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A Fireside Chat on Tech Entrepreneurship
By: John Clements Consultants
Tags: Digitalization, Fintech, Covid 19, Jcci Edi Events, Social Enterprise

By Cyle Ellery Barrera

“What matters to you and why?” This was one of the major takeaways I got from the meeting, “A Fireside Chat on Tech Entrepreneurship,” hosted by John Clements Consultants. It may seem like a simple question, but it will get you thinking about what success is for a person. For Earl Valencia, it’s changing people’s lives; for Rexy Dorado, who grew up in a place away from his home country, it’s to establish a community where Filipinos could engage.

Success is subjective — no person could define it for you because you create your own definition of success. For the two speakers, it was finding a purpose for their dream social enterprise. Through this vision, they were able to achieve success, while experiencing a sense of fulfillment from attaining their purpose and creating a social impact.

Although their businesses are directed towards helping the Filipino community, they also expressed that the most significant challenges lie in Filipinos themselves. For instance, foreign investors are more inclined and interested in the Filipino market than local investors. In the past, their enterprise was not seen as important — financial technology (FinTech) was not something most Filipinos would engage in; similarly, a streaming app would not usually be something people would spend time on during leisure hours. It took a pandemic for people to notice it, which reveals that timing is also an essential factor in the success of a social enterprise.

Both their stories taught me to never solely use money as a driving force in creating a social enterprise. Think of its social impact, purpose, and contribution to the people’s lives and use it as fuel to achieve what you define as success.
The next Good Hustle starts July 5
Tags: Purpose, Social Entrepreneurship, Startinggood, Scholarship, Social Enterprise

And we have two scholarships available thanks to PIR!

Good Hustle is StartSomeGood’s flagship development program for social entrepreneurs.

It synthesizes our ten years of learnings from helping people launch social impact projects to provide clear roadmap, key insights and the tools and techniques you need to design a launch and growth-ready social enterprise.

So then, what’s holding you back from committing to making your idea a reality?

Is it because you don’t know if your idea will work?

Or you’re not sure how to get started?

Or you don’t want to do it on your own?

Good Hustle will help with all the above.

It is a step-by-step guide to getting started and testing out your idea, supported and surrounded by others on the journey while learning from experienced social entrepreneurs.

Our teachers include:

*Alex Budak, Entreprenerd-in-Residence at UC Berkeley, on Mindsets of a Changemaker,

*Ben Pecotich, founder of Dynamic4, on Human-Centered Design,

*Natasha Akib from Digital Storytellers on telling your story using video,

*Hildy Gottlieb co-founder of Creating the Future on partnership mapping,

*Brook McCarthy founder of Hustle&Heart on using social media impactfully,

*Luke Faccini founder of The Sponge on refining your target market,

*StartSomeGood co-founder and CEO Tom Dawkins on the social enterprise model and how to raise money,

and more!

Every module is taught by an experienced founder who is brilliant at that specific area, giving you a clear step-by-step playbook for designing a launch or growth-ready enterprise.

It’s a chance to get your idea out of your head and into the world where it can make a difference.

Now is not a time to play small.

If you have an idea to create a better future, we need you to step forward with that idea!

We would love to help you make it happen!

Find out more about Good Hustle here.

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

We are thrilled to announce that Public Interest Registry (PIR) are funding two scholarships available worldwide to support non-profit social enterprise ideas.

Public Interest Registry is a not-for–profit organization created by the Internet Society (ISOC), originally to manage the .ORG domain. Find out more about PIR.

To quality for this scholarship you must be working on a non-profit social enterprise idea, using or planning to use a .ORG domain and willing to spend a minimum of 4 hours/week for ten weeks to complete the course.

Applications are due by 10PM US EST (GMT-04:00) on Monday June 28 (12pm Tuesday June 29 AEST).

APPLY HERE
How Social Enterprises Can Stay Nimble in the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Kayee Goh
Tags: Social Entrepreneurship, Social Impact, Covid 19, Bridgesforenterprise, Social Enterprise

With supply-chain disruptions and financing cuts from other established companies, the small and lean nature of SEs render them most vulnerable during the pandemic due to cash flow being the lifeblood of any company. Well before the COVID-19 crisis, the global financing needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which include SEs, amounted to $930 billion. Indeed, there is little doubt that this considerable gap has widened as a result of economic stress caused by the pandemic. Furthermore, the nature of SEs’ business model in striking a balance between profit and social impact puts them in a particularly tricky situation, as we explain further.

While social impact remains the core purpose for SEs, the importance of sustainable economic value is heightened in such uncertain times. In a recent Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), 41% of impact investors indicated that decreased capital poses a challenge to making COVID-related investments. As Russ highlighted, many SEs struggle to obtain impact investment, as their priorities may shift towards stabilising cash flows and creating economic value rather than doubling down on impact creation.

