Getting Started with Git and GitHub

tl;dr

• Introduction to Git with helpful guides for non technical users

• Tech articles on Amazon’s JWO technology and Google’s Virtual Try On software

• Check out the visualisation on LLM’s from Information is Beautiful 

• Summary of the EU AI Act and how it’s already changing businesses

• Training Data Podcast with the CEO of GitHub on the future of software development.

A short post on Git and its usage on development projects. There are further links and guides aimed at non-technical functions on software development projects. 

Want more? 

Here’s a beginners guide to GitHub, check out the podcast link at the end of the newsletter. It’s an interview with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on Building Control, and the Future of Software Development at the end of the newsletter. 

Inside Amazon’s new JWO offering.  

An overview of Amazon's new Just Walk Out (JWO) technology utilising CV, sensors and multi modal foundation models. What’s interesting is the projected R&D cost (between $250 - $800 million) over 6+ years, also who'll use it!

Virtual Try On for Saree.  

Meesho is a leading Indian eCommerce platform. One of their challenges is capturing models wearing different apparel products. The article breaks down Google's Virtual Try on solution showcasing Meesho's Saree apparel products.

Top 10 robotics stories of July 2024.  

“The Robot Report delivers first-hand reports and features news and stories focusing on general robotics, industrial robots, AI for robots, robot software, and mobile robots of all types”.

Here’s July 2024’s top 10 robotics stories. There’s Vauyu Robotics delivery robot (#7) and the costs of hiring a digit humanoid for warehousing functions (#10)

Process Mining Guide from Celonis 

Imagine as-is and to-be process mapping but not manually with Visio, no, dynamically. The data is gathered from multiple business, IT and supporting systems, painting a data -driven picture of actual processes; that’s process mining. 

Celonis is a market leader in process mining. At 40+ pages, it’s not a short read. It introduces process mining, details how it works and more. 

Important toolkit skill to have for the future…IMHO. 

The Rise and Rise of A.I. Large Language Models (LLMs)

LLM Fatigue is real. It’s also hugely interesting, with daily developments and new capabilities. This visualisation from Information is Beautiful is so busy, too much data, confusing, but then I guess it accurately depicts the LLM market. 

Sneak peek below! 

Keep it close as they’ll update it with new developments.

What the EU AI Act is already changing for businesses 

Concise, informative summary of the EU AI Act from IBM. The Act  is one of the first regulations of AI globally, coming into effect on the 01st of August 2024. 

3 powerful mind states: Flow state, good anxiety, and Zen Buddhism

The requirements are writing themselves, JQL queries no problem, stakeholders are managed - you’re in flow state! 

BigThink video discussing flow state, good anxiety and Zen Buddhism.

 7 icebreaker games to help your team build authentic connections 

With previous distributed teams in different time zones, any new joiners had to answer a question from a list, similar to

Check out the Atlassian post for more icebreaker games. 

Training Data is a podcast from Sequoia. 

In this episode [1 hour, 7 min], host Sonya Huang talks to GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on Building Control, and the Future of Software Development. 

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