Reciting these goals daily as a team can help drive Unity and foster team spirit — Over the years, I have gotten a greater sense of appreciation for Scrum goal setting. The sprint goals act as the focal point for the Agile Scrum team, providing focus and cohesiveness with the primary goal of producing an outcome. They serve as the flag that allows the team to…

A guide to making the most out of your ChatGPT code experience while not becoming complacent — Before we get started, you must understand the programming language before you trust anything ChatGPT throws out at you. I have to make this clear, as many misguided sheep have been told ChatGPT is the new holy grail and developers will be obsolete. Using ChatGPT or any LLMs does not…

An Engineering Manager explains: Understanding the whys will help you know how to keep off the list. — To truly appreciate a layoff, one has to experience one — living through tragedy helps us get perspective. In 2007, I embarked on my journey as an intern with a publicly listed company. Fast forward four years into my tenure in 2009, the market conditions went south due to the…

List of payment rails you need to be aware of to ensure you get paid on time — A fundamental question that mystifies many non-seasoned freelancers is: "How do I get paid?" This may feel like a rival question at a glance, but the answer requires research and an intimate understanding of available options. When you're accustomed to receiving a regular paycheck from an employer on a predefined…

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A Guide on How to Debug and Optimize Your Production Pipeline — At one particular time, a developer would spend a few months building a new feature. Then they'd go through the tedious soul-crushing effort of "integration." That is, merging their changes into an upstream code repository, which had inevitably changed since they started their work. …

A look at how to simulate upfront costs and minimize API calls without breaking the bank when developing custom ChatGPT bots — As GPT adoptions evolve and gain popularity, more businesses are turning to ChatGPT and similar cloud-based LLM chatbot providers offering similar services. The cost implications are starting to weigh on people's minds. While building bots can be a fun and interesting experience, it's becoming increasingly important to consider cost implications…

Making ChatGPT answer questions only about your company’s data — The ability for LLMs to connect with the outside world has been something we all yearned for since the inception of the first LLM predating ChatGPT. Given that LLM deep natural network models have parameter counts on the order of millions. The skill with which they can accomplish tasks and…

A step-by-step Python guide to adding 7 APIs that will enhance ChatGPT's knowledge of the outside world — What is the difference between search engines that use the Lucene open-source library and full-blown search engines such as Google? …