Web Review, Week 2022-13
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2022-13.
Microsoft is tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign bribes, whistleblower alleges
Tags: tech, microsoft, ethics
Wow… that’s a lot of bribery and sloppy behavior. Almost surprising it slipped through, at such a scale it’s a matter of time before it gets noticed.
Life off social media, six months in - Silvia Maggi
Tags: tech, social-media
I like the noise metaphor it briefly mentions. It’s indeed similar, you’re within constant noise, you don’t notice it anymore but still when it stops you feel relieved. The benefits listed are indeed to be expected.
https://silviamaggidesign.com/personal/life-off-social-media/
The principles and habits of healthy software
Tags: tech, tech-lead, design, architecture, complexity, habits, craftsmanship
This article is spot on in my opinion. This resonates so much with my own experience and ethos… I guess I could have written that if my prose was any good.
https://leaddev.com/building-better-software/principles-and-habits-healthy-software
The Code Review Pyramid - Gunnar Morling
Tags: tech, programming, codereview
Interesting way to see where to spend time in reviews.
https://www.morling.dev/blog/the-code-review-pyramid/
COPY --chmod reduced the size of my container image by 35%
Tags: tech, docker
OK, that’s indeed an easy mistake to make with docker and how it uses OverlayFS.
https://blog.vamc19.dev/posts/dockerfile-copy-chmod/
How Go Mitigates Supply Chain Attacks - The Go Programming Language
Tags: tech, go, supply-chain, security
Admittedly, the go toolchain seems to handle supply chain problems in a neat way. I especially like the VCS as the source of truth.
https://go.dev/blog/supply-chain
An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra – BetterExplained
Tags: mathematics, linear-algebra
Good refresher about linear algebra. I see it so underused in projects that really we need good resources to embark people into using linear algebra more.
https://betterexplained.com/articles/linear-algebra-guide/
NeRF Research Turns 2D Photos Into 3D Scenes | NVIDIA Blog
Tags: tech, ai, 3d
This sounds like it could be a game changer for some uses including robotics or XR. Will need to look at this deeper.
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/03/25/instant-nerf-research-3d-ai/
How many jobs can be done at home? - ScienceDirect
Tags: tech, economics, remote-working
Interesting paper, shows a surprisingly large percentage of jobs doable from home. Also shows that the frontier between doable or not seems to be at least partly related to inequalities. If you already have high wages, you got higher chances of having the privilege to work from home.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272720300992
Mourning Loss of a Team Member as a Remote Team
Tags: remote-working, management, hr
This stresses how important to put specific procedures in place regarding remote workers. It’s in particular essential to have emergency contacts on both sides.
https://www.sofuckingagile.com/blog/mourning-loss-as-a-remote-team
Bye for now!