Kafka would approve of

12 min read
WebAssembly-ing the Pieces: Vectorized’s Data Policy Engine
Developers

WebAssembly-ing the Pieces: Vectorized’s Data Policy Engine

Rather than ship data to code, which is expensive and latency-prone, why not ship code to the data?

5 min read
PhDs Aren't Starting Companies Like They Used To
Founders

PhDs Aren't Starting Companies Like They Used To

The burden of scientific knowledge and managerial complexity is crushing our best and brightest.

12 min read
Awesome Developer Advocates Are Hiding in Plain Sight
Founders

Awesome Developer Advocates Are Hiding in Plain Sight

Why you shouldn’t filter for social media following or prior experience

6 min read
The Developer Productivity Manifesto Part 3 — Leaving Software on the Table
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The Developer Productivity Manifesto Part 3 — Leaving Software on the Table

Quantifying the billion dollar impact of developer inefficiency

5 min read
The Developer Productivity Manifesto Part 2 — More (Developers) Isn’t Always More
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The Developer Productivity Manifesto Part 2 — More (Developers) Isn’t Always More

Adding more cooks to the kitchen rarely helps

7 min read
The Developer Productivity Manifesto Part 1 — The Flywheel
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The Developer Productivity Manifesto Part 1 — The Flywheel

Developer productivity is falling. But it doesn't have to. The solution? The Developer Productivity Flywheel

8 min read
Four Challenges Facing Developer Productivity Startups
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Four Challenges Facing Developer Productivity Startups

The biggest challenges facing developer productivity startups today

10 min read
Why Developers Love Redpanda
Developers

Why Developers Love Redpanda

Why Vectorized's focus on developer experience will unlock real-time streaming for the great majority of developers

8 min read
Why We Will Never Have Enough Software Developers
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Why We Will Never Have Enough Software Developers

Developers are dropping out of the profession in large numbers

10 min read
An Image is Worth 16x16 Words: Transformers for Image Recognition (Paper Explained)
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An Image is Worth 16x16 Words: Transformers for Image Recognition (Paper Explained)

Large Transformer trained on large datasets outperform CNN-based architectures and achieve state of the art results on image recognition tasks

8 min read
Pre-training via Paraphrasing (Paper Explained)
Research

Pre-training via Paraphrasing (Paper Explained)

Transformer model pre-trained on document retrieval and reconstruction performs well on both fine-tuned and zero-shot downstream tasks

8 min read
Top Three Strategic Priorities of Developer Productivity Startups
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Top Three Strategic Priorities of Developer Productivity Startups

What's top of mind for developer productivity leaders

9 min read
Six Trends Shaping Developer Productivity
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Six Trends Shaping Developer Productivity

We interviewed developer productivity leaders. Here's what they said.

12 min read
Do College Degrees Matter for Software Engineers? Maybe
Developers

Do College Degrees Matter for Software Engineers? Maybe

Do college-educated developers earn more? Yes, but less than you might think

3 min read
Remote Software Developers Earn 22% More Than Non-Remote Developers
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Remote Software Developers Earn 22% More Than Non-Remote Developers

Working remote even just a few days per month leads to higher pay

3 min read
How Age, Race, and Gender Affect Software Engineering Pay
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How Age, Race, and Gender Affect Software Engineering Pay

Progress on narrowing pay gaps among software developers

9 min read
The Highest-Paid Software Engineers: 2020 Edition
Developers

The Highest-Paid Software Engineers: 2020 Edition

Engineers are the basic economic unit of modern software development. The software production function depends critically on developer productivity and compensation. And yet software engineering pay remains poorly understood.

4 min read
Meet Dev, the Highest-Paid Software Developer in America
Developers

Meet Dev, the Highest-Paid Software Developer in America

Note: You can find this analysis updated for 2020 here. Dev fell in love with code at a young age. He graduated from college with an engineering degree and then joined the Navy

24 min read
The Growth-Share Matrix of Software Development
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The Growth-Share Matrix of Software Development

Human capital is our greatest asset. Like financial capital, the all-powerful force of compound growth means that a small difference in the rate of skill acquisition over time can lead to massive differences

12 min read
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