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In a few of our cloud storage reviews you may have come across the term WebDAV. In this article, Cloudwards.net quickly explains what this rather ancient protocol is and what it can do, and why you might want to consider using it.

Reporting an outcome’s occurrence consistently increases its perceived likelihood and alters the judged relevance of data describing the situation preceding the event. Baruch Fischhoff, Hinds…

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I love the magicians Penn & Teller. In their first book, Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends, Teller describes their rule of "No Permanent Damage": P&T are willing...

Continuous delivery is based on the hypothesis that when facing uncertainty and complex problems (see Cynefin ), the appropriate strategy is...

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Introduction In the fast-paced world of engineering, where everyone’s busy doing, the often overlooked skill of writing seems to slip under the radar for many.

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It's that time of the year when we all promise to change our old bad habits and create better lives for ourselves. It's the time when the gym, once enjoyable, becomes somewhat unbearable for a month or so, and all those "new year, new me" posts flood social media.

The Five Safes decision-making framework for projects involve confidential data

Posted on Friday 5 Jan 2024. 525 words, 8 links. By Matt Webb.

We think we do, but in fact every web developer will happily sacrifice simplicity to the first shiny thing promising them relief from the mildest of ailments.

Observability agents can consume many resources. To address this, they are or can be monitored themselves to ensure they do not excessively consume resources, thus preventing unnecessary costs.

The 2020s will witness the infusion of GenAI into almost every aspect of computing, both personal and enterprise. But the AI revolution bears some intriguing parallels to the computing world of the 1990s.

Facebook’s new “Link History” tactic reminds me of an old data-siphoning trick: Create something of nominal value to convince consumers to give up the goods.

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Wasm’s advancements will help us build better, more secure and more portable applications with the benefit of truly shared functionality.

AI usage will surely drive additional network traffic, but for most enterprises it likely won’t require a major overhaul of the entire data center network.

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