Cognition Reveals Devin the World’s First Fully Autonomous AI Software Engineer


March 17th, 2024: US-based startup Cognition introduced Devin, an AI-powered tool the company claims is the “world’s first fully autonomous AI software engineer.”

Devin is designed to solve engineering tasks independently using its own shell, code editor, and web browser.

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Devin AI fixing GitHub bugs autonomously

According to demonstrations provided by Cognition, Devin can utilize its web browser to access and learn from API documentation, enabling it to plug into various APIs.

When the AI agent encounters an error, it automatically adds a debugging print statement to the main code within its code editor interface and reruns the code.

Cognition has showcased Devin’s capabilities in building and deploying apps, identifying and fixing bugs in codebases, and even fine-tuning AI models.

To assess Devin’s accuracy, Cognition tested the AI agent on SWE-bench, a benchmarking platform that challenges agents to resolve real-world issues found in open-source projects on GitHub.

Devin successfully resolved 13.86% of the issues end-to-end, surpassing the performance of GPT4 (1.74%) and the previous best score held by Anthropic’s Claude 2 (4.80%).

Notably, Devin achieved this without assistance in locating the relevant files within the repository.

While Microsoft offers AI-powered developer tools like GitHub Copilot, which provides code completion and assistive features for programmers, it cannot complete codes end-to-end without human interference or assistance.

In contrast, Devin is capable of autonomously completing coding tasks.

Cognition is currently offering early access to Devin for businesses who wish to utilize the AI agent for engineering work. Interested customers can request early access through the company’s website.

With its impressive performance on the SWE-bench platform and its ability to operate independently, Devin represents a significant step forward in the development of AI-powered software engineering solutions.



JTB Excel2TextField 2.0.0 link Excel to AutoCAD


JTB Excel2TextField 2.0.0 is released and now allow you to easily update references that been moved or renamed.

The app lets you connect fields in AutoCAD to Excel cell values. You can have Excel as the main source and when it is updated your drawings will be updated too. You can place fields in texts, mtexts, tables and/or block attributes.

Have your Excel updates to reflect in the drawing.

Animation of usage below by clicking on the image.

The FixExcelTextFields command will collect all source excel files and source worksheets, then show them all in an edit window. Useful if locations or names been changed.

Free trial at JTB Excel2TextField.



Tinder is making it easier to share date details with family and friends


has revealed a feature that both helps users share their excitement about a date with loved ones and acts as a safety tool. The Share My Date feature lets users share details about a planned date with a single link.

The URL can point to details including the location, date and time of the rendezvous along with a photo of your match and a link to their profile. The page can include some notes too. You can edit your date plans so those you share that link with have the most up-to-date info. Dates can be set in the app up to 30 days in advance. For those lucky folks out there who have a bunch of matches they make IRL plans with, you can create an unlimited number of dates and share those with your loved ones.

Tinder says that around 51 percent of users under 30 already share date details with their friends, while 19 percent of users do so with their mom. It’s always a good idea to let someone know where and when you’re going on a date and details about the person you’re meeting up with, just to be safe. Share My Date could simplify the process a bit. Back in 2020, Match.com that let users send details about their date to emergency contacts if things weren’t going well.

Tinder will roll out Share My Date over the coming months. It’ll be available in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, India, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico, Netherlands, Italy, Korea, Vietnam and Thailand.

VS Code and WebAssemblies


June 5, 2023 by Dirk Bäumer

VS Code for the Web (https://vscode.dev) has been available for some time now and it has always been our goal to support the full edit / compile / debug cycle in the browser. This is relatively easy for languages like JavaScript and TypeScript since browsers ship with a JavaScript execution engine. It is harder for other languages since we must be able to execute (and therefore debug) the code. For example, to run Python source code in a browser, there needs to be an execution engine that can run the Python interpreter. These language runtimes are usually written in C/C++.

WebAssembly is a binary instruction format for a virtual machine. WebAssembly virtual machines ship in modern browsers today and there are tool chains to compile C/C++ to WebAssembly code. To find out what is possible with WebAssemblies today, we decided to take a Python interpreter written C/C++, compile it to WebAssembly, and run it in VS Code for the Web. Luckily, the Python team already started working on compiling CPython to WASM and we happily piggybacked on their effort. The outcome of the exploration can be seen in the short video below:

Execute a Python file in VS Code for the Web

It doesn’t really look different than executing Python code in VS Code desktop. So, why is this cool?

  • The Python source code (app.py and hello.py) is hosted in a GitHub repository and directly read from GitHub. The Python interpreter has full access to the files in the workspace, but not to any other files.
  • The sample code is multi file. app.py depends on hello.py.
  • The output shows up nicely in VS Code’s terminal.
  • You can run a Python REPL and fully interact with it.
  • And of course, it runs on the web.

Additionally, the Python interpreter compiled to WebAssembly (WASM) code requires no modification to run in VS Code for the Web. The bits are one for one the same created by the CPython team.

How does it work?

