👋🏻 Hello, Fellow Tech Enthusiasts!
It’s right on time for updates on the tech market and Ralabs‘ journey.
📊 Focus & Insights
- We have observed an increase in inquiries regarding AI and LLMs. Our team has been working with these technologies for some time and is well-equipped to handle related projects. A detailed service page is coming soon. Before that, feel free to contact me or our team for more details.
- Our Legacy Audit service is now available! Get a comprehensive audit of your legacy codebase in under a week. Learn more here.
- Ralabs is joining Diia.City, a new Ukrainian tax and legal program for IT businesses. This simplifies management and reduces costs. It also allows for more frequent in-person customer meetings. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
👩🏼💼 HR Updates
- 6 new team members joined Ralabs the previous month.
- Our employees recently attended a talk –”Ensuring Home Continuity: Ways to Set Up an Autonomous Apartment (Electricity, Internet).” While the recording is in Ukrainian, automated translation option is available for those interested.
📈 Business Development
- Innovation drives Ralabs. See how we helped Skytango power the world’s first successful drone delivery of diabetes medicine, redefining healthcare access in remote areas here.
- Security has always been one of our top priorities. With technologies becoming more and more advanced, it is becoming one of the main concerns. Our engineer, Pylyp, has shared an insightful article about How To Ensure Patient Privacy In A Data-Driven Healthcare System.
- Ralabs helped Social Machines, a UK-based company building trust in sociotechnical systems, overcome data management challenges. Read more about the project here.
💻 Coding Insights
- Doggo is a cool and creative name for a good looking and friendly command-line DNS client.
- Proton has just announced a new end-to-end encrypted, collaborative document editor. It’s competing with Google Docs and Microsoft Office, let’s see how it will do – Docs in Proton Drive.
- Cloudflare will now let you block AI bots with a single click.
- Here you’ll find open source models and third-party APIs catalog. There’s a filter that allows you to select an application or industry.
- Build local-first apps with simple state management and real-time reactivity with PowerSync.
- Pongo is Mongo on Postgres with strong consistency benefits. It treats PostgreSQL as a document database with JSONB support, adding significant performance and storage efficiency.
- ImHex– This feature-packed hex editor includes pattern language for decoding structures, a graphical data processor, disassembler, diffing support, bookmarks, and more.
🤖 AI Developments
- Enterprise privacy at OpenAI.
- This article argues that AI has the potential to harm society in ways similar to social media. The authors explore five problematic attributes of social media and suggest AI could share these traits.
- ChatGPT might rule the AI chatbots — but it can’t beat Google Search.
- The report says, Google considered blocking Safari users from accessing its new AI features. Read more here.
📚 Books and Reading
- This month, I have a single book recommendation, but it’s packed with insights that rival three.
- “Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger” collects speeches, essays, and lectures by Warren Buffett’s longtime partner at Berkshire Hathaway. This insightful book offers a wealth of wisdom for entrepreneurs.
The book is on Amazon.
💡 Thoughts
- A client recently returned, acknowledging the challenges of in-house hiring post-crisis, especially for profitable companies. Outsourcing proved a more cost-effective solution. This aligns with the observation that service businesses often see growth opportunities post-crisis. Anyone have similar experiences?
🔍 Other Noteworthy Mentions
- OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications.
- Found an interesting project – Replicate. Select an application like image generation, and Replicate suggests relevant models along with: Infrastructure: Run the model without managing servers and API: Easily interact with or fine-tune the model.
- Confused by SPF, DKIM, and DMARC? This guide unravels email security’s key players in simple terms. Get your free copy: Understanding SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: A Simple Guide.
- UnitQ listens across 50+ sources (Slack, Zendesk, App Stores, social media) to understand your users’ online feedback.
- Want to know how to build a successful, secure Fintech app in 2024? Read the article we’ve just published.
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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
