Could a clearing house automated payment system help you?
31 Aug 2021
The way we think about networking and cybersecurity has changed dramatically in recent years. The rise of remote workers, coupled with the growing push of company data and infrastructure into the cloud, prompted Gartner to outline a new approach to networking and security: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). Where an organization’s networking and security solutions […] The post What is…
30 Aug 2021
What are transaction costs, and how are they calculated?
Cash basis accounting carries special advantages for small businesses.
Is your website optimised for easy online payments?
The top 5 point of sale system options for small businesses
The top 5 low-cost payment gateways from Worldpay to PayPal
27 Aug 2021
I old enough to remember when we thought XML was going to change the programming world…then JSON saved us from that hell. Parsing and querying JSON data is fundamental task we’ve all coded for, but sometimes I just want to get some data locally with minimal fuss. I just learned of a really awesome library to do so: jq. Let’s…
Database first is at the core of jOOQ’s design. jOOQ has been made primarily for classic systems the database is always there and always has been and will never leave. This is because we think “data have mass” This not only translates to moving logic closer to the data (see our previous posts about the … Continue reading Using Testcontainers…
A question I get asked with some frequency is: why bother measuring X, why not build something instead? More bluntly, in a recent conversation with a newsletter author, his comment on some future measurement projects I wanted to do (in the same vein as other projects like keyboard vs. mouse, keyboard, terminal and end-to-end latency measurements), delivered with a smug…
26 Aug 2021
If your legacy JPA application is using occasional native queries or Hibernate @Formula or Spring Data @Query annotation with vendor specific native SQL embedded in it, you can use jOOQ’s parsing connection and parsing data source to translate between dialects, without having to go all in on your jOOQ adoption – though I think it’s … Continue reading Using jOOQ…
Discover how to improve customer service with our small business tips.
Why it’s always beneficial to have a certified public accountant in your company
Discover the best ways to reduce small business costs.
These are the direct debit rules you need to know
Discover the names of BACS approved software providers
Summer may be winding down, but August was still an active month for cybercriminals. In this edition of Threat Spotlight, our cybersecurity threat analysis team discusses the ransomware attacks, trojans, and malware loaders that bad actors are currently using to cripple networks and steal data. Want to learn more about current threat trends? Check out […] The post Ransomware attacks,…
We recently restructured our standard libraries at Jane Street in a way that eliminates the difference between Core_kernel and Core and we’re happy with the result. The new layout should reach the open source world before the end of the year.
25 Aug 2021
We recently rolled out support for Conversation Bubbles for DMs and Group DMs on Android 11. In case you’re not familiar with Conversation Bubbles, take a look at the video below. Basically, they are a way to pop out a conversation from a notification into a Bubble that will draw over other apps, making multitasking…
Find out when BACS payments are settled so as to better manage your cash flow.
Learn how to reinstate direct debits and ensure continuity of payment.
What is a virtual terminal exactly and how do you go about setting one up?
Discover the best peer-to-peer apps for sending and receiving funds.
Discover the most creative small business marketing ideas.
When developing a game, in most circumstances you're going to need to store some kind of data. It could be the score, it could be player inventory, it could be where they are located on a map. The pos... The post Building a Space Shooter Game that Syncs with Unity and MongoDB Realm appeared first on MongoDB.
One of the strengths of modern RDBMS is the capability to mix the powerful SQL language with procedural code. SQL is a 4th generation programming language (4GL), and as such, extremely well suited for querying and bulk data manipulation. Its functional-declarative nature allows for it to be optimised in highly efficient ways using cost-based optimisation, … Continue reading Vendor Agnostic,…
How interning at GoCardless changed Tanya's opinion on inclusive workplaces
24 Aug 2021
Discover the payee meaning in monetary transactions with our guide.
Find out how interchange fees impact your profit margins
What is a due date in accounting and how to calculate it
Safeguard your portfolio with lower risk treasury bonds.
Use the regression line formula to plot data points and analyse variables.
Looking to improve your organization’s security posture? Don’t forget to secure DNS-layer activity! Learn how – and why – to invest in DNS-layer security here. The post Gartner™ quick answer: How can organizations use DNS to improve their security posture appeared first on Cisco Umbrella.
In GoReleaser v0.176.0 (both OSS and Pro), we released the ability to sign Docker images - with cosign in mind, and also did small quality-of-life improvements in the artifact signing feature.