WebAssembly virtual machines don’t come with an SDK (like, for example, Java or .NET). So out of the box, WebAssembly code can’t print to a console or read the content of a file. What the WebAssembly specification defines is how WebAssembly code can call functions in the host running the virtual machine. In the case of VS Code for the Web, the host is the browser. The virtual machine can therefore call JavaScript functions that are executed in the browser.

The Python team provides WebAssembly binaries of their interpreter in two flavors: one compiled with emscripten and the other compiled with the WASI SDK. Although they both create WebAssembly code, they have different characteristics regarding the JavaScript functions they provide as a host implementation:

  • emscripten – has a special focus on the Web platform and Node.js. In addition to generating WASM code, it also generates JavaScript code that acts as a host to execute the WASM code in either the browser or Node.js environment. For example, the JavaScript code provides a function to print the content of a C printf statement to the browser’s console.
  • WASI SDK – compiles C/C++ code to WASM and assumes a host implementation that conforms to the WASI specification. WASI stands for WebAssembly System Interface. It defines several operating system-like features, including files and file systems, sockets, clocks, and random numbers. Compiling C/C++ code with the WASI SDK will only generate WebAssembly code but will not generate any JavaScript functions. The JavaScript functions necessary to print the content of a C printf statement must be provided by the host. Wasmtime is, for example, a runtime that provides a WASI host implementation that wires WASI to operating system calls.

For VS Code, we decided to support WASI. Although our primary focus is to execute WASM code in the browser, we are not actually running it in a pure browser environment. We must run WebAssemblies in VS Code’s extension host worker since this is the standard way that VS Code is extended. The extension host worker provides, beside the browser’s worker API, the entire VS Code extension API. So instead of wiring a printf call in a C/C++ program to the browser’s console, we actually want to wire it to VS Code’s Terminal API. Doing this in WASI was easier for us than in emscripten.

Our current implementation of VS Code’s WASI host is based on the WASI snapshot preview1 and all implementation details described in this blog post refer to that version.

How can I run my own WebAssembly code?

After we had Python running in VS Code for the Web, we quickly realized that the approach we took allows us to execute any code that can be compiled to WASI. This section therefore demonstrates how to compile a small C program to WASI using the WASI SDK and execute it inside VS Code’s extension host. The example assumes that the reader is familiar with VS Code’s extension API and knows how to write an extension for VS Code for the Web.

The C program we run is a simple “Hello World” program that looks like this:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    printf("Hello, World\n");
    return 0;
}

Assuming you have the latest WASI SDK installed and it is on your PATH, the C program can be compiled using the following command:

clang hello.c -o ./hello.wasm

This generates a hello.wasm file next to the hello.c file.

New features are added to VS Code via extensions, and we follow the same model when integrating WebAssemblies into VS Code. We need to define an extension that loads and runs the WASM code. The important parts of the extension’s package.json manifest are as follows:

{
    "name": "...",
    ...,
    "extensionDependencies": [
        "ms-vscode.wasm-wasi-core"
    ],
    "contributes": {
        "commands": [
            {
                "command": "wasm-c-example.run",
                "category": "WASM Example",
                "title": "Run C Hello World"
            }
        ]
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "@types/vscode": "1.77.0",
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "@vscode/wasm-wasi": "0.11.0-next.0"
    }
}

The ms-vscode.wasm-wasi-core extension supplies the WebAssembly execution engine that wires the WASI API up to the VS Code API. The node module @vscode/wasm-wasi provides a facade to load and run WebAssembly code in VS Code.

Below is the actual TypeScript code to load and run WebAssembly code:

import { Wasm } from '@vscode/wasm-wasi';
import { commands, ExtensionContext, Uri, window, workspace } from 'vscode';

export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
  // Load the WASM API
  const wasm: Wasm = await Wasm.load();

  // Register a command that runs the C example
  commands.registerCommand('wasm-wasi-c-example.run', async () => {
    // Create a pseudoterminal to provide stdio to the WASM process.
    const pty = wasm.createPseudoterminal();
    const terminal = window.createTerminal({
      name: 'Run C Example',
      pty,
      isTransient: true
    });
    terminal.show(true);

    try {
      // Load the WASM module. It is stored alongside the extension's JS code.
      // So we can use VS Code's file system API to load it. Makes it
      // independent of whether the code runs in the desktop or the web.
      const bits = await workspace.fs.readFile(
        Uri.joinPath(context.extensionUri, 'hello.wasm')
      );
      const module = await WebAssembly.compile(bits);
      // Create a WASM process.
      const process = await wasm.createProcess('hello', module, { stdio: pty.stdio });
      // Run the process and wait for its result.
      const result = await process.run();
      if (result !== 0) {
        await window.showErrorMessage(`Process hello ended with error: ${result}`);
      }
    } catch (error) {
      // Show an error message if something goes wrong.
      await window.showErrorMessage(error.message);
    }
  });
}

The video below shows the extension running in VS Code for the Web.

Run Hello World

We used C/C++ code as a source for the WebAssembly and because WASI is a standard, there are other toolchains that support WASI. Examples are: Rust, .NET, or Swift.

