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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. After graduating, I began looking for a more serious job. We needed $11M to get started.

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The Roots of Today's Modern Backend Engineering Practices

The Pragmatic Engineer

Joshua is currently VP of Product & Strategy at VMware, a cloud computing and virtualization technology company. Joshua also writes an excellent Substack newsletter about how to design products which customers love, how to operate live services at scale, grow and optimize your technology orgs, and the history of the tech industry.

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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. Technological innovation rarely happens in a vacuum; it builds on previous technologies. In the case of the Node ecosystem, Node is the innovator.

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Brief History of Data Engineering

Jesse Anderson

They were the first companies to commercialize open source big data technologies and pushed the marketing and commercialization of Hadoop. Apache Spark came in 2009 and gave a unified batch and streaming engine. Some people blamed the technologies. The technologies more or less work well.

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Stay Sharp During the Covid-19 Lockdown

Knowledge Hut

While it has been largely accepted as a practice within the technology industry, it comes with its pros and cons. However, they can find it harder to communicate and engage with others about the latest technologies. You can continue to stay industry-relevant and connected with the technology development world even while remote.

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Timur Nersesov, Senior Manager of Professional Services Strategy

Cloudera

Against the backdrop of these uniquely American symbols, Timur would go on to participate in the “business of the country” first in the US Army deployed to Iraq, then as a consultant for public and foreign policy, and finally in his current role, enabling the public sector to solve challenges through Cloudera’s technology. .

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The Pulse: VanMoof files for bankruptcy protection

The Pragmatic Engineer

The company was founded in 2009 by two brothers who had a vision of creating the perfect city bike. If you buy an expensive e-bike, should you have the right for this bike to keep operating, even if the company you bought it from has problems, be they technological, or financial?