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Risks of #blockchain Projects- Why So Many Blockchain Projects Fail?
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Photo by Icons8 team on UnsplashBlockchain technology has successfully raised the bar in the past couple of years and has managed to gain attention amongst all the major industries. The increasing rate of ICO funding can be taken as a sign of acceptance of technology worldwide. According to CoinSchedule, the total amount raised by ICOs in the year 2018 was $21,483,484,047 which is way more than the rise in 2017 amounting to an equal of $6,576,372,746.However, despite the high curve of new evolving projects coming into existence, the overall blockchain domain is in jeopardy. A report by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) states that almost 92% of blockchain projects have failed. This raises a huge discomfort knowing that the revolutionary technology (...)

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Ever shipped a pet project to production?
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Lessons learnt from going the full mile.Photo by Clément H on UnsplashAs someone who loves experimenting with new ideas and tools, I find myself working on side projects quite often. Sometimes for a day or a week, then I quickly loose interest and move on to the next burning desire. The projects don’t really get abandoned, rather, I convince myself that the necessary skills have been learnt…but this is not true!A few days ago, I was working on this simple #go project that automatically tags a picture using classification engines powered by Clarifai. After successfully setting up the API handlers and user interface, and confirming that everything works on my local machine, the desire to call it done and move on to something else rose again…but not this time, this one was going all the way to (...)

#project-to-production #side-project #hacking #project-based-learning

How project-based learning and #blockchain can improve the professional development industry
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When we think about professional development in our careers today we consider one of two things. The first option is going back to school to pursue another degree. While this was the preferred method up until a few years ago, it results in much more college debt than a person should have, and nowadays the curriculums for certain fields are not as up to date as they should be.The second option is taking courses online in order to learn new skills. The problem when you’re already working in a particular industry is that the courses found online tend to be focused on beginners or they are very theoretical in nature. Meaning, you’ve already grasped the concepts on offer or you’re learning boring concepts which won’t help you very much in your job. In addition, it can be hard to do self-paced (...)

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