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Evening Photo Walk
I was inspired to get out and take some photos in the crisp evening air of Copenhagen in December. Just days away from the winter solstice, it is dark by…
The “Shift Left” Approach: A Heuristic Breadth First Search Analogy
In the realm of technology and software development, the phrase “shift left” has gained significant traction. At its core, the “shift left” approach emphasizes the importance of addressing issues and…
Epics: the raw materials for scaled agile
The various scaled agile frameworks make use of some common building blocks which many practitioners will be familiar with. Stories are often the most familiar, as they are the raw…
On privacy and contact tracing
Contact tracing, the process by which health authorities can identify those at risk of infection by virtue of proximity to a known case of a virus, … Link to full…
On privacy and contact tracing
Contact tracing, the process by which health authorities can identify those at risk of infection by virtue of proximity to a known case of a virus, has long been a…
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Excellent study into potential benefits of regular glucosamine supplementation, with broad range of confounding covariates considered. TLDR: take glucosamine!
Everybody I have spoken to with direct experience of Amazon’s corporate culture is impressed with the level of productivity it unlocks.
The author has only anecdotal support for his assertion, but I have the same experience: “Configuration bugs are a disturbingly large portion of engineering decisions which cause outages”
Disappointed to come back to SketchUp after several years to find it costs hundreds of dollars to use on my desktop?!
Reddit is awesome – check out this response to my query about the translation of some Japanese text on a garment I have
Having often intuitively leaned towards a “version control” mental paradigm for spreadsheets, documents, designs, photos, etc. this project is super interesting – version control for everything
Some important reflections on the culture of geography in the tech community from Maggie Appleton here.