VS Code’s WASI implementation

WASI and the VS Code API share concepts like a file system or stdio (for example, a terminal). This enabled us to implement the WASI specification on top of the VS Code API. However, the different execution behavior was a challenge: WebAssembly code execution is synchronous (for example, once a WebAssembly execution started, the JavaScript worker is blocked until the execution finished), whereas most of the API of VS Code and the browser is asynchronous. For instance, reading from a file in WASI is synchronous while the corresponding VS Code API is asynchronous. This characteristic causes two problems for the execution of WebAssembly code inside VS Code extension host worker:

  • We need to prevent the extension host from being blocked while executing WebAssembly code since this would block other extensions from being executed.
  • A mechanism is needed to implement the synchronous WASI API on top of the asynchronous VS Code and browser API.

The first case is easy to solve: we run the WebAssembly code in a separate worker thread. The second case is harder to solve since mapping sync code onto async code needs suspending the synchronous executing thread and resuming it when the asynchronously computed result is available. The JavaScript-Promise Integration Proposal for WebAssembly solves this problem on the WASM layer and there is an experimental implementation of the proposal in V8. However, when we started the effort, the V8 implementation was not available yet. So we chose a different implementation, which uses SharedArrayBuffer and Atomics to map the sync WASI API onto VS Code’s async API.

The approach works as follows:

  • The WASM worker thread creates a SharedArrayBuffer with the necessary information about the code that should be called on the VS Code side.
  • It posts the shared memory to VS Code’s extension host worker and then waits for the extension host worker to finish its work using Atomics.wait.
  • The extension host worker takes the message, calls the appropriate VS Code API, writes results back into the SharedArrayBuffer and then notifies the WASM worker thread to wake up using Atomics.store and Atomics.notify.
  • The WASM worker then reads any result data out of the SharedArrayBuffer and returns it to the WASI callback.

The only difficulty with this approach is that SharedArrayBuffer and Atomics require the site to be cross-origin isolated, which, because CORS is very viral, can be an endeavor by itself. This is why it is currently only enabled by default on the Insiders version insiders.vscode.dev and must be enabled using the query parameter ?vscode-coi=on on vscode.dev.

Below is a diagram showing the interaction between the WASM worker and the extension host worker in more detail for the C program above that we compiled to WebAssembly. The code in the orange box is WebAssembly code and all the code in green boxes runs in JavaScript. The yellow box represents the SharedArrayBuffer.

Interaction between the WASM worker and the extension host

A web shell

Now that we were able to compile C/C++ and Rust code to WebAssembly and execute it in VS Code, we explored whether we could run a shell in VS Code for the Web as well.

We investigated compiling one of the Unix shells to WebAssembly. However, some shells rely on operating system features (spawning processes, …), which are not available in WASI right now. This led us to take a slightly different approach: we implemented a basic shell in TypeScript and tried to compile only the Unix core utils like ls, cat, date, … to WebAssembly. Since Rust has very good support for WASM and WASI, we gave the uutils/coreutils, a cross-platform reimplementation of the GNU coreutils in Rust, a try. Et voilà, we had a first minimal web shell.

A web shell

A shell is very limited if you can’t execute custom WebAssemblies or commands. To extend the web shell, other extensions can contribute additional mount points to the file system as well as commands that are invoked when they are typed into the web shell. The indirection via commands decouples the concrete WebAssembly execution from what is typed in the terminal. Using this support in the Python extension from the beginning allows you to execute Python code directly from within the shell by entering python app.py into the prompt or listing the default python 3.11 library, which is usually mounted under /usr/local/lib/python3.11.

Python integration into web shell

What comes next?

The WASM execution engine extension and the Web Shell extension are both experimental as a preview and shouldn’t be used to implement production ready extensions using WebAssemblies. They have been made publicly available to get early feedback on the technology. If you have any questions or feedback, please open issues in the corresponding vscode-wasm GitHub repository. This repository also contains the source code for the Python example as well as for the WASM execution engine and the Web Shell.

What we do know is that we will further explore the following topics:

  • The WASI team is working on a preview2 and preview3 of the specification, which we plan to support as well. The new versions will change the way a WASI host is implemented. However, we are confident that we can keep our API, which is exposed in the WASM execution engine extension, mostly stable.
  • There is also the WASIX effort that extends WASI with additional operating system-like features such as process or futex. We will continue to watch this work.
  • Many language servers for VS Code are implemented in languages different than JavaScript or TypeScript. We plan to explore the possibility of compiling these language servers to wasm32-wasi and running them in VS Code for the Web as well.
  • Improving debugging for Python on the Web. We have started to work on this, so stay tuned.
  • Add support so that extension B can run WebAssembly code contributed by extension A. This will, for example, allow arbitrary extensions to execute Python code by reusing the extension that contributed the Python WebAssembly.
  • Ensuring that other language runtimes that are compiled for wasm32-wasi run on top of VS Code’s WebAssembly execution engine. VMware Labs provides Ruby and PHP wasm32-wasi binaries and both do run in VS Code.

Thanks,

Dirk and the VS Code team

Happy Coding!