Hence, this paradigm draws light on the importance of institutional support and partnerships for SEs. Support from external parties are crucial to keep SEs afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic; they could come in various forms, such as financial supplements, technological resources or networks for collaboration. According to Russ, they can be anchored by the 4Ps: People, Product, Process and Profit, which together compartmentalise the key resources every SE requires:

The 4Ps for every Social Enterprise

People

Mentorship and training to support SEs in scaling their businesses. Further, network providers, such as the Global Social Entrepreneurship Network (GSEN), play a huge role in expanding SEs’ reach to external parties.

Product

Analysis and evaluation of the SEs product offerings to help ensure economic feasibility in the long run.

Process

Professional and experienced organisations that render legal advice, provide accounting services and business development support can improve SEs’ business operations and scalability.

Profit

A deep pool of financial resources for SEs to tap into, such as government grants or impact investment funds, is critical for SEs to secure startup or expansion capital.

The COVID-19 pandemic confronts SEs with new challenges that they must address. In response, SEs should adopt flexible goals. While striving towards financial sustainability, short and long term strategies should also be put in place to better help SEs navigate through such uncertain times.
What do you think are the pre-requisites for social enterprise to be sustainable?
By: Naiyapak Boondee
Tags: Sustainable Development, Social Enterprise, Business

What do you think are the pre-requisites for social enterprise to be sustainable? Naiyapak Boondee Sep 5·1 min read

Social Enterprises, businesses that put the interests of people and the world ahead of shareholder gain, don’t have a clear and legal definition. In a simple term, social enterprises focus on reinvesting profits in social mission, which is driven by social or environmental objectives. In my opinion, the pre-requisite for social enterprises to be sustainable is to assure employees — the most important stakeholders of the company — they already obtain good work life.

From the past economists’ theories referred to undermining the shareholder’s profitability, that statement is not wrong in this business world utterly. We all knew that social enterprises are kind of businesses that focus on making social sustainable but to reach that goal we have to balance the benefits to all stakeholders and shareholders as well. Social enterprises are independent businesses, autonomous of state or government control, and should earn at least 50% of their income through trading which is from sales of products or services. Making employees’ systems tolerable in the company can be a competitive advantage.

In the last piece, it is good for social enterprises to invest its profit back to social and environment, however, embracing employees’ internal systems also gain the most advantageous benefits for stakeholders and shareholders too.
This Week In Social Entrepreneurship: Events, Opportunities, News, Insights & More.
Tags: Awards, Social Change, Social Impact, Scholarship, Social Enterprise

Events

These Active Learning Sessions are designed to expand your learning from the Qld Online Learning Centre (QOLC) topics.

This month you’ll learn how to develop your Social Enterprise Brand with Green Fox Studios!

Happening virtually on 7th September 2021, 12:30 pm — 1:30 pm AEST

Register for this event here!

The 4th Financial Inclusion Conference — Roads to Resilience aims to take a deep dive into financial resilience and explore the various roads to it. The conference is particularly relevant now, following the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Date and time: Tue., 26/10/2021, 8:30 am — Wed., 27/10/2021, 5:00 pm AEDT

To know more about this event, click here!

Learn to Develop a Successful Smart Travel Tech Startup Business Today!

If travelling is your passion and you love to design and develop your own travel startup this is the proper workshop and training for you. You will learn about all new trends in the travelling industry and cover the topics that will make your travelling startup stand out and compete. So let the sunshine in and take a fresh breath and enrol on your smart travel workshop today!

Date and Time: 7th September 2021, 1:00 PM — 5:00 PM AEST

If this excites you register here!
How can flipping a coin be such a handy decision maker.
By: Lohith Lalesh
Tags: Breaking Bad, Life, Opportunity, Life Hacking, Decisons

"In a scenario like this I don't suppose it is bad form to just... flip a coin. Heads or tails?" -Walter White(Breaking Bad)

We all have been in that spilt road stuck in the dilemma of which road to pick and both the roads must be equally drastic or good, the whole thing is so unfair and agonising.

Till my late teenage I’ve been through such grave circumstances and most of them came with a choice, the choices are so spontaneous that you’d never expect one and granted you won’t be equipped enough to make that choice.

I’ll walk you through a hypothetical situation where your dad gives you an ultimatum, he can either put you on a plane to study at foreign university you have been longing your whole life to study,in my case University of Tokyo (sugoi sugoi) or he will be investing to your most enduring business idea whatever it is that could make you a lot of buck. Both of these opportunities are equally good and you still haven’t made up your mind on what to choose .You have carefully calculated the results on both ,you cross referenced the entire consequences and even done googling the whole thing(google? Seriously?)... Congratulations you are dead stressed and one step closer from hitting the bottom.