23 Aug 2021
Hooks are essential for the functional component pattern in React. One frequent logic comparison with class components was comparing a previous prop value with a current prop value via lifecycle methods. So what’s an easy pattern for duplicating previous value comparisons in functional components? The useRef and useEffect hooks allow us manage that same functionality in functional components via a…
MySQL’s JDBC connector has a security feature called allowMultiQueries, which defaults to false. When turned off, it prevents using a useful, but potentially dangerous feature in MySQL via JDBC: By default, the above produces a syntax error: Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds … Continue reading MySQL’s allowMultiQueries…
Since the infamous SolarWinds attack, supply chain integrity is something a lot of people are discussing and working on.
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20 Aug 2021
jOOQ has been around for a while – since around 2009 as a publicly available library, and since 2013 as a commercially licensed product. A lot of things have happened in 12 years. Here are 10 things that you maybe didn’t know about jOOQ. 1. eq, ne, gt, ge, lt, le are inspired by XSLT … Continue reading 10 Things…
This article is part of a series of posts aiming to cast some light onto how service architecture has evolved at SoundCloud over the past…
19 Aug 2021
Out with the Old and In with the New: an Enhanced Jupyter Experience in DevOps
Microsoft Python EngineeringThis post was co-authored by Michael Duncan, Azure Notebooks Software Engineer and Dinesh Chandnani, Azure Notebooks Principal Group Engineering Manager Say hello to our newly revamped extension in Azure DevOps! The latest extension allows you to render your .ipynb notebook files directly in Azure DevOps now with an improved viewing experience. In addition to a […] The post Out with…
Leading Fintech for Account-to-Account Payments Integrates With Analytics and Activation Platform to Prevent Card Failures, Reduce Customer Churn and Grow Subscriber Count
Learn the meaning of pro rata and how it’s used in business.
Learn the paid in arrears meaning and when it’s beneficial.
Should you buy products from an OEM? Find out more about the OEM meaning.
Use NRV accounting to work out what your assets are worth.
The UK government backs treasury bills for low-risk investment.
A very little known feature in jOOQ is the Formattable.formatChart() capability, which allows for formatting any jOOQ result as an ASCII chart. This can be useful for quick plotting of results in your console application. Assuming you have a result set of this form (which is what you’re getting when you call result.format() or just … Continue reading Formatting ASCII…
18 Aug 2021
Last month we removed a bunch of content from MDN. MDN is 16 years old (and yes it can drink in some countries), all that time ago it was a great place for all of Mozilla to document all of their things. As MDN evolved and the web reference became our core content, other areas became less relevant to the…
Learn everything you need to know about account-to-account payments
In the developer community, ensuring your projects run accurately regardless of the environment can be a pain. Whether it’s trying to recreate a demo from an online tutorial or working on a code revie... The post Get Hyped: Using Docker + Go with MongoDB appeared first on MongoDB.
Understand the key differences between open banking in the UK and Australia
17 Aug 2021
After a week-long workshop in Amsterdam, the Attribute workflow in Geometry Nodes gets an overhaul to focus on simplicity and ease of use.
We explore how to calculate your company’s net assets.
We explain revenue expenditure and how it fits into your accounting practices.
What is a debt payment plan and how can it help you clear debt more efficiently?
Learn about different types of non current assets.
Any asset expected to be converted into cash within one year is a current asset.
As a customer success manager, I had the pleasure of working with Frederick Health, a leading healthcare provider in Frederick County, Maryland. They’ve been on the cutting-edge when it comes to technology, but the recent opening of new locations and the shift towards an increasingly distributed workforce demanded a better approach to healthcare cybersecurity. Healthcare […] The post Managing cybersecurity…
Reinventing how the world does work inevitably creates a lot of data. Each year, Slack’s scale has increased and the volume of data ingested and stored has kept pace. To make it possible to understand relationships within our data, we’ve invested heavily in an automated data lineage framework. This facilitates producer/consumer coordination, improves risk mitigation,…
16 Aug 2021
We’ve launched a new Customer Hub, find out more today.
What is the most secure online payment system? Protect yourself from hacks.
Top-down forecasting may paint a better picture but bottom-up is more realistic.
Discover the difference between the top and bottom line meaning.
Capital expenditure can have a positive impact on the profits of a business.
Use these tips to keep your business finances healthy and geared for growth.
The brand new MapTiler Desktop 11.2 arrived with estimation of rendering time.
