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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” ” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

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million software developers worldwide. Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. Is user interface and graphic design a necessity? You'll discover firms that are prolific in design/interface and light on development, and vice versa.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is! Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Founder-Developer Gap How big is your startup’s Founder-Developer Gap?

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Using Generative AI to Drive Corporate Impact

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TechEmpower has been instrumental in developing chatbots like these, utilizing generative AI to sift through internal documents and user manuals, enabling them to provide precise answers to customer service questions. It also facilitates rapid prototyping, allowing for quicker iterations and thus shorter development cycles.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 7

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Happy Halloween fans of web development frameworks! As expected, reads are unaffected since the tests are designed to allow the database engine to fit the entire data set into memory. After a several-month hiatus, Round 7 of our project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms is available!

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How to Use Generative AI and LLMs to Improve Search

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Enhancing Front-End Product Search We also developed a front-end search tool that revolutionized the way users search for products. Here's a suggested approach: Ground Truth Creation: Design a test dataset with established answers or recognized documents to serve as a reference point.

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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

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We’ve heard this from startup founders, product managers, development team leads, CTOs, and others who see their product gaining traction, but simultaneously see performance falling off a cliff. A high-performance application is designed to perform well with a reasonable amount of hot data. Scales with data size.

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