It seems like every day a brand-new platform is popping up with fresh coding challenges for programmers to test their skills in the hottest, latest technology. Whether just for fun or to see if you’ve got what it takes against the competition to land your dream job, these kinds of challenges are a great way […]
Machine Learning Testing: When Robots are No Longer Fiction, It’s Time to Keep Skills Sharp.
As the era of Machine Learning (ML) has already gained significant traction and many companies are using its mechanism to their advantage, machine learning skills are an increasingly sought-after asset. Algorithms used in Machine Learning can help companies identify critical insights in data, create connections between two actions to make a prediction based on their […]
IT Skillset: SkillValue publishes the IT Ranking on the Best Developers in the World
To address the lack of skilled IT professionals and reduce costs, an increasing number of companies have decided to take action by outsourcing IT tasks, partially or fully. However, pricing should not be the only motivator. Holistically, based on each country’s IT specifications in order to make a fully informed decision. For the second year […]
A Budget is great. A Roadmap is smart. But, how strong is your team?
You might think I’m just stating the obvious, but sometimes as a leader or manager of a development team, it’s easy to forget some common sense rules. So you’ve succeeded in a successful round of fundraising – bravo! You’ve impressed everyone with your 5 yr roadmap – awesome! Now, you need a development team. Often […]
From Programmer to Entrepreneur:
Homi and Aqulytics by Gabriel Lupu
Gabriel Lupu is one of those prodigies in coding and thinking ahead of his time. Both passionate about technology and entrepreneurship, he combined these 2 and launched himselef in various adventures from a very early age. Recently he broke ground for 2 start-ups Homi and Aqulytics. We are glad and proud that he has also […]
Techno of the week – React JS
ReactJS is taking over the web development, some say that by storm, we agree. Created by Jordan Walke and his colleagues from Facebook, the open-source JavaScript library was 1st deployed on Facebook’s newsfeed in 2011 and 1 year later, on Instagram. In 2015, because React architecture has proved tremendously successful, the framework has been brought […]
Techno of the week – Laravel
“Whether you’re a solo developer or a 20 person team, Laravel is a breath of fresh air. Keep everyone in sync using Laravel’s database agnostic migrations and schema builder.” This would be the motto of Laravel. Laravel is a free, open source, PHP framework. It was created for the web artisans by Taylor Otwell, a […]
Chatbot frenzy seen by 2 passionate students [Interview]
“Building a chatbot is not an easy task but it’s so much fun” Last week, Vasile and Eugeniu, two interns studying at the Technical University of Moldova, introduced the trending topic of chatbots at Pentalog during a presentation that was held as part of their internship program. As final project, they created a chatbot and […]
From Programmer to Entrepreneur: Daniel Kaufman’s Brooklyn Labs
Having been mentored by a MIT professor, Daniel Kaufman is a new breed of entrepreneur dedicated to transforming ideas into sustainable business models. With 20+ years working in software and hardware, he is founder and CEO of Brooklyn Labs, a global think tank headquartered in Brooklyn, offering mobile app development services. Originally from Boston, Daniel has […]
From Programmer to Entrepreneur: Sébastien Letélié brings innovation in the Healthcare industry
Meet Sébastien Letélié, CEO of Health Factory. The French entrepreneur has been coding since he was 12 years old, when his father had bought him his first Mac, and never stopped since then. He learnt to develop software in Java, JavaScript, Objective C and Python. As a developer, he thinks the biggest challenge one has […]