It’s been one week since you looked at me 8 months since I’ve been writing these weekly notes, and I think I’m going to take a small break from it. It’s been a good experiment, but I’ve been getting sloppy with remembering they’re due, and it’s starting to feel a bit self-indulgent. Because I don’t actually advertise that they exist,…
15 Aug 2021
Explore Master-Replica replication - Understand statement-based vs. row-based formats, advantages, and disadvantages for distributed systems.
13 Aug 2021
Adding new event Let’s add a new event to geth/bsc’s websocket based eth_subscription.
Business growth of 15-25% is ideal for small businesses.
The dormancy direct debit rule protects bill payers, but can also lead to issues
Use VAT Direct Debit to simplify your value added tax payments.
Learn the key differences between finance lease vs. operating lease.
Learn about the best small business apps to help organise & grow your business.
How quickly does your business get paid compared to the industry benchmark? We looked at over 40 million payments from 65,000 businesses to find out.
12 Aug 2021
Who needs to file a tax return? It depends on the type of taxpayer.
Find out how to calculate variance within your business
How is a line of credit different from a business loan or credit card?
Learn about the advantages of Bacs payments for your business.
This year has seen a dramatic uptick in ransomware attacks, with high-profile incidents like the Colonial Pipeline attack or the Kaseya attack dominating news cycles. The frequency and cost of these attacks have prompted many cybersecurity professionals to investigate more robust ransomware protection solutions, like DNS-layer security. But how can you make sure your organization’s […] The post Using DNS-layer…
11 Aug 2021
Eleanor Boyd, 2021 Summer Intern for Python Tools for VS Code, shares her learnings about her exploration on Pyodide during her internship project. Keep on reading to learn more! The post Feasibility, Use Cases, and Limitations of Pyodide appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
More than five years ago, we launched the Slack Platform, giving developers an easy way to build apps in Slack and publish them in our App Directory. Today, millions of users bring their work into Slack, and those apps built by over 885,000 active developers on the platform are key to further improving collaboration in…
Today, GitHub is making Codespaces available to Team and Enterprise Cloud plans on github.com. Codespaces provides software teams a faster, more collaborative development environment in the cloud. Read more on our Codespaces page. The GitHub.com codebase is almost 14 years old. When the first commit for GitHub.com was pushed, Rails was only two years old. AWS was one. Azure and…
Sometimes, the word you're looking for is on the tip of your tongue, but you can't quite grasp it. For example, when you're trying to find a really funny tweet you saw last night to show your friends... The post Get Hyped: Synonyms in MongoDB Atlas Search appeared first on MongoDB.
10 Aug 2021
Why multi-region sessions? Each year leading up to Back to School (our busiest season), Clever’s engineering team invests in our highest traffic systems to make sure we can handle user growth and new traffic patterns. During 2020–2021, SAML auth at Clever grew from <10% of our login related traffic to about 40% of our traffic! For this […] The post…
August is already here, which means so is Firefox 91! For developers, Firefox 91 supports the Visual Viewport API and Intl.DateTimeFormat object additions. The post Hopping on Firefox 91 appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
Companies House is the first place to turn for information on limited companies.
Discover the subtle differences between billing and invoicing
We look at how to measure and improve your customer retention.
List of the best digital marketing tools for small businesses
[Webinar] Mastering Payments: Insights from Epson on a customer-centric approach to payments
GoCardlessDiscover how Epson has tackled international expansion with a customer-first approach to payments. Hear how Epson has benefitted from introducing Direct Debit across Europe, including improved conversion and customer acquisition.
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world in 2020, ransomware attacks grew to epidemic proportions of their own. Almost every day, both large and small companies across every industry – all lacking ransomware protection – were attacked. Now with incidents on the rise, organizations are rushing to implement data protection strategies to reduce their exposure. The post The cost of…
We’ve created an improved version of OpenAI Codex, our AI system that translates natural language to code, and we are releasing it through our API in private beta starting today.
Explore synchronous, asynchronous, and semi-synchronous data replication strategies in distributed systems. Understand their trade-offs and implications.
9 Aug 2021
As I’ve shown you in the past, nvm an excellent utility for switching between Node.js versions. Whether your host machine or CI, building and testing your apps on different Node versions is a necessity. I’ve recently found a few nvm commands that I found really useful during local development. To set a default node version on your machine, without touching…