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Your Code Works. Your Software Still Sucks. Here’s Why Most developers start their careers coding like it’s a varsity assignment. Get it to compile, hit run, pray the output looks half decent, hand it in. That habit sticks. Years later, many are still coding as if the only question that matters is “does it work on my machine”. That mindset is like building a shack with cardboard walls. It might keep the rain out tonight, but the first gust of wind is going to flatten it. Mature software development is about trading that cardboard for brick, mortar, steel beams and a decent roof. You aren’t just writing instructions for a computer. You are constructing something that has to survive the real world with all its storms. To do that, you need hats. Not literal ones, but mental ones. Each hat changes the way you look at the code. Sometimes you need the careful hard hat of an engineer. Other times the sharp visor of an accountant. Sometimes it’s about protecting users. Other times it’s about protecting yourself from 3am bug hunts. Below are sixteen hats worth keeping close by. If you can wear them comfortably, you’ll stop being the developer...

CEOs, CTOs, your software’s a disaster, and everyone knows it. Bugs, downtime, frustrated customers—it’s dragging your business down. You’ve built on shaky foundations, and your team’s stuck in survival mode. Stop patching and start rebuilding. Cut the fluff, fix the fundamentals, and invest in talent that knows how to scale. TL;DR: Your software is killing your business. Time to fix it before it collapses.

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Inversion specialises in bespoke software development services tailored for the insurance and reinsurance sector. This week Robin Merttens spoke with Inversion's founders, Jacques Bosch and Piro Vorster, and in their conversation they touched on the story behind the creation of the company, and the various secrets to success the founders have picked up by working together. Key talking points include: Founding a company and overcoming unique challenges - both inside and outside the industry Why excellence and expertise are important to Inversion The benefits of having a global, connected workforce Blockchain and AI technology adoption: anything but a trend The value of hobbies: coding and Brazilian jujitsu Click here to view the Instech podcast

Unlock the untapped potential of your enterprise data by harnessing the power of ChatGPT API and semantic search. As businesses grapple with the challenge of implementing ChatGPT-like capabilities, text embeddings and vector databases emerge as the perfect solution. Delve into the world of OpenAI's text-embedding-ada-002 model and discover how, when combined with a vector database, it can revolutionise your structured and unstructured data analysis. In this article, we will demystify the concepts of semantic search and text embeddings, and guide you through the process of transforming your enterprise data into valuable, searchable resources that can be interacted with. Experience the synergy of ChatGPT and semantic search through real-world examples, and envision the endless possibilities they can bring to your business. With all the hype around the ChatGPT consumer facing product over recent months, there is another related product released by OpenAI that has largely been flying under the radar. I suspect that the reason it has taken second place, is because it is not readily usable by end users, like ChatGPT is, and because it contains more technical concepts that need to be understood by the discerning reader before the problems it can solve becomes clear. I am referring to...

Inversion specialises in bespoke software development services tailored for the insurance and reinsurance sector. InsTech's Tara Allsopp talked with Inversion's founders, Jacques Bosch and Piro Vorster, and asked how the company is harnessing emerging technologies, such as OpenAI's Chat GPT API, its Snapcap data capturing platform, and the benefits of partnering with Inversion. Read the full spotlight over on the InsTech site