„Repetitio est mater studiorum“ is something that a lot of us have heard at least once during their formal education period. Indeed, learning something through iteration produces a heavy impact on a person’s work habits but can also crush creation. Repetitive tasks in modern business environments are the backbone of some industries requiring a lot of […]
$500+ Million Loss? Top 3 Examples of Failed Monolithic Systems That Nearly Destroyed Companies
It is literally almost impossible to imagine a company of any size which would not profit from modernization and digitization of its business model. Inefficiencies are unavoidable and their mitigation through already existing systems, Excel sheets, memos, mails, and word documents seem to be marginal at best. What’s the alternative to unorganized mess of legacy […]
Now we need more than 145,000 lines of code…
On July 20th, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Just six hours and 39 minutes later, Neil Armstrong etched his name in history as the first human to set foot on the Moon. Later, he described this majestic event as “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
It’s not a Circle, it’s a Spiral!
It’s weird to think that the first time the word “automaton” was mentioned, it was mentioned by a poet, not an engineer. Homer described the word “automaton” as the door which automatically opens or a wheeled tripod which is moving on its own. Still, unlike today, it did not involve any sense of autonomy and for some sadly, it still does not.