We have heard a lot about agile processes (for software development). However, is the software you develop itself agile? Clearly, there is no correlation between the agility of the development process and the developed product. It will be incorrect to…
A Model for Indian IT Education
The Problem Indian IT education needs desperate improvement. Many people were shocked with the findings of Aspiring Minds in 2017 that 95% of engineers are not employable. Only 4.77% engineers can write the correct logic for a program. A Dataquest…
Announcing MGF Launch Event: Feb 23rd, 2018
After successful piloting, we would like to spread awareness of the MGF alternative. We have planned a launch event on Feb 23rd in Pune for this purpose. MGF is a patent-pending application to create software — Java based web applications…
Smart Software Outsourcing Using “Divide and Rule” Strategy
Do you outsource software development? Are you planning to outsource a project in 2018? If yes, then you may want to consider doing smart outsourcing using the “Divide and Rule” approach, enabled by a new technology. In this, you…
Social Media Used in Disaster Recovery – the Mumbai Pattern
Much has been written on the Mumbaikar’s “Never say die” attitude, about how the city never sleeps and how it springs back into action almost instantaneously after even the worst calamities. As a Mumbaikar myself, I have experienced this first…
Novel Technology for Software Development
10Xofy announces the launch of a new technology for software development. This technology enables one to Define the software flow visually, in terms of individual modules that are interconnected Get the individual modules developed by programmers in conventional language such…
A Better Java and Beyond – Hello Kotlin
For the uninitiated, Kotlin is a relatively new language that is taking the programming community by storm. In the jungle of thousands of programming languages, Kotlin grabbed attention when Google announced it as the officially supported language for Android development…
The Irresistible Charms of Java
Why is Java surviving –even thriving– in spite of an explosion in the number of alternatives? We offer an opinion on what went wrong and what went right, and which technical and business charms make Java a great choice even…
Software Build vs Buy
For every category, we usually find tonnes of ready-made applications: Web applications / Mobile applications Free applications / Paid applications One time payment / Pay as you go model We are literally spoilt with so many choices! The question is,…
Salute to the Fools Who Change the World
Today is the April Fool’s day, and I remember the following famous quote: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable…