Autonomous Cars - Put Your Safety Belt on, the Future is Almost Here!
Technological progress over the last twenty years, powered in part by the increased power of computers has seen massive advancements in safety, efficiency and ease of use. Automotive technology has progressed at an incredible rate. Fully autonomous vehicles are almost here and will transform the way we travel, in a change within a lifetime that is as dramatic as the difference between a Model T and a modern Porsche 911...
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Continuous Integration is Absurd without Unit Testing
Continuous integration is absurd without unit testing. Imagine this conversation between colleagues:“We are DevOps pioneers,” my colleague says, swinging his arm towards the Dell Inspiron that hums away on the edge of his desk. On the screen, a mass of red boxes blinks into life whilst a cartoon man, grinning in a bowtie, watches on from the top left. “Nice. What does it do?” asks Kelly from the test team...
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Safety Critical Software - Out of Sight, Out of Mind
I recently travelled for business to Vietnam. I flew from London to Ho Chi Minh City, then took a few internal flights to and from Hanoi and then finally flew back from Hanoi to London. I travelled 24,633km in 6 days and spent more than 30 hours in the air. I flew on 3 different aircraft types, from 2 manufacturers and with 3 different airlines. I travelled in relative comfort, on time, able to breathe at over 30,000 feet in the air. I didn’t freeze to death. I enjoyed my warm and varied food. I watched movies and hardly felt a bump the whole time.
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