Full STEAM Ahead: How Arts Add Colour
Wouldn’t it be the perfect combination if Arts subjects were given some focus in a STEM degree course? Wouldn’t it create much better-rounded individuals?
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Trampling at Ath Pavura: Dissecting a Deal
Why would an evidently successful social entrepreneur give up so much control of his venture for so little? Is this an indication of how desperate the funding scene is in Sri Lanka?
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Social Enterprises — The Importance of Knowing
Although social entrepreneurship is a concept that has been around for a while, only recently has it become popular in Sri Lanka. By implementing inclusive education pathways, incubation programmes for startup enterprises, preferential tax schemes and other legal and regulatory reforms, the ultimate goal of creating public awareness of and interest in social entrepreneurship can be achieved, thereby nurturing and creating a sustainable ecosystem for social enterprises.
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Introducing Vesess Alpha Grants for Sri Lankan Students
Vesess Alpha is our attempt at supporting Sri Lankan students to take on a coding challenge of their choice. We hope the grant would help them validate their work so that they can be continued as startups, research projects or even just as hobbies.
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How We Use Elasticsearch for Hiveage
Millions of entries are made on Hiveage every day. Without a robust search feature, our customers would find it very difficult to sort and filter their financial data. Here, we share details on how we improved Hiveage’s search features to be faster, more efficient and more powerful using Elasticsearch.
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