An interesting (but old) post illustrating how GitHub moved from one system to an other. The mentioned systems are responsible for queueing and dequeueing jobs for background tasks.
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Selected for the most influential paper award at RE2011, this paper draw a large picture of goal-orientation in requirement engineering. It clearly states the context and the advantages of the approach. If you’re interested in a brief and not-so-technical introduction to the field I’m researching in, you shall read this paper.
This presentation quickly overview the underlying concepts attached to gamification. A clear, simple and applicable presentation. I especially appreciate the “white” slides with checklist and proposed steps to introduce game in a system.
Gamification Workshop 2010
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This is an inspiring video about algorithms and their use in the finance. A must-see video.
An interesting and accessible video about software system. I especially enjoyed the last slides about software patterns.