Project Management

What Military Leadership Can Teach Us About Agile Teams

We often get so caught up in meeting project deadlines or resolving urgent customer issues that we lose sight of the core principles of Agile teamwork. It’s not that we forget them entirely—rather, they sit in the back of our minds, overshadowed by immediate priorities. Sometimes, we just need a reminder to bring them back […]

March 20, 2025

iOS

Live Activities Introduction and Setup – Part 2

Introduction In Part 1 we learned about how to set up live activities from scratch. We learned about how to set up, design, and implement live activities for different modes of the iPhone including Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. We learned about the life cycle of activity from the app. How to start, update, and […]

March 19, 2025

DevOps

Optimizing Application Performance with Datadog Continuous Profiler

Introduction Modern applications behave quite differently in production compared to development or testing environments. Outlier requests and accounts, edge cases, configuration changes, security features, and request spikes can make an application behave in unexpected ways. This may lead to poor CPU and memory performance, which can be costly and result in an undesirable end-user experience. […]

March 19, 2025

JS

Script Loading using Async and Defer

Introduction When it comes to creating production-ready websites, JavaScript is an essential element. It brings websites to life by adding interactivity, dynamism, and a user-friendly experience. Whether you’re looking to implement real-time location tracking for a food delivery app or track user traffic with a bar graph on an admin dashboard, JavaScript is the key […]

March 18, 2025

Smart TV

Choosing the Right Video Player: A Guide for Developers

Introduction OTT platforms have transformed entertainment consumption, freeing viewers from the constraints of traditional cable and broadcast television. Audiences now enjoy the convenience of watching their favorite shows and movies on demand, across multiple devices. This shift has ushered in an era of unparalleled choice, flexibility, and innovation. With the rapid growth of the OTT […]

March 18, 2025

Marketing Automation

Boost Your Sales Pipeline with Effective Lead Grading Techniques

Introduction In the highly competitive landscape of business model (B2B/B2C/D2C) sales, prioritizing leads can make the difference between success and failure. One of the strategies that marketing and sales teams use to streamline their efforts and focus on high-value prospects is the Lead Grading Matrix. It helps evaluate leads based on key demographics and behaviors, […]

March 17, 2025

DevOps

AWS EMR Cost & Performance Optimization: A Business-Centric Approach

Introduction AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR) is an AWS service for filtering big data using open-source tools such as Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Trino, Hadoop, Hive, Presto, and many more. It provides a platform to run your applications without thinking much about the management of the underlying infrastructure. AWS EMR is a multipurpose, easy-to-use, highly available, […]

March 16, 2025

DevOps

Mastering AWS Cost Management with QuickSight: A Comprehensive Workflow from Data Export to Dashboard Insights!

Challenges with Existing Cost Explorer AWS Cost Explorer provides resource-based cost insights, but it has a limitation: it only allows viewing cost data for individual resources for the last 14 days. If cost trends need to be analyzed over a longer period and specific resources contributing to cost increases beyond two weeks need to be […]

March 15, 2025

Smart TV

What is Chromecast Receiver?

A Chromecast Receiver is an application that runs on a Google Chromecast enabled device. It allows the device to receive and display media content sent from a sender device like a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Google provides an official Default Media Receiver, which supports basic media playback for popular formats like MP4, HLS, and DASH. […]

by Sonam
March 13, 2025