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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

TechCrunch LA

In 2014 , open-source platform Drupal moved to replace “master/slave” with “primary/replica.” . Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911. But GitHub is by no means the first company to consider and make these changes. Send me an email at megan@techcrunch.com .

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Codesmith Raised $1.1 Million Funding Round Lead by Test Prep CEO

Tech.Co

“Codesmith, the leading advanced software engineering school in the US is announcing a $1.1m ” Codesmith was founded by Sentance and Troutwine in 2014 in an effort to provide students with the skills they needed to become at least mid-level software programmers in a short period of time.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But even this is changing.