Street Fighter 6 Error code 50200


Street Fighter 6 Error code 50200

The Game Street Fighter 6 was released in 2023, as the 6th entry in the long-running fighting game series developed and published by the ample Japanese video game developer, Capcom. The March 2022 announcement outlined it as the seventh main entry in the Street Fighter franchise and released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S on June 2, 2023.

An arcade version of the game, called Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade, was unveiled by Taito at a Japanese arcade on December 14, 20 Furthermore, an advanced prequel comic book series was made public in September 2022.

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At the moment, players even on tournaments are experiencing the Street Fighter 6 error code 50200-20011 S9041-TAD-W72T while playing on a personal computer (PC), the PlayStation 4/5, and the Xbox game consoles. Here, we’ll dive deep into the best practices for resolving “SF6 error code 50200-20011” ensuring you a trouble-free gaming session thereupon.

 

What Are The Common Triggers For The Error Code?

There are a few explanations for the reason why you are getting the SF6 Error Code 50200.

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Server Concern

Gamers often complain about this issue, stating that the primary cause for it is server-related. Load and availability issues with the servers are the most likely causes leading to the error message.

 

Internet Connectivity Issues

Similar to your server connection issues which may cause this error, you may also experience connectivity issues if your internet connection or wi-fi isn’t stable or swift enough. Please check if your router or modem works properly, or try moving closer to your router.

 

Firewall and Antivirus software

Another explanation could be that your firewall or antivirus may be blocking the game from launching because of the connection between the game and the servers. To ensure the error is not solely due to the presence of firewall or antivirus software, consider temporarily switching them off and check if it resolves the problem.

 

Corrupt Game Files

In rare instances, the error may be attributed to the corruption of the game files. If an error persists, go over your game files from the Steam platform or the PlayStation Store or Xbox Store to make sure you have the latest version installed.

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Ways To Solve The Error Code 50200 In SF6

 

Check the Current Server Status

In this case, you should log on to the site of the Street Fighter or you can also check the same on their official Twitter page. If the server is down it will mean that you can do nothing to it except wait till it returns online and this will also mean that the error will be removed automatically, so the first step should always be to check server status.

 

Make sure your Internet is functioning properly, particularly the bandwidth.

In addition, check that your wifi connection is on-point and network settings are in the right place. In case you are using the internet over wireless connections, it is recommended to use a wired one for a better quality of internet connection. Another method is restarting the same. Restart the router/modem from your end by turning the main switch off and then on and try connecting to the game this way.

Also Read: A Deal with Ursula

 

Review Firewall and Antivirus

With any antivirus enabled, if any suspicious activity is detected, it is automatically dealt with. Any intrusion is blocked and the location of the harmful files and viruses is easily specified. Thus, making sure any of these programs or systems do not interfere with the game’s operation on the internet is a key point. Make the game an exception in your antivirus settings, thus avoiding intrusion with the game’s access.

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Use a VPN

A VPN is capable of defeating the restrictions of locations and being able to play games from the game servers from different regions. Just get a good VPN from a website and connect to any of the servers, meaning the ones that work without glitches and will not interrupt the game’s connection.

 

Reinstall the Game

While installing and uninstalling do not always guarantee success, if everything else has failed try removing and reinstalling the game. This solution does cover the cases of failed or resulting in potentially missing files or bugs. To perform this task properly, the first step is to uninstall the game from your library list on Steam. Then click on the download and install option instead.

 

Compare Integrity of Gaming Files and Update Your Steam

The busy game files with incomplete or those with complete corruption in the system may be the cause of the prevalence of the mentioned error in the games, an attempt to fix should therefore be done on such files. But before that, ensure your game and Steam are up-to-date as it could also be compatibility issues.

In Steam Library double-click on the game icon, then right-click, find properties, go to local files and select ‘verify the integrity of the game files’. The next step is to initiate that scan to find the glitch. Then, once it has finished, reboot the game again.

 

Contact Support

If the inconvenience prevails, contact the support team of the game through their official website and online network for cooperation through phone calls, e-mail or Capcom ID as it could be a communication error or a purchase error. If you have already tried this one out without too many achievements, then you can reach out to local technicians for further assistance and gamers on the internet who might be able to help.

14 OKR Software Tools For Tracking Progress In 2024


As our workplaces continue to evolve, so do our tools to get things done. Many businesses have migrated away from pen-and-paper to-do lists, instead moving on to more robust project management platforms. Luckily, the digital space is ripe with tracking programs that your business can use to keep projects moving forward and everyone on track.

These software tools are more than just simple programs that track the linear progress of a project from point A to B. Instead, they are complex and robust programs that incorporate project management metrics and can be tailored to your business goals and strategy.

In project management, the system of Objectives and Key Results (OKR) has become a popular way to track a team’s progress. The use of digitally tracking OKRs has opened up a world of possibilities as software companies have created intuitive programs that can be used to measure and monitor your team’s performance by setting objectives with associated key results.

There are several great OKR software tools on the market in 2024. Here we will focus on some of the best, discuss their key features, and determine which OKR software platforms are worth your investment.

