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K8s/Kubernetes: AWS vs. GCP vs. Azure

Kubernetes (“K8s”) won the battle of container orchestration tools. Now AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud each offer a managed Kubernetes version. How do they compare?

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Guillaume Dury

Guillaume Dury

Guillaume is a DevOps engineer who specializes in improving automation to help engineers deliver faster. He mastered Docker and Kubernetes while working for startups in Hong Kong, then launched his own cloud consulting company, and now serves as a senior site reliability engineering manager at Cisco’s Duo Security.

Safe and Sound: How to Approach Password UX

For too long, the user experience of password management has been ignored, leading to serious losses for businesses and users alike. It’s time for designers to rethink every aspect of password UX.

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Mayank Sharma

Mayank Sharma

Mayank specializes in creating user-centered designs and translating complex systems into beautiful web and mobile experiences.

Quality of Earnings: A Key Pillar of Financial Due Diligence

Financial due diligence is the process of making sure the price of an asset is in line with its operating performance “under the hood.” Assessing the quality of earnings is one of its key tests: How sustainable is the business’ reported financial performance?

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Saveen Kumar

Saveen Kumar

Saveen is a qualified chartered accountant in the UK with an MBA from the University of Oxford.

Embeddings in Machine Learning: Making Complex Data Simple

Working with non-numerical data can be challenging, even for seasoned data scientists. To make good use of such data, it needs to be transformed. But how?

In this article, Toptal Data Scientist Yaroslav Kopotilov will introduce you to embeddings and demonstrate how they can be used to visualize complex data and make it usable.

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Yaroslav Kopotilov

Yaroslav Kopotilov

Yaroslav is a data scientist with experience in business analysis, predictive modeling, data visualization, data orchestration, and deployment.

Every Product Has a Thesis

Every successful product has a central thesis—a reason for existence. Let’s analyze the foundations of the iPhone, Alexa, and other widespread products to highlight their core theses.

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Alex Cox

Alex Cox

Alex is a product manager at the intersection of design and commerce, helping clients convert leads into sales.

Building a Business Continuity Plan

When a disaster interrupts your business operations, a well-thought-out continuity plan can help keep your business afloat. Here are five steps you can take to protect your company from becoming one of the 40% of businesses that close up for good in the aftermath of a disaster.

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Jeffrey Fidelman

Jeffrey Fidelman

Jeffrey has been a trusted advisor for several years, focused on working with entrepreneurs and helping them build and grow their business.

A Comprehensive Guide to Notification Design

Notifications of all types are an indispensable part of digital products, but they should never harm the user experience—they should only be used to assist interactions and boost UX.

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Sara Vilas Santiago

Sara Vilas Santiago

Sara specializes in enterprise product design and has worked with more than 100 multinational corporations, mostly in the financial sector.

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: What Is It and What Happens Next?

Bankruptcy is a high-stakes game for creditors and debtors. Understanding the process steps of a Chapter 11 reorganization is critical for related parties looking to protect their interests.

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Jeff Anapolsky

Jeff Anapolsky

Jeff is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School with experience in multiple industries.

Make It Count – A Guide to Measuring the User Experience

As designers, we want the products we build to be satisfying and easy to use, but how can we know that’s the case? We start by measuring the user experience with evidence rather than opinions.

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Kayode Osinusi

Kayode Osinusi

Kayode is a seasoned UX designer with a passion for developing thoughtful visual content and delightful user experiences.

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