This is where my question comes in "well is it bad idea to just to flip a coin?" I’m sorry some might take this as somewhat of an offensive thing to say "How can someone with a stable civilized mind flip a coin for such a major life decision like this one Lohith?" Jeez I’m sorry guys I can be a bit loose at times but hey guess what ? You are not any better either, aren’t u the guy who drinks straight out if the jug because pouring into a glass is too much work.

All jokes aside, think of it ,according to me things have a spontaneous way of happening and everything happens coincidentally , What if u went to college but turns out that someone else came up with your same business venture and went big or what if you took the business path and you failed enormously because you lacked the education to make it work. People can never predict these stuff (not to mention if you own a time machine) like I mentioned before things have a spontaneous way of happening and you have to be at that exact moment when u decide. Take a coin, assign it sincerely , toss it, make the move.

From my personal yet so naive experiences flipping coin has somewhat a godly sense to it I mean the whole thing is kinda like traditional, they flip coins at the beginning of matches and at some ceremonies and all. And of course yeah it worked for me, when I say it worked I’m not boasting about the sweet fruit but also there has been bad ones all of which taught me lessons which made me stronger. Next time you are stuck on the fence flip a coin and let it work it’s magic.
Deep description of life
By: Hala Haitham
Tags: Life Lessons, Experience, Opportunity, Motivation, Life

Exploit opportunities or regret

Everyone in the world has his own unique personality, and everyone has good and bad sides. Also, each person has a soulmate in someplace in the globe, he/she might and might not find.

I have been in so many situations in my life in which I freeze for a minute, and remember the whole situation in a flash and being shocked, not believing what really happened.

The reason why I am writing today, is because of a video on Instagram I have watched a few months ago, and It was kind of an opportunity I took advantage of, and what happened next, changed my life completely. I can say that it becomes something very important to me right now. It can make me feel super happy, and at other times I suffer from insomnia and anxiety because of it.

The point is, sometimes we pass through some small situations and opportunities in life, it cost us a small decision, either we take it and change our life forever, or leave it, stay the same and regret it for the rest of our lives.

Every action we start is the end of another action, and each action is the consequence of another one. This is simply, LIFE.

I believe that everything in life happens for a reason. But we are the ones who are responsible for the results follow these reasons. In the end, the results are the things that count.

Sometimes we meet people, make friends, being in relationships, work, travel, study, start a new life aboard. In some cases we choose right, but in others, our choices lead us to a very deep hurt that would destroy our lives completely. Choose your options wisely.

Further, life is all about starting new journeys, It is like a game, you start a new level, either you win and move forward or die over and over, and stuck at the same level.

Everyone was born in this life to live this journey. It is true that it is different from one another, in addition, some people born in difficult circumstances or surrounded by the wrong people. However, year by year, you grow up and become mature enough to know what is right and what is wrong. One time you fall, the next time you stand up. one day you lose, the other day you win. Never give up and always remember that opportunities come to each of us only once, So do not lose your chance to live the life you want.

“Every little action of the a common day makes or unmakes a character. ”- Oscar Wild

I heard this quote in a film once, and deeply touched my heart. It made me think a lot about life. It is truly small actions we make every day that direct our lives.

I got my chance to change my life, which I will talk about it very soon, stay tone, follow, and clap.
Forget me not
By: Agudetse Selase
Tags: Poetry, Africa, Opportunity

Life throws you a bone

Life grants you a throne

On which your ideals flourish

Or tarnished they become

When at last your grip does perish

…

From a lowly stead a cry was heard

Dreams and hopes for another head

A battle of mind and soul

Evolutions cycle grinds until

Finally a bright light shines from the hole

…

Patam putum putum patam

The sound of unbound feet

Quickly ushered into a moving can

Freedom at last for a suffering herd

The sound of victory a joyful treat

…

The waist a snare for roaming eyes

Moving in tandem with the African beat

Gidi gidi pidi piddi ba bam ba bam bather

A proud father, a fulfilled mother

Let the rhythm rise with the afternoon heat

…

The city with all its lights and charms

The final destination for all young dreams

The past a distant memory of love and misery

Will alas be temporarily forgotten

In exchange for the web of the conurbation

…

Half a score passes in a flash

The city now reads like a map

With a million pinned locations

All spewing life giving cash

Utopia of self is that lie that cannot be cupped

…

What will it take, what will have to change

To bring the distant home back into the horizon

Poverty, ill health, rejection, loss……….death

The wiles of the self made world ends rather too quickly

As it starts so must it end.

…

The reception this season is rather tense

No rhythm no dance no seduction

A life full of hope has now come to sense

Rather too late rather too late

To meet a stead of destruction

…

The proud one is gone to meet the Maker

The light in the eyes of the fulfilled is dim

No smiles and even no tears

All hope flushed down the drain

Deep in the web of the conurbation

…

Life throws you a bone

Life grants you a throne

On which your ideals flourish

Or tarnished they become

When at last your grip does perish

…

For Sika
Nature does not make excuses
By: Chetna Parekh
Tags: Nature, Opportunity, Monday Morning Musings, Excuses, Growth

When an opportunity presents itself in the form of a gush of wind, a flower does not say that it won’t cross pollinate with flowers on the east as it is waiting for an opportunity to be blown towards the west. It sends its pollen east and whenever the wind blows west, it also sends some over to the west.

