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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

TechCrunch

Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. With World Mental Health Day just behind us, I thought about how the tech industry can be a difficult place to stay mentally well. Lorna Mitchell. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Create community: Advice on branding from YLAI Fellow Luisfer Pelayo

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

When we start a brand, we rarely begin with thinking about the community around it. While it’s true that some businesses are situated in markets where creating a community around their brand is easier for them than others, all businesses or organizations have an audience with which they can create a community.

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Creating a forever home for this Trinidadian community and the endangered animals within it

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The YLAI Network team asked Rondell a few questions about his unique path to conservation and his role in his community, ensuring that all species are living in a healthy environment. ROAR seeks to ensure each member of the community understands the correlation of a balanced ecosystem and human health. Take the risk.

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This YLAI Fellow is influencing sustainable behavior in his Dominican Republic community

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Green Depot , based in the Dominican Republic, aims to make the planet, and his community members, more eco-conscious. To celebrate Porfirio’s efforts in creating job opportunities in his community, and in leading them toward a culture of sustainability, the YLAI Network asked him a few questions about Green Depot’s successes.

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12 Midwest Startups Offering Mental Health Benefits

StartupNation

Are you looking for a healthy work environment with a job that offers mental health benefits? As the mental health crisis continues to worsen and companies continue to work remotely, startups are rethinking their benefits. Here are some great companies offering mental health benefits to consider for your next career move.

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Investors including Microsoft’s climate fund back hyperlocal environmental monitoring tech developer Aclima

TechCrunch

While that seems like common sense, most communities around the world don’t have tools that can monitor emissions and pollutants at the granular levels they need to develop plans that can address these pollutants. We deploy sensor networks that combine mobile sensing where we use fleets of vehicles as a roving network.

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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

TechCrunch

Prior to founding AppMap, she founded DevOps security startup Conjur, which was acquired by CyberArk in 2017, and served as chief data officer for Generation Health, later acquired by CVS. If you look at the CWE Top 25, almost half of these are code design issues.”.