👋🏻 Hello, Fellow Tech Enthusiasts!
It’s mid-February, and I thought it’s right on time for another update on the market and Ralabs’ journey.
📊 Focus & Insights
- We remain focused on improving service quality, enhancing Executive Relations, strengthening our Sales & Marketing team, and achieving more consistent marketing efforts.
- Our use of third-party solutions and outsourcing to accelerate market delivery and refining our approach to project estimation.
- I’m proud to say that we are on the path to having every Project Manager become certified.
- Our HR efforts are focused on employee engagement, learning & development, and retention, with an ongoing investment in these areas.
👩🏼💼 HR Updates
- 2 new team members joined Ralabs.
- We will be hosting a tech talk next week, titled “Introduction to ISO Standards” by our Head of Engineering.
- For Valentine’s Day, our HR team has launched an exciting initiative: Ralabs Radio. We shared appreciation through heartfelt voice messages and dedicated songs. If you’re interested in the final product, feel free to listen to the broadcast here.
📈 Business Development
- We have received confirmations regarding the anticipated expansion of our team in 2024, as well as the successful renewal of continuation agreements with multiple clients.
- Received our first client request for ISO 13485 certification (Medical Devices).
💻 Coding Insights
- React leads as the most in-demand frontend framework, boasting 225,000 job offers. Angular follows with 172,000 offers, and Vue is in third place with 48,000 offers. Learn more here.
- Kombai – easy way to convert Figma into React components.
- For those seeking a UI design tool tailored for Prisma schemas, the Prisma Editor is worth checking out.
- PocketBase is an excellent choice for an open-source backend solution that consolidates everything into a single file.
- mcollina/async-cache-dedupe – A storage system for async resource loading with deduplication, allowing a single request per resource. Supports in-memory or Redis caching.
- elfvingralf/macOSpilot-ai-assistant – An AI assistant that uses voice and vision to answer questions about any app, responding in both text and audio.
🤖 AI Developments
- According to Axios, the FCC now prohibits the use of AI-generated voices in scam robocalls, effective immediately.
- Gemini is expected to be available on Android devices soon.
- The introduction of ChatGPT to Microsoft’s Bing has not significantly affected its market share. Read more here.
- To improve generative AI’s capabilities in creative writing, AI companies are hiring authors and poets. Further details available here.
📚 Books and Reading
- This month I focused on mastering the power of ‘Collaborating with the Enemy’, with the help of Adam Kahane, an author of this very interesting book.
The book can be found on Amazon.
- An insightful read that covers a lot of topics: source of influence, programming language, dependencies, debugging, pricing scheme, gnarly bits and gimmicks, and more. The post can be found here.
💡 Thoughts
- In the current tech landscape, agility and foresight are key. As we observe the rapid advancements in technology, it’s important to not only adapt but also anticipate the next wave of innovation.
- The rise of decentralized technologies and the increasing importance of data privacy are trends we’re closely monitoring. These movements are not just reshaping our industry; they’re redefining the way we think about connectivity and security.
🔍 Other Noteworthy Mentions
- For domain enthusiasts, check out Naymee, a social network dedicated to domain lovers.
- Test your improvisation skills with PowerPoint Karaoke, where you present slides you’ve never seen before. If you ask me, it’s a fun way to improve your soft skills.
- Read an interesting article about recent developments in React here.
- Nostalgic for the 90s? Experience web surfing as if it’s 1999.
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Lastly, as a company with deep Ukrainian roots, we continue to seek your support for Ukraine during these challenging times. Every contribution makes a difference.
Stay safe and connected,
Best,
Andrew
