The Stack Overflow blog published a good piece about how Linters and how they can help you write clean code, especially significant in a team environment.
Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has donated the COVID-19 Tracker app developed by NearForm as OpenSource software to the not-for-profit Linux Foundation, to allow other countries and jurisdictions to deploy the successful coronavirus tracing app quickly. The open source app has been named COVID Green, and the source code is available on GitHub.
I recently discovered the Artificial Intelligence with Lex Fridman podcast via Find That Pod. It's like the Tim Ferris podcast but very heavy on the science detail. Lex interviews a range of the world's leading scientists, theorists and technologists and digs deep into their topics. I enjoyed his interview with Stephen Wolfram. Most of the podcast episodes leave me with questions and the want to learn more, which is great!
Berlin based Irish artist delush recently streamed a performance of his debut album The Journey to Zero live at JRS Studios. Check out the amazing performance on YouTube.
The Climate Strike Licence is a software usage licence that software developers can apply to their open source projects to prohibit the use of their code by applications or companies that threaten to accelerate climate change through fossil fuel extraction.
Carphonewarehouse put together a lovely looking website that compares cities based on a number of attributes such as monthly rent, internet speed, and quality of life, in an attempt to show the best cities for freelancers.
Github deposited 21TB of silver halides QR code data on archival polyester reels into Arctic World Archive, down the road from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The 186 archival film reels will be stored 250m below the permafrost and are due to last 1000 years.
Gergely Orosz published an interesting post describing which computer science data structures and algorithms he has used in real life while working at tech companies such as Skype, Skyscanner and Uber. The article is in response to criticism of overly complicated algorithm technical interview questions.
Researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison have created a new device called a solar flow battery. The device combines a silicon/perovskite tendem solar cell with a chemical based redox flow battery. The device produces consistent 20% energy efficiency from a charge at any time.