Nature does not make excuses. It goes with the flow and grows wherever it can.

Our growth constitutes of the opportunities we take up and the ones we don’t. It is completely understandable to let go off the ones that are mere distractions- ones that are only taking us away from our life’s purpose, if we know what that is.

More often though opportunities that come our way become stepping stones to what we truly want to achieve. By dismissing opportunities using excuses like time, money, effort, skill set and worst of all ‘missing the right opportunity when it does come by’, we only get further away from fulfilling our goal.

So the next time it becomes obvious to you that a seemingly great opportunity is not for you, ask yourself why that is- is it because it is taking you away from your true path or are you merely making excuses for not taking it up?
The Card of the Day: Ace of Wands
By: Vik Kumar
Tags: Wands, Tarot, Inspiration, Opportunity, Journey

Ace of Wands — vik@thetarot.cards

Observations

The “Ace of Wands” is a minor arcana from the suit of wands. Wands are the element of fire. It goes with “I desire” and is your soul.

The “Ace of Wands” shows a large right hand emerging from a cloud offering a sprouted wand. The wand has 18 leaves. There is a magical aura around the hand. The landscape in this card is lush green with a river flowing through. This landscape is not flat though. In the distance is a castle. Behind the castle in the further distance is a range of purple mountains.

Symbolic Meanings

The right hand is a giving hand. The sprouted wand is the indicator of new ideas, new opportunities, and new possibilities. The castles are representations of dreams and desires. The uneven surfaces are the indicator of hurdles. The rivers are the indicators of constant change.

Colors & Numbers

One of the prominent colors in this card is blue which is the indicator of truth and clarity. The white color is the indicator of purity. The purple color in the mountains is for spirituality. The green color in the landscape is for growth and prosperity.

The Ace is the first card in any minor arcana sequence. Which is number 1 and it indicates oneness, indivisibility. However, as the first card in the sequence, it also means it is just the beginning and the outcomes are not certain. There are 18 leaves on the wand which resolves to a single-digit number 9 (1+8). Number nine is “The Hermit” in major arcana with a key meaning of self-exploration or pathfinder.
Idiom of the day — 24-Apr-2021. Shoot your shot. Don’t worry about the…
Tags: Jobs, Fomo, Idioms, Opportunity

Shoot your shot. Don’t worry about the results, just shoot your shot. Whatever happens, happens. If you don’t even try, you’re only ensuring your doom. If you try and fail, well…, good for you. At least you made an effort. You learned something. At any rate, some attempt is better than no attempt.

So, next time you hesitate applying for that 150k junior software developer role that asks for 6+ years of experience in the tech stack that was released 2 years ago, keep this in mind - it’s free to apply. If you apply, there’s a chance. If you don’t, the door is closed right there.

S.h.o.o.t

We’re gonna talk about some carbs today.

Hot potato — a controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with or rather no one wants to deal with

Example:

I don’t talk politics and religion in gatherings, I know they can be hot potatoes sometimes.

A hot potato is usually something people just pass it on because they don’t want to handle it

Origin: The term originated in the mid 1800s and is derived from the slightly older term “to drop like a hot potato”, meaning “to abandon something or someone quickly”. It alludes to the fact that cooked potatoes retain considerable heat because they contain a lot of water. Source: theidioms.com
Sideline Savaii (Finding your feet)
By: Neueli Mauafu
Tags: Opportunities, Sports, Samoa

2020 was a year of true dismay. Ideally, it had started of as your typical year journey right from the start. January was the month of resolutions and many dreams and goals from eager beavers. Alas! 2020 came to a halt with the introduction of good ol “Coronavirus”

The world was left in a whirlwind of confusion, as Covid19 started to flex its powers as the days went on. For New Zealand, I was grateful enough to have witnessed a quick response from our government in terms of precautions around the pandemic. Being strung now into full total lockdown, a lot of patience was needed in order to keep sane at home.

The idea of Sideline Savaii had arisen from a ignited passion of sports and writing mixed together. Being stuck at home meant that there was more time now to execute this project into reality.

I can honestly say that up until now, I still have no idea on what I am doing and where I am headed with this. I find myself confused with balancing time and also commitment with all of this. At times, I began to question myself and if this was all maybe just a bit too much

However, that is the beauty of it all, finding your own two feet amongst the struggle of doing something new. Looking back at it now, as we head onto two years next year, lockdown and covid really was an opportunity for me to bridge through with Sideline Savaii and to explore an unseen space.

