This a post to help sort out my thoughts on how to use AI and RPA together. Right now I see two main ways in which RPA and AI interact. Using AI based solutions as intermediate steps in an RPA process for non decision making reasons, for example using OCR to process an invoice Using AI to actually replace some...
As of 2018, there are three players in the RPA software market that take up the most marketshare. In no particular order: Automation Anywhere Blue Prism UI Path All three of these products are positioned a bit differently in terms of target customer, pricing and feature set. If you are a consultant, you’d be better served knowing how to use...
I haven’t taken the time to follow up on new developments in weightlifting/training since starting 10+ years ago. I recently started looking into daily undulating periodization (DUP) and have decided to give it a go. Part of the beauty of the program is that you tailor it 100% to your needs, but I’ve gone on reddit and found a template...
Apparently, scrum.org has new training/certifications available in two areas. Kanban There is a new guide (9 pages) which details how to apply Kanban practices into Scrum – since there should be not conflict between the two. Kanban is used to improve transparency in the product backlog, sprint backlog and development work. Each Scrum team must create their own definition of “Workflow”. ...
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Just logging the resources to build a Prusa MK2 3d printer by self sourcing parts from China. I already own the original Prusa MK2s which is a great printer, but I really want to build one from scratch. The goal is to get is around 200 USD. After this I’ll probably be building a Voron CoreXY. http://julesgilson.com/index.php/cheap-diy-prusa-i3-mk2-build/ https://toms3d.org/2017/02/23/building-cheapest-possible-prusa-i3-mk2/ – I...
Once again, I’m going to use RapGenius annotations to mark and analyze parts of the case studies. Individual Cases 1. Dress4Win https://genius.it/cloud.google.com/certification/guides/cloud-architect/casestudy-dress4win This is a web development company running existing servers in a colocated data centre. They care about IAM, ability to scale and lowering costs. Summary: Migrate Existing components to managed services MySQL -> CloudSQL Apache Beam -> Dataflow Java...
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Managing the Unmanageable is a book on how to manage software developers. One concept that I strongly agreed on is the notion of “technical respect”. Technical respect is essentially “proving that you have technical chops”. I always strongly believed in doing so to solidify your place as a team member or leader but never knew that there was a specific...
This was not written by me, but I agree with the points being made, as I’m a tech person who holds an MBA. Original source here. I personally did an MBA at HEC Paris, mostly because I wanted to shift more to the business side of things, become entrepreneurial, expand my network and gain exposure to Europe. I also took...
https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks Here’s a rant about programming that I’ve experienced many times in my career. Have a laugh!