Category: Blog
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Should you let an A.I. service analyze your code…or not?
There are a lot of rumors that any code fed to an online LLM is used to further train the LLM. Generative AI is all the rage, and as artificial intelligence continues to advance, there are now A.I. systems that can analyze your code and provide suggestions for improving it. Code generation can help developers…
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Should you start a community writing program?
Oh the things we do for climbing the SEO ladder! Producing a steady stream of high-quality, long-form content is a challenge for any startups or company’s marketing team. At Dashcam we just started writing regularly content on our blog that matches what we believe is useful to share with others! While doing it full-time in-house…
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Why marketing to developers is so hard
Developers are like mythological creatures. They can smell marketing bullcrap from a mile away, so it becomes tough to use “regular” marketing to convince them to try – let alone sell them – a new tool or platform. One of the reasons for this legendary power could be that they tend to be very logical…
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The process of user-reported bugs is broken
Bugs are everywhere – and you’ll always have users report that something in the software you might be working on is “broken”. First and foremost, it’s tough to create an advanced piece of software that will work exactly the same on every of your user’s computer. Differences in computer hardware, operating systems, and software environments…
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What is time-travel debugging
Time travel debugging is a feature in some debugging tools that allows the developer to go back in time and view the state of an application at previous points during execution. This can be extremely useful when trying to understand when and where a bug was introduced. When you use a time-travel debugger you can…
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AI debugging future: what will Dashcam look like in 2 years?
Our global advancements in Artificial Intelligence cannot be ignored. Dashcam is absolutely going to use A.I. extensively in the future, like many other companies who understand the importance of A.I. In this speculative article, I will try to analyze what a future version Dashcam could look and feel like. Without further ado… ⏳ Hypothetical features…
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Working remotely, productively.
Here at Dashcam, we embrace remote work. Fully. We also love spending time together and brainstorming new ideas – it’s always more productive that way. When it comes to coding, however, being in your office of choice, whether at home or somewhere else, comes with a lot of benefits…just make sure your wifi doesn’t cut…
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Four Tools That Will Streamline Your Agile Development Process
Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash Using an Agile development process for your project leaves room for flexibility and responsiveness when, inevitably, things come up. The tools you use can make the difference between smooth sprints that lead to a project done on time and on budget and a complete disaster. They help you manage…
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Hackathon Tips
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Hackathons are what would happen if an office brainstorming session ended with colleagues presenting fully formed ideas with some research behind them. Teams of three to five people work to solve a problem posed by the host using quick engineering and finish by presenting to a panel of judges.…
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Developer productivity: what makes us happy?
Is squashing bugs all day the best way to keep your team happy? As a developer, I can tell you it’s not. Neither is checking some boxes in a Performance review worksheet! Developer productivity is all about maximizing your workflow so you can become an efficient code-crushing machine that churns out awesome features fast and…