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What are OKRs and how do they work together?

If you have been following basic project management tactics for your business, the term “Objectives and Key Results” should have popped up along the way. However, if this term is still unfamiliar, I’ll summarize it in simple terms. The term OKR refers to a goal-setting framework that defines and tracks progress toward specific, measurable, and time-bound objectives.

OKRs consist of two parts combined: Objectives & Key Results.

Objectives

These are high-level, qualitative targets an organization aims to achieve. Objectives are typically ambitious and inspiring and help align team efforts that strive toward a common goal. Objectives need to be defined, communicated and reviewed regularly. These objectives are meant to challenge teams and take on ambitious goals. Examples of objectives for your business can include “improve employee engagement or “improve customer satisfaction”.

Key Results

These are quantifiable metrics that measure the progress toward the objectives. Key Results are more aggressive but realistic. They are used to help track the success of the objectives and are part of the equation used to ensure that they are attainable and measurable. Examples of key results for your business can include “Increase participation in company events by 30% by the end of Q2” or “improve customer satisfaction scores by 5%”.

Notice how both objectives and key results work together? For example, you can’t just expect your business to succeed in the objective to “improve customer satisfaction” without the key results stepping in to move it along to hit certain goals or benchmarks.

ORKs work together like a boat works with a rudder. A boat without a rudder can move – it just might not go in the direction you want. Combine the boat and the rudder, like you combine both objectives and key results, and you can get your project moving in the right direction in no time!

Choosing The Right OKR software

When you search for your OKR software, what is your business end game or requirements? Do you need this tracking software for individual goal setting or collaborating on larger team goals? Do you want your tracking platform to have AI capabilities and be suitable for a small team, or do you need enterprise capabilities to scale as your organization grows?

Knowing exactly what your business needs and how you want to track it helps you hone in on what goal-setting platform you need for your short and long-term objectives and results.

Here are some of the top OKR software platforms to help your organization stay on track. 

1. Hive

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Hive is a project management platform that allows individual users and businesses to manage projects, track tasks, set goals and monitor progress. To support your OKR-setting needs, Hive has a powerful Goals application that lets users create and track customizable goals and objectives.

Once you create a goal, Hive lets you share it with other users, assign the goal to relevant teammates, track activity and give yourself a deadline. Hive’s Goals dashboard is much more than a list of endpoints — it’s your North Star.

Key features include:

  • Creating goals with other team members in real-time
  • Sharing of the team’s objectives within a dynamic dashboard
  • Accurate tracking with automated notifications and AI assistance
  • Project-based goals that populate statuses based on task completion and overdue items
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2. Weekdone

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Weekdone is an OKR software tool designed to help large enterprises measure, track and improve their organizational performance. While it does offer long-term goal setting, this platform focuses mainly on, you guessed it, projects worked on and completed during a week. From weekly updates to quarterly meetings, Weekdone’s OKR framework offers an all-in-one solution for businesses that want to increase their team’s productivity and cross-department communications.

Key features include: 

  • Team objectives and key results for each department
  • Automated reminders for goals
  • Interactive real-time dashboards
  • Quarterly OKRs mixed with weekly planning and success metrics

3. Coda

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Coda is another great option for setting organization-wide OKRs that focus on employee engagement. From creating progress visualizations for stakeholders to connecting OKR tables and analysis to other documents, Coda is the perfect platform for businesses looking to simplify their OKR framework. Coda’s team-building abilities also make it easy to get your whole organization on track, and its interconnected platform ensures that projects are tracked, measured and

Key features include: 

  • Prebuilt templates take the guesswork out of your campaigns
  • Seamless integration with Slack, Zoom, and other applications
  • Useful activity feeds drive and facilitates discussion amongst team members
  • Offers “one source of truth” for users

4. Lattice

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Lattice is an OKR software designed to help small and medium-sized business track objectives, manage collaboration and share progress. This platform provides a place to track tasks and objectives and allows employees to communicate, engage and grow within their roles freely.

Key features include:

  • Integrated goal tracking with performance reviews
  • 360-degree feedback
  • Real-time messaging and collaboration
  • Customizable security settings

5. Trello

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Trello is a project management software known for its Kanban boards, which makes an effective way to track OKRs. You can also use lists and card views to see your projects and tasks. Navigate to Trello’s template library and you’ll find pre-made boards with OKR planning. 

In the first column, you’ll see “Objective” (category) and in each card, within the column, you’ll find a “Key Result” (goal/target). With Trello’s OKR template, your team can easily update their progress periodically.  Trello is an intuitive tool, its no-code automation features help you optimize the time spent on repetitive tasks.

Additionally, Trello allows you to invite new members to collaborate in your workspace, track tasks, and use color-coded labels for organization. And it integrates with many popular apps like Slack, Google Drive, and Microsoft Teams, so there’s no need to stop using software you already love. Trello has a free version, and its paid plans start at $5 per user/month.

