Editor – This post was updated in May 2020 to make the Docker commands comply with current standards and to provide an updated NGINX Plus Dockerfile for Debian and Alpine Linux distributions. Docker is an open platform for building, shipping, and running distributed applications as containers (lightweight, standalone, executable packages of software that include everything needed to run an application). Containers can […]
A product backlog is one of the essential parts of the product development chain, a prioritized list of product features that leads from the company’s and product’s vision through execution to a full release. It is a powerful tool, as it converts a high-level vision into the working details of creating a product. A product […]
No work in the pipeline? It’s a dreadful reality freelancers face, even more so as the world endures the COVID-19 pandemic. Freelancing contracts aren’t guaranteed. Often, they come in waves. Feast or famine is an apt description, even if it is a bit discouraging. Still, it’s not as if freelancers are without options. When paying jobs dry […]
Asthe world’s most popular livestreaming site—and a multibillion dollar Amazon property — Twitch is hardly new. But in recent years the web giant, which rocketed to success showing gamers at play, has started to branch out. As livestreaming setups have become cheaper and watching the web has continued to displace television time, many more types of streamers have joined the […]
Zoom has gained a lot of traction since the COVID19 pandemic. It is famously known for being one of the simplest and most reliable video conference applications. Therefore, I will assess Zoom Product Design (on 6 June 2020 version) in this article according to five key design principles: 1. Usefulness — Good usefulness means the […]
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, we were desperate to have a test — any test — to help sort out which patients with symptoms were infected with the coronavirus. Three months later, we face an entirely different problem: there is a bevy of tests — some for the virus, others for antibodies […]
One of the biggest trends in AI recently has been the creation of machine learning models that can generate the written word with unprecedented fluidity. These programs are game-changers, potentially supercharging computers’ ability to parse and produce language. But something that’s gone largely unnoticed is a secondary trend – a shadow to the first – […]
After hours of waiting, the two astronauts on the new Crew Dragon has finally joined the International Space Station. A day after launching from Launch Complex 39, Florida, USA, the new Crew Dragon spaceship on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket had finally approach the International Space Station as of night, May 31, 2020 in Vietnam’s time. […]
IBM continues to push its quantum computing efforts forward and today announced that it will soon make a 53-qubit quantum computer available to clients of its IBM Q Network. The new system, which is scheduled to go online in the middle of next month, will be the largest universal quantum computer available for external use yet. The […]
While the debate regarding how much screen time is appropriate for children rages on among educators, psychologists, and parents, it’s another emerging technology in the form of artificial intelligence and machine learning that is beginning to alter education tools and institutions and changing what the future might look like in education. It is expected that […]