So here's to Sideline Savaii! And here's to new opportunities' and beginnings!

Manuia!
📣 GokuMarket Is Inviting Passionate People to #Lead our Community! 💪
By: Gokumarket Exchange
Tags: Apply Now, Gokumarket News, Community Manager, Opportunity

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Pipelines: Automated machine learning with HyperParameter Tuning!
By: Harshal Soni
Tags: Data, Automate, Model, Scikit Learn, Pipeline

Tired of re-writing the same old code for every other Data Science deep-dives? You have come to the right place!

First, there is data, and then there are endless ETL processes, then modelling and at last inferences. But wouldn’t it be cool to automate it all so that you can plug-and-play any data with minimal modifications? Pipelines enable us to do this!

What is a Machine Learning Pipeline?

Like our real-world equivalent, ML pipelines are the carriers that connect one process with another so that there is just one junction for input and one for output. Modern applications are excessively dependent on pipeline architecture which connects ML services with existing DevOps processes! In short, it helps you to supermantalize your project!

Data preparation including importing, validating and cleaning, munging and transformation, normalization, and staging

Training configuration including parameterizing arguments, file paths, and logging/reporting configurations

Training and validating efficiently and repeatedly. Efficiency might come from specifying specific data subsets; different hardware computes resources, distributed processing, and progress monitoring.

Deployment, including versioning, scaling, provisioning, and access control

If you want to read more about them, here is a good starter on ML pipelines.

In this blog, I will go through the basics of Scikit-learn Pipelines. I will write custom Transformer functions that will take care of Data Cleaning, Feature Engineering, and Model Training. ( I know you came here looking for custom transformer solutions, not onehotencoder plugged into pipeline steps:D)

Data and Descriptions

I am ingesting the “Star Type Classification” Dataset from Kaggle. This dataset has an eclectic mix of categorical as well as continuous variables. We will do a multi-class classification (saucy)!

Dataframe head

Most of the features are self-explanatory! You can read about the Spectral Class here.

Our target variable is “Type,” which is — Red Dwarf (0), Brown Dwarf (1), White Dwarf (2), Main Sequence (3), Super Giants (4), Hyper Giants(5).

Also, each class has 40 observations which makes it a perfectly balanced problem.

Explanatory Data Analysis

Our Favourite Scatter plot with fancy filters!

I have used D-tale- an automated EDA tool for this project. I love it because of its simplicity and super fast speed.

But, you are not here for EDA, eh? Let’s move on!
Map Tasks in Flyte
By: Samhita Alla
Tags: Data, Open Source, Startup, Machine Learning, Pipeline

MapReduce is a prominent terminology in the Big Data vocabulary owing to the ease of handling large datasets with the “map” and “reduce” operations. A conventional map-reduce job consists of two phases: one, it performs filtering and sorting of the data chunks, and the other, it collects and processes the outputs generated.

Consider a scenario wherein you want to perform hyperparameter optimization. In such a case, you want to train your model on multiple combinations of hyperparameters to finalize the combination that outperforms the others. Put simply, this job has to parallelize the executions of the hyperparameter combinations (map) and later filter the best accuracy that could be generated (reduce).

A map task in Flyte intends to implement the task mentioned above. It is primarily more inclined towards the “map” operation.

Referring to Dynamic Workflows in Flyte blog before proceeding with this piece can help deepen your understanding of the differences between a dynamic workflow and map task; however, it isn’t mandatory.

Introduction

A map task handles multiple inputs at runtime. It runs through a single collection of inputs and is useful when several inputs must run through the same code logic.

Unlike a dynamic workflow, a map task runs a task over a list of inputs without creating additional nodes in the DAG, providing valuable performance gains, meaning a map task lets you run your tasks spanning multiple inputs within a single node.

When to Use Map Tasks?

When there’s hyperparameter optimization in place (multiple sets of hyperparameters to a single task)

When multiple batches of data need to be processed at a time

When a simple map-reduce pipeline needs to be built

When there is a large number of runs that use identical code logic, but different data

Map Task vs. Dynamic Workflow

Map Task vs. Dynamic Workflow (Image by Author)

A map task’s logic can be achieved using a for loop in a dynamic workflow, however, that would be inefficient if there are lots of mapped jobs involved.

A map task internally uses a compression algorithm (bitsets) to handle every Flyte workflow node’s metadata, which would have otherwise been in the order of 100s of bytes.

We encourage you to use a map task when you want to handle large data parallel workloads!

Usage Example

A map task in Flyte runs across a list of inputs, which ought to be specified using the Python list class. The function you want to call your map task on has to be decorated with the @task decorator, and itself has to conform to a signature with one input and, at most, one output.

At run time, the map task will run for every value. If TaskMetadata or Resources is specified in the map task using overrides, it is applied to every input instance or mapped job.

Here’s an example that “spins up data augmentation of images in parallel using a map task”.