Key features include:

  • See your work from multiple angles: Kanban board, timeline, table, calendar, and more
  • Automate repetitive tasks and enhance workflow
  • Integrate with over a hundred of your favorite tools
  • Dozens of premade templates
  • Pre-built Trello playbooks designed for all teams

6. Profit.co

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Profit OKR is a project management software that helps companies prioritize goals, save time, engage teams and execute strategies with limited resources. Profit OKR dashboard makes it easier to visually track progress and issues, helping managers to adjust tactics and fix project misalignments. You can filter and export files from the dashboard and easily measure performance by department. Profit is free for up to five users. Its paid plan starts at $9/monthly per user.

Key features include: 

  • Real-time heatmaps allow managers to identify potential problems easily and push for progress.
  • Link your tasks with Key Results with expert-step guidance, and facilitate the progress of Key Results with the assigned tasks.
  • Employees can tag colleagues with @mentions which encourages more collaboration, and also they can share their learning with #tags.
  • Available for iOs, Windows and Android.

7. ClickUp

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ClickUp offers a library of customizable templates, including Company OKRs and Goals. Its flexible framework lets you craft your company’s goals while setting up the important metrics for each team. The template includes filters such as status, custom fields, tags, apps, and view types.

One of the advantages of automated systems on ClickUp is the possibility of working with external apps by integrating them into your workflow. For example, you can automate ClickUp tasks with Google Sheets, Dropbox, Calendly, GitHub, Slack, and Airtable integrations. ClickUp has a free plan, and its paid plan starts at $5 per member/per month. To see how ClickUp stacks up against other tools on the market, check out our complete guide to Click Up alternatives.

Key features include: 

  • Automation: allowing users to reduce manual efforts in specific tasks while freeing up teams to focus on other priority goals.
  • 50+ pre-built automation to help with workflow automation and processes. 
  • Native chat and email, dynamic recurring tasks, customizable board views, and free integrations.

8. PeopleGoal

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PeopleGoal is another good choice for tracking OKRs because it provides apps specifically designed for setting and managing objectives. With its OKR app, users can set specific and measurable goals, assign them to individuals or teams, track progress, and receive timely feedback. The platform also offers custom reports and analytics that allow companies to drill deeper into their OKR data and build custom reports with charts, graphs, and interactive data sets. 

Additionally, PeopleGoal provides apps for SMART goals, 360 feedback, continuous feedback, performance reviews, surveys, development plans, one-to-ones, career plans, job families, and more. PeopleGoal has a 7-day free trial and offers a simple plan at $4/user/month with a minimum charge of $199 per month (approximately 50 users). 

Key features include:

  • No-code configuration for HR workflows
  • Apps for OKRs, SMART goals, 360 feedback, performance reviews, surveys, and more
  • Custom reports and analytics
  • Seamless workflows across teams.

9. Mooncamp

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Mooncamp is a comprehensive OKR software solution with an intuitive and user-friendly interface. It enables businesses, regardless of size, to create, manage, and track their strategic goals effectively, promoting a results-driven organizational culture. By providing visibility into individual, team, and company-wide objectives, Mooncamp fosters alignment and boosts overall productivity. It has real-time tracking functionality that allows for easy progress monitoring, with collaborative features that encourage team engagement, making goal tracking not just a managerial task but a collective effort.

Mooncamp plans start at $6/user/month and you try it out free for 14 days.

Key Features Include:

  • Objective alignment across individuals, teams, and the organization
  • Real-time updates on OKR progress
  • Completely customizable goal system
  • Integrates with tools like Slack, Google Workspace, and Microsoft Teams

10. Perdoo

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Perdoo is another great OKR software candidate with a strong emphasis on goal alignment and integration. It has an intuitive, user-friendly interface which makes OKR management less intimidating for those who are new to the concept. It guides users through the process of setting and tracking OKRs, ensuring that objectives are clearly defined and results are measurable. The software promotes transparency throughout an organization by displaying how individual objectives fit into the broader company goals.

Perdoo also offers integration with popular tools such as Slack, Google Sheets, Jira, and more. There’s a free plan for up to 10 people and paid plans start at $3.50/user/month.

Key features include:

  • ‘Initiatives’ feature that allows you to link tasks and projects to specific objectives
  • ‘Health Check’ feature for regularly assessing the progress and status of OKRs
  • Resources and coaching services to help businesses with OKR methodology
  • ‘Insights’ to analyze the success of OKRs and derive data-driven decisions
  • Create custom user roles and permissions

11. Simple OKR

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As the name suggests, Simple OKR is a tool designed using the principles of Objectives & Key Results (OKR) methodology to create and track measurable goals. The vision behind Simple OKR is to incentivize employees to see who their work contributes directly to the company’s goals and priorities. How? By setting between three and five high-level objectives that are key to the overall success of your business, this way you will be able to engage each member of your team and inspire them to deliver their needed contributions to make those goals possible. Simple OKR offers a free 7–day trial and their paid plan has a unique tier: $49.99 /month. The plan includes: company, team and personal OKRs, progress tracking with OKR targets, OKR alignment for all team members, Single Sign-on (SAML v2) and unlimited users.

