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Why did Google close its coding competitions after 20 years?

The Pragmatic Engineer

On 22 February 2023, Google announced its coding competitions are coming to an end: The visual that accompanied the announcement of the end of Google’s coding competitions. Code Jam: competitive programming. Hash Code: team programming. Google Code Jam I/O for Women: algorithmic programming. Approximately 2.5

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BI-as-Code and the New Era of GenBI

Simon Späti

BI-as-Code and the New Era of GenBI Imagine creating business dashboards by simply describing what you want to see. At its core, GenBI delivers an unreasonably effective human interface , where we iterate quickly, based on BI-as-Code. This is the promise of Generative Business Intelligence (GenBI).

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AI (LLMs) and Software Engineering (Writing Code)

Confessions of a Data Guy

I’ve also been using CoPilot and ChatGPT for over a year now to assist me with my daily code that I have to write for […] The post AI (LLMs) and Software Engineering (Writing Code) appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy. It did ok.

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What’s it like to write code at Meta?

Engineering at Meta

Ever wonder what it’s like to write code at Meta’s scale? On the latest episode of the Meta Tech Podcast , Meta engineer Pascal Hartig ( @passy ) sits down with Dustin Shahidehpour and Katherine Zak, two software engineers at Meta, about their careers and what it’s really like to ship code at Meta.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Automating dead code cleanup

Engineering at Meta

Meta’s Systematic Code and Asset Removal Framework (SCARF) has a subsystem for identifying and removing dead code. SCARF combines static and dynamic analysis of programs to detect dead code from both a business and programming language perspective. These are combined and form an augmented dependency graph.

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Can ChatGPT Write Code? A Guide on Utilizing Its Coding Abilities

Knowledge Hut

Can ChatGPT write code? It can also be used to create code. Its ability to generate code is a testament to its versatility and potential in the software development realm. Can ChatGPT Write Code? Although ChatGPT was not created for the purpose of writing code, it can help. How to Use ChatGPT to Write Code?

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.