Let’s first import the libraries.
Getting Started with Tekton Pipelines Part 2 — Triggers
By: Yossi Cohn
Tags: Cncf, Ci Cd Pipeline, Kubernetes, Pipeline, Tekton

Let’s use our new Tekton Triggers knowledge and add to our Part 1 Pipeline a basic Trigger from Github

The plot is a simple pipeline that does the following:

Pulls private Github repo — via PipelineResource

Build & Push an image from source code — via Tekton Task using Kaniko

The Credentials are given via secrets and mounted properly to the Tekton Pipeline and eventually to Kaniko Tekton Task

Now, we will add a Trigger from Github Push/PR Events to Run the Pipeline

Note, all the resources are found in the trigger folder in Part 2.

TriggerTemplate

The TriggerTemplate defines the template of the Tekton Resource we would like to create when the Trigger is activated.

That would mean a TaskRun or PipelineRun.

As one can see below, we have the definition of our PipelineRun Tekton Resource, which looks exactly like the Original PipelineRun from Part 1.

When the Trigger is activated the Template is created (using the special credentials we give it, look over the rbac.yaml).

The template would be filled with the values generated by the TriggerBinding Resource.

TriggerBinding

The TriggerBinding resource extracts the values received from the query call and then sets params with these values.

For the sake of simplicity in this example, we use hardcoded values

params:

- name: dockerfile-path

value: "./Dockerfile"

- name: image-url

value: "yossicohn/app"

- name: path-to-context

value: "workspace/shared-data"

EventListener

This EventListener has the basic structure which mainly includes the bindings and the template .

The binding defines which TriggerBinding is used.

The template defines which TriggerTemplate is used.

In this example, we have additional usage of interceptor which is a trigger that is invoked before our own trigger.

There are some built-in interceptors like github interceptors that can be used.

The github interceptor helps in verifying the Github Secret Token.

If the interceptor fails then the trigger is blocked.

Note that we’ve added here the secret we are using to validate the Github Secret

Creation of Tekton Resources

In order for the Tekton Trigger flow to work, specific credentials are needed.

For example :

Listening to Events

Creation of Tekton Resources

This is fulfilled via the RBAC rules we create.
Checking the Stormwater Backflow Challenge
By: Proco Products
Tags: Valves Manufacturers, Industrial Pipe Fittings, Expansion Joints, Valves For Mining, Pipeline

Controlling stormwater is a growing challenge for utilities and municipal authorities as they look to mitigate the economic and health impacts of excess water. Choosing the right check valve is a key part of the stormwater solution. Proco Products Jun 17·1 min read

For water utilities and municipal authorities, stormwater management is a growing challenge. Changing weather patterns as a result of climate change is prompting more intense events that are increasing the volume of snow and rain water entering water management systems. At the same time increasing urbanisation is reducing the capacity of the environment to absorb surface runoff. With impervious surfaces such as pavements and roofs preventing precipitation from naturally soaking into the ground water is increasingly directed into storm drains, sewer systems and drainage ditches. However, often aging drainage infrastructure can be overwhelmed and as a result, poorly managed stormwater can see flooding events with backflow into residential areas, office parks and commercial areas. Inevitably, such events result in significant problems. For example, flooding can cause erosion, turbidity due to suspended solids, property damage, and traffic disruption.

https://www.procoproducts.com/checking-the-stormwater-backflow-challenge/
Snowflake Schema Detection Feature Overview
By: Rajiv Gupta
Tags: Data, Snowflake, Schema Detection, Snowpro, Pipeline

What is Snowflake Schema Detection?

Just imagine you have a semi-structured file with a huge no of columns or say you have a bulk of semi-structured files in a staging area for ingestion with a different set of columns, and you want to automate this data pipeline. Snowflake’s highly compelling feature is its native support for semi-structured data, either through copying the file data into Snowflake relational tables(using variant columns) or by querying the file data in place using Snowflake external tables. In both options, a schema of the data sets that are included in the files must eventually be provided, either through Schema-on-Write or Schema-on-Read.

How about if Snowflake automatically detects the schema of file on the fly and makes your life easy and reduces the extra effort and code in a very handy way. Yes, you are right, Snowflake is coming up with a very compelling & awaiting feature Schema Detection. Snowflake implemented this feature by introducing 3 new features:

INFER_SCHEMA help detects and returns the schema from a staged file. This SQL function supports named stages (internal or external) and user stages only. It does not support table stages.

Sample screenshot below:

2. GENERATE_COLUMN_DESCRIPTION generates a list of columns from a set of staged files that contain semi-structured data using the INFER_SCHEMA function output. The output from this function can be used as input when creating a table, external table, or view based on the column definitions of the staged files.

Things to Remember:

Currently, all columns in the output are defined as nullable.