12. Quantive

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Quantive is an OKR software known for its easy-to-use interface and project management capabilities. Quantive offers charts, collaboration features such as commenting and notes, it has a vast library of customizable templates and an easy drag-and-drop functionality. The solution also offers task tracking, Gantt charts, and resource management. The platform has a vast library of templates for OKRs, from sales to cash flow to website traffic improvement.

Quantive has a free plan, with limited features and storage.  Their paid plan starts at $18 per user per month.

Key features include: 

  • Goal setting
  • Progress tracking
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Reporting and analytics
  • Customer support (email, help desk, phone support, 24/7 live rep, chat)

13. BetterWorks

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Betterworks is a goal and OKR platform that can help drive strategic organizational alignment and employee performance through its powerful features. Betterworks facilitates the collaboration between managers and direct reports offering transparent snapshots of performance and letting both managers and direct reports add comments or send nudges. Bettworks integrates with commonly used applications and allows employees to quickly update goal progress without even leaving their current application.

Key features include: 

  • Goal setting and tracking
  • Performance management with 360-degree feedback, performance reviews, and compensation management
  • Employee engagement with employee recognition, social learning, and surveys features.
  • People analytics with reports that identify trends, make better decisions, and improve overall performance

14. 15Five

15Five’s strategic performance management platform that helps HR leaders and organizations to track performance at ease. The tool lets you set organization and individual goals, collaborate and track goals in a dashboard that gives transparency and accountability to everyone. The reporting capabilities of 15Five’s software helps businesses in their decision making by offering a clear understanding of employee’s engagement, performance and manager effectiveness, as well as turnover. 15Five has four plans, each of them with specific features, goals and limitations. Its Engage plan starts at $4 per month per user and includes surveys and insights towards engaging employees. Its Perform plan costs $10 per month per user and focuses on feedback and strengthening managers effectiveness with features that include: 360º feedback, Talent Matrix and Career Path and Plans. Its Total Platform plan costs $16 per user per month and includes all the features of Engage and Perform, plus AI assistance. 15Five’s Transform plan offers all the above, plus manager training and coaching and packages starts at $99 a month.

Key features include: 

  • Real-time OKR tracking 
  • Reporting capabilities
  • Surveys, feedback capabilities
  • Courses and coaching sessions
  • Gamified experience

While this list is by no means exhaustive, you can see that by evaluating different OKR software options, you’ll be able to find the best one for your organization’s needs. Whether it’s a platform that offers excellent employee communication options or one with stellar goal-tracking metrics like Hive, each tool has unique features that may make them better suited for specific tasks or businesses. For example, if you use Jira, you can explore the potential of integrating Jira OKR solutions into your strategy.

OKRs are a great way to measure progress and ensure success in 2024. By choosing and setting your team up with a new OKR software tool, you can track progress and ensure everyone is on the same page.

Are you more familiar with other tools? Let us know in the comments below!

Olive Union Olive Max Hearing Aids: For Mild Hearing Loss


You don’t have to be nearly deaf to use a hearing aid. Many doctors urge patients to get started with the devices early, before hearing loss becomes critical. Olive Union’s Olive Max is the first hearing aid I’ve encountered designed for this specific purpose, built for users with “mild to moderate” hearing loss, which the company defines as 26 to 55 decibels of loss. That’s right in line with my diagnosis, so I figured I’d be a perfect candidate for these new devices.

Out of the box, you’re likely to say what I—and everyone I’ve been around—immediately said when I first laid eyes on the Olive Max: They sure are big. Like, really big. Each looks like a Bluetooth headset from the early 2000s, except you have to wear two. At least the units, in a two-tone white and gray design, look sporty, including a wrap-around ear hook that helps keep them in place. They also carry an IPX7 water-resistance rating. But at more than 12 grams each, they’re a solid four or five times the weight of a typical over-the-counter hearing aid. A total of eight different ear tips, in three different styles, are included in the kit to ensure you get a good fit.

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Photograph: Olive Union

As hearing aids, the Olive Max units work roughly as advertised, and casual users can pop them out of the box and into their ears to get started with minimal fuss, though getting them hooked over your ear properly can be tricky, especially if you wear glasses. Controls on the back of each aid handle volume (independently for each ear) and let you select one of four environmental modes (TV, Meeting Room, Outdoor, or Restaurant). You can also use the buttons to toggle “Hear-Thru mode,” which lets you turn off environmental audio processing altogether if you simply want to use the Olive Max as Bluetooth earbuds.

You can fine-tune your listening experience in the My Olive app—though, bizarrely, the hearing aid manual does not mention that an app exists, or even that you can use the hearing aids as Bluetooth earbuds. (You want the My Olive app (Android, iOS), not the incompatible Olive Smart Ear app.) The app allows you to make the same adjustments as the physical controls, but it also offers a noise-reduction and feedback-cancellation feature (pro tip: max out both of these), and it includes a more detailed graphic equalizer that lets you fine-tune frequency response further.

