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Bun: lessons from disrupting a tech ecosystem

The Pragmatic Engineer

In 2009, it was revolutionary and the majority of the JavaScript backend development community moved to this ecosystem. It begins with a clean state, and can ship something that works for, say, 90% of existing Node projects, and break the remaining 10%. In the case of the Node ecosystem, Node is the innovator.

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Open source business model struggles at WordPress

The Pragmatic Engineer

  Heavy development investment:  Automattic – a VC-funded company founded by Matt Mullenweg – is the largest contributor to Wordpress, paying  more than 100 staff  to work full-time on the project. in 2009, and sold the company for $8.5B In the other corner: WP Engine.  A

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Going from Developer to CEO: Chronosphere

The Pragmatic Engineer

In 2009, the tech scene in Australia was not as vibrant as it is today: Atlassian was still small and Canva didn’t exist. Microsoft In 2009, not many US tech companies were hiring, as the sector was still recovering from the 2008 crash. They called it Office 365, and in 2010, this was a really exciting project to work on.

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The Roots of Today's Modern Backend Engineering Practices

The Pragmatic Engineer

This pioneering project was conceived during the Cold War between the US and the USSR. This project’s advancements laid the groundwork for many technologies still with us today, seven decades later. ARPANET was the world’s first major foray into networked computing. were in english only.

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Brief History of Data Engineering

Jesse Anderson

Apache Spark came in 2009 and gave a unified batch and streaming engine. There was (and still is) an overall problem in the industry because most projects failed to get into production. Big data projects were given to data scientists and data warehouse teams, where the projects subsequently failed.

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30+ Free Datasets for Your Data Science Projects in 2023

Knowledge Hut

Whether you are working on a personal project, learning the concepts, or working with datasets for your company, the primary focus is a data acquisition and data understanding. In this article, we will look at 31 different places to find free datasets for data science projects. Below are some of the public datasets for data science.

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Essential Guide to Clearing PRINCE2 Examination

Knowledge Hut

PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) has gained significant popularity and widespread adoption across various industries and organizations worldwide. This certification offers a comprehensive and adaptable framework tailored to suit projects of any size or complexity. What is PRINCE2?