Sample screenshot below:

3. CREATE TABLE … USING TEMPLATE expands upon Snowflake’s CREATE TABLE functionality to automatically create the structured table using the detected schema from the staged files with no additional input. This extension uses the INFER_SCHEMA function along with array_agg & object_construct built-ins to achieve the goal.

Things to Remember:

Currently, all columns in the new table are defined as nullable.

If the statement is replacing an existing table of the same name, then the grants are copied from the table being replaced. If there is no existing table of that name, then the grants are copied from the source table being cloned.

This statement only creates a blank table. Data needs to be loaded using bulk or incremental load feature.

While loading data using COPY INTO…table statement, make sure you use MATCH_BY_COLUMN_NAME = CASE_INSENSITIVE. The reason being INFER_SCHEMA doesn’t return the column in the same order as of file. Will showcase this in the demo.

Sample screenshot below:
Continuum Industries Wins Pipeline Technology Award
By: Kenny Pattie
Tags: Awards, Pipeline, Award Winning

Tech Company’s AI Solution for Optioneering Wins Award

Edinburgh, September 15th 2021: The Pipeline Industries Guild, the respected worldwide authority across all branches of the pipeline industry, has named Continuum Industries as one of the winners of their annual Utility Pipeline Technology Award. The award recognises those who have made the most significant contribution to utility pipeline technology.

Grzegorz Marecki, CEO of Continuum Industries, said;

“We’re delighted to receive this recognition from the Pipeline Industries Guild.

“Continuum Industries have developed an AI-driven solution, Optioneer, that lets you rapidly examine thousands of pipeline design options, in greater detail, much earlier in projects.

“Optioneer has already been used on thousands of kilometres of pipelines — and we think it is going to quickly change how the industry approaches planning and design of pipelines as well as other linear projects.”

The Pipeline Industries Guild organises three annual technology awards that span subsea, land-based, and utility pipelines. Continuum Industries entered the utility pipeline technology award but was also shortlisted within the land-based pipeline technology award. For these awards, the judges were looking for evidence within submissions that the solution could:

Provide the industry with something it did not have before

Extend current technology

Provide possible future applications in cost reduction, improve safety or environmental protection

Overcome a challenge in application on new or existing technology in a new or existing area

Provide a reason for the industry to change its modus operandi

Along with Mott MacDonald, Continuum Industries was awarded the Utility Pipeline Technology Award, triumphing against other finalists that included Ant Hire Solutions, Cadent and Steve Vick International, the National Association of Drainage Contractors and eviFile, R2M and Anglian Water.

The award recognised that Continuum Industries’ new AI-driven solution, Optioneer, can lead to a step change in the planning and design of all types of pipeline projects. Optioneer allows users to rapidly examine thousands of pipeline design options, in greater detail, much earlier in projects. It can also be applied to any type of linear project and is already being deployed on major projects outside of the pipeline industry.
Say hello to the woman making solar panels for apartments
By: Fresh Bowl
Tags: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Female Founders, Fresh Bowl, Zero Waste

Credit: Krystal Persaud, Grouphug Solar

Solar panels are pretty much impossible to acquire when you’re an apartment dweller. But not for long thanks to Krystal Persaud — the founder of Grouphug Solar, a NYC-based company committed to making solar panels for urbanites. After a successful Kickstarter and Shark Tank investment, Grouphug shows that more and more people are interesting in supporting sustainable businesses.

Tell us a little about yourself and how you came to found Grouphug?

Hello! My name is Krystal Persaud and I love designing products that make people smile. In high school, art and science were always presented on opposite ends of a spectrum, but I wanted to do both. I discovered the field of industrial design and never looked back. I started my career as a toy designer, so I know how to design experiences that are entertaining and educational. I realized that I could make important innovations, like solar panels, more accessible and exciting.

Why solar panels?

I’m a very eco-conscious person. I carry reusable tote bags, I use stainless water bottles, only buy thrifted clothes, etc — I try to do ALL of the things. But when it comes to renewable energy, I couldn’t find an easy way to incorporate it into my life. I live in an apartment in Brooklyn. There are personal solar panels on the market, but they are designed for camping — and that’s how the Window Solar Charger was born! I wanted a solar panel I could use every day that was beautiful enough to hang in my apartment.

I named the company “Grouphug” because I believe that small actions add up to a larger collective movement for good. The fundamental design of a solar panel hasn’t changed in over 50 years. Solar panels don’t have to be boring rectangles, they can be any shape or size. If you make something more exciting, I think the adoption rate will boom!

Accessibility is something our companies both strive for — why was it important to you to build a business around accessible and sustainable tech?

Renewable energy is SO vital in the fight against climate change. And unfortunately there is SUCH a high barrier to entry, not only cost-wise but also just knowledge. I think education is really one of the most important factors to creating real change. The Window Solar Charger is small, cute, and easy to understand. It’s a great way for someone to take their first step into solar energy. All of a sudden you SEE a solar panel every day at home. I hope people start to ask — hey if I have a solar panel in my window, why aren’t there at my office? Why aren’t they everywhere?