You can’t test your hearing directly within the app, although a short questionnaire will hook you up with various “AI-recommended presets” based on your age and a few other basic inputs. If you want anything more refined, you’ll need to delve into the equalizer by hand, but this is mostly a trial-and-error situation. It’s also worth noting that the My Olive app includes an audio therapy system designed to help people with tinnitus. I don’t suffer from tinnitus so I wasn’t qualified to test this feature.

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Photograph: Olive Union

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Mobile CAD in DWG for Infrastructure: LUTRA managing harbor activities with the ARES CAD software


 

Discover how LUTRA GmbH optimizes its port business operations with ARES CAD software. In a video titled ”Mobile CAD in DWG for Infrastructure: LUTRA managing harbor activities with the ARES CAD software” Michael Fiedler, Managing Director of LUTRA GmbH, shares how ARES Trinity software supports their daily work. With ARES CAD, LUTRA efficiently manages their port infrastructure, accessing digital drawings from anywhere. ARES Touch, a mobile CAD solution, enables effective communication through comments, photos, and voice messages. Learn why LUTRA chose ARES Trinity for its regional availability  gain, excellent support and also gain insights into Lutra’s user experience with the comprehensive collaboration features of ARES Trinity CAD software.

What does Lutra Port logistics company do?

LUTRA GmbH is a leading port logistics company based in Königs Wusterhausen, Germany. With a strong focus on regional integration and international networking, LUTRA specializes in the management of ports and port railways, the development of cutting-edge technologies and logistics systems, and the promotion of projects related to port activities.

In recent years, LUTRA GmbH has made significant investments, amounting to tens of millions of euros, in the development of a state-of-the-art freight transport center. This investment has greatly improved the quality of LUTRA’s services and infrastructure. The company believes that optimizing and integrating all modes of transportation is crucial to meeting the needs of their clients in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

Classic Port Business Optimized with ARES CAD Software

Port area of the town of Königs Wusterhausen. Source: Lutra GmbH

As a leading port infrastructure company, LUTRA GmbH utilizes the ARES Trinity CAD software for the management, documentation, and planning of their extensive port infrastructure spanning over 65 hectares in Königs Wusterhausen. This infrastructure includes quay walls, tracks, and various technical facilities.

According to Michael Fiedler, Managing Director at LUTRA, “All of our subsurface and above-ground systems ultimately need drawings.”

This includes inventory records for handling facilities, pipeline and pipe networks, the 20kV medium-voltage power system, and more. To optimize their operations, LUTRA takes advantage of the collaborative features offered by ARES Touch, a mobile CAD solution that is part of the ARES Trinity software suite. The LUTRA team can efficiently communicate issues and tasks to internal and external colleagues by making comments and markups with voice recordings, sound, images, and stamps.

Fiedler explains, “With ARES Trinity, I can see exactly where the lines are installed, where there are connections, and where maintenance is needed. This helps us enormously. For example, during port events, I can easily insert a photo as a comment along with a note, such as ‘Please edit/replace concrete.’ This immediately informs my staff in the office about what needs to be done.

The cloud functions of ARES Trinity also play a crucial role in coordinating tasks. All design plans can be stored on any public or private cloud storage account, ensuring easy accessibility and up-to-date CAD data.

For us as a port, it is enormously important to have all plans available in a digital format at any time,” adds Fiedler.

By leveraging the capabilities of ARES Trinity, LUTRA GmbH is able to streamline their operations, enhance collaboration, and ensure the efficient management of their port infrastructure.

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With its comprehensive features, including mobile CAD solutions like ARES Touch, ARES Trinity empowers port infrastructure companies like LUTRA GmbH to streamline their processes and improve efficiency. If you’re looking to optimize your port logistics operations and enhance collaboration within your team, discover how ARES Trinity CAD software can revolutionize your workflow by visiting www.graebert.com

Here are some reasons why LUTRA chooses to use ARES CAD Software from Graebert GmbH:

  1. Efficient Port Infrastructure Management: LUTRA GmbH, a leading port logistics company based in Königs Wusterhausen, Germany, utilizes the ARES Trinity CAD software for the management, documentation, and planning of their extensive port infrastructure spanning over 65 hectares. This includes quay walls, tracks, and various technical facilities.
  2. Collaborative Features: ARES Touch, a mobile CAD solution that is part of the ARES Trinity software suite, enables effective communication through comments, photos, and voice messages. This allows the LUTRA team to efficiently communicate issues and tasks to internal and external colleagues by making comments and markups with voice recordings, sound, images, and stamps.
  3. Cloud Functions for Accessibility: The cloud functions of ARES Trinity play a crucial role in coordinating tasks. All design plans can be stored on any public or private cloud storage account, ensuring easy accessibility and up-to-date CAD data. This digital format availability is enormously important for LUTRA as a port company.

By leveraging the capabilities of ARES Trinity, LUTRA GmbH is able to streamline their operations, enhance collaboration, and ensure the efficient management of their port infrastructure If you’re looking to optimize your port logistics operations and enhance collaboration within your team, ARES Trinity CAD software can revolutionize your workflow. Take the first step towards enhanced productivity and efficiency by downloading your free 30-day trial of ARES Commander today!