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Key data science trends for 2019

Cloud computing trends in 2019

Cloud computing is a rapidly growing technology that many organizations are adopting to enable their digital transformation. As per the latest Gartner report, the...
Who to follow in tech in 2019

18 people in tech every programmer and software engineer needs to follow in 2019

After a tumultuous 2018 in tech, it's vital that you surround yourself with a variety of opinions and experiences in 2019 if you're to...
How will artificial intelligence shape 2019?

“All of my engineering teams have a machine learning feature on their roadmap” –...

The huge advancements of deep learning and artificial intelligence were perhaps the biggest story in tech in 2018. But we wanted to know what...
Will Blockchain become widely adopted in 2019?

Is Blockchain a failing trend or can it build a better world? Harish Garg...

In 2018, Blockchain and cryptocurrency exploded across tech. We spoke to Packt author Harish Garg on what they see as the future of Blockchain...

How to choose components to build a basic robot 

This post will show you how to choose a robot chassis kit with wheels and motors, a motor controller, and some power for the...

Go Phish! What do thieves get from stealing our data?

If black hats were sharks, then our emails would be a school of innocent, unsuspecting guppies nonchalantly drifting along. For black hats or malicious...
Web development in 2019 podcast

We discuss the key trends for web and app developers in 2019 [Podcast]

How will web and app development evolve in 2019? What are some of the key technologies that you should be investigating if you want...
Chaos engineering and observability podcast

Listen: We discuss why chaos engineering and observability will be important in 2019 [Podcast]

This week I published a post that explored some of the key trends in software infrastructure that security engineers, SREs, and SysAdmins should be...
Technical computer internet support service

Why moving from a monolithic architecture to microservices is so hard, Gitlab’s Jason Plum...

Last week, at the KubeCon+CloudNativeCon North America 2018, Jason Plum, Sr. software engineer, distribution at GitLab spoke about GitLab, Omnibus, and the concept of...
Programming languages for 2019

8 programming languages to learn in 2019

Learning new skills takes time - that's why, before learning something, you need to know that what you're learning is going to be worthwhile....