The more agency you can give more people — the more they can advocate for change.

What’s your favorite quick zero waste hack?

I haven’t used paper towels in about 10 years! We have a stack of cloth towels in the kitchen that we use and then immediately add to the laundry basket. It’s so easy! And it doesn’t matter what kind of towels, they don’t have to be fancy or new. You can just cut up one of your older towels or rags.
I will manage your Instagram and increase daily engagement
By: Abd Raaz
Tags: Instagram Marketing, Insta, Engagement Marketing, Instagram Followers, Instagram

If you are looking for a real and targeted audience on your Instagram profile.I would love to help you to manage your Instagram and increase daily engagements.

I also follow the very natural strategy for growing organically. And never I have been using any bot or automatic system. My strategy will help you get the real and targeted audience on Instagram but note this, it is a 100% natural strategy so please not expect like magic.

I will manage your Instagram and increase daily engagement

How it works

Maintenance daily schedules

Optimize bio with the link, description

Per day 1,2 post

Post with free images, quotes or words

Find relevant & popular hash-tags

Foll0w the targeted profiles

Like and comment on their post

Unfollow the unnecessary profiles

Benefits

Grow 1nstagram organically

Gain targeted followers

Increase more engagements

Increase more sales

Professional smm manager

Need to start

Username

Password

Targeted information

Why Me?

Professional Instagram expert

Great skills experience

Work with worldwide clients

Guarantee for money-back

Note: I am not selling insta followers and likes so it’s working fully natural system. So, please contact me just to manage your 1nstagram and growing naturally.
Instagram BIO — how to create the best bio for Instagram?
By: Display Purposes
Tags: Social Media Marketing, Instagram Marketing, Social Media, Instagram, Social Media Strategy

Instagram bio is another place where you can talk a bit more about what your profile is and what you do .

But remember.

You only have 150 characters to use, so put only relevant information from your business point of view.

So, how to create successful bio for Instagram?

We will try to answer this question below.

Bio Instagram is a summary of your profile or company.

You can put there a link, hashtags and of course your description.

The biography must introduce you and indicate what content the recipient can find on your profile.

An example of a well-written biography can be the this profile:

If you want potential advertisers to be able to contact you, add your email address (but not the one you use to log in to the application!).

Contact addresses are often used for spam, so you can make a small change in the address in the form [at] instead of “@” .

You will hinder the operation of bots and people interested in cooperation will still be able to contact you.

Link in the profile — what should it lead to?

Answer three important questions:

Where does the link on your profile go to on the web?

Do you use the full potential of this function?

Is the link still working?

Check it out immediately.

Think about what goal you want to achieve by using this link and how it relates to your recipients on Instagram.

Will people who follow you use this link and find valuable content there?

Does it relate to what you do and is it related to the topic of your profile?

What goals does it have to achieve and are recipients on Instagram really those who will help you achieve them?

Remember that the link should always be up-to-date and where it leads it will achieve the brand’s goals (employer or your personal brand).

If you create a blog entry and your profile still doesn’t have the ability to share the link in relationships , you can add new, important texts targeted at your audience.

An example of using the link to share new blog entries is this profile:

As a brand, however, you can update the link with new, important projects, blog entries or established collaborations and promotions.

Always mention links updates in your reports and descriptions!

Nobody follows changes to your description on an ongoing basis.

Remember to provide only important information that may be relevant to visitors to your profile.

Whether you’re a brand or creator, the biography determines what your profile is about.

Be concise and specific and remember to update links if you create in other channels.

Do not add unnecessary information that takes up space.

You only have 150 characters!
Instagram grids that inspire people to tap on Follow: trends and anti-trends of 2021
Tags: Social Media Marketing, Instagram Marketing, Photography, Content Strategy, Digital Marketing

Instagram grids that inspire people to tap on Follow: trends and anti-trends of 2021 Inflact Jul 6·3 min read

A couple of years ago, templates and monochrome color coding for the IG feed were on the cusp. But now? Forget it — such grids won’t create a positive impact and are unlikely to get Instagrammers to follow you. If you aim to stay trendy and stylish, and grow your sales on IG, read this article — and learn what makes users click on Follow.

Your products may be high-quality and unique, but people will not be willing to order and try them if they don’t like your Instagram feed. To enhance your online sales in such a visually oriented platform as Instagram, it’s essential to think over aesthetics and take care of your visuals’ quality.

Let’s analyze — how long does it take for you to understand if an account is worth following? What makes you want to see updates in your feed regularly? Which elements catch your eye and which push you away?

Even though you apprehend the importance of grid layout, these 3 benefits will encourage you to put more effort into your Instagram aesthetics: