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An economic puzzle of the Modi years : the hype is not followed by investment

Get Down and Shruti • 8 implied HN points • 09 Apr 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Economic Policy Investment Trends Infrastructure Governance
  1. Despite the positive claims about India's economic growth, there's a mismatch between the hype and actual investment. Many business leaders are cautious and not investing as expected.
  2. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), which shows how much is being invested in long-lasting assets, has been low during Modi's years. This suggests businesses might not feel confident about the economy.
  3. Uncertainty from changes in policies and regulations makes businesses hesitant to invest long-term. A stable rule of law is crucial for encouraging investment and economic growth.

Native Snakemake Support on LatchBio

LatchBio • 20 implied HN points • 14 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Bioinformatics Cloud Computing Workflow management Data Management Infrastructure
  1. Bioinformaticians face challenges in developing specialized scientific workflows due to managing large files and deploying academic tools.
  2. Snakemake, a Python-based framework, offers advantages over Nextflow in terms of Python readability, debuggability, and configuration simplicity.
  3. LatchBio now provides native support for Snakemake, enabling bioinformaticians to leverage graphical interfaces, managed infrastructure, and downstream analysis solutions.

Intelligence in the World

New World Same Humans • 15 implied HN points • 12 Nov 23
🕹 Technology AI Data Energy Infrastructure Models
  1. Intelligence is becoming infrastructural, like a new form of energy, powering the world in the Exponential Age.
  2. In the Exponential Age, intelligence is becoming superabundant, available everywhere, like never before in history.
  3. Intelligence in the new world is seen as a new form of energy that does useful work in the digital-physical field, driving a variety of technologies.

The Rise of Platform Engineering

Software Snack Bites • 31 implied HN points • 07 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Platform Engineering Infrastructure Enterprise Software Cloud Infrastructure
  1. Platform Engineering teams help improve developer efficiency by unifying tooling and documentation.
  2. Enterprises need to focus on making developers more efficient due to a predicted shortage of 4M developers by 2025.
  3. Platform Engineering is gaining more budget allocation as it reduces costs through efficiency and improves velocity.
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vanshnookenraggen on the past, present, and future of transportation

Exasperated Infrastructures • 12 implied HN points • 11 Dec 23
💼 Business Transportation Urban planning Public Policy Infrastructure Advocacy
  1. Andrew Lynch, known as vanshnookenraggen, got into mapping and transportation history out of pure curiosity and interest in urban planning.
  2. His work focuses on creating maps that visualize transportation systems and history to make complex information easier to understand.
  3. There's a need to connect land use policy with transportation policy, understand the political realities of planning, and engage communities effectively in urban planning decisions.

MOSIS

FreakTakes • 13 implied HN points • 05 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Innovation Research Infrastructure Success Lessons Learned
  1. MOSIS project facilitated cheaper and faster access to computer chips for researchers in the 1980s.
  2. The program encouraged modularity, open interfaces, and coordination to enhance research feedback cycles.
  3. MOSIS played a key role in advancing semiconductor design by enabling unbundling of design and production tasks.

Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer

kelsey’s Substack • 319 implied HN points • 09 Jul 16
🕹 Technology Programming Databases Infrastructure Legacy Systems
  1. Mainframe COBOL programming is a crucial and irreplaceable aspect of the banking world, despite its less popular status compared to modern languages like Java.
  2. Banks running on mainframes face challenges like aging programmers, maintaining legacy systems, and transitioning to more modern technology.
  3. Working as a mainframe COBOL programmer for a bank involves dealing with large amounts of transaction data, intricate databases, and complex IDE like ISPF.

It turns out we can, in fact, build things. Time to build sidewalks.

Exasperated Infrastructures • 19 implied HN points • 07 Jul 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Infrastructure Federalism Safety Leadership Budgeting
  1. Emphasize the importance of building and maintaining infrastructure like sidewalks to improve safety and reduce pedestrian fatalities.
  2. Highlight the need for collaboration and coordination between different levels of government and private entities to address infrastructure challenges.
  3. Call for leadership from government officials and active participation from citizens to advocate for necessary infrastructure improvements.

Make it resilient: Disaster Recovery Techniques

Cloud Weekly • 26 implied HN points • 27 May 23
🕹 Technology Cloud Computing Disaster Recovery AWS Infrastructure Data Management
  1. There are 4 main disaster recovery techniques: Backup & Restore, Pilot Light, Warm StandBy, and Multi-Site Active/Active.
  2. The techniques aim to optimize for RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective), which determine how much data loss and downtime are acceptable.
  3. The choice of technique depends on factors like cost, recovery speed, and the criticality of the application, with each method having its own advantages and trade-offs.

Software engineering practices you should probably be following in 2024

The Tech Enabler • 3 HN points • 27 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Coding Culture Security Infrastructure Testing
  1. Prefer statically typed languages over dynamically typed ones as they offer better reliability and help catch errors earlier.
  2. Utilize automatic code formatting tools for consistent code style and to save time on debating formatting during code reviews.
  3. Consider using queues as data sources in event-driven systems for better scalability and leverage infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform for repeatable and manageable infrastructure.

Is The World A Cake With Systems Thinking

WriMoReMo • 7 implied HN points • 19 Feb 24
📖 Philosophy Nature Culture Governance Infrastructure Commerce
  1. The world can be viewed as a layered cake with different levels representing nature, culture, governance, and more. Each layer interacts with and influences the others, impacting global dynamics.
  2. Nature plays a significant role in shaping geopolitics and human tendencies, influencing interactions between nations and communities.
  3. Cultures evolve and spread through regions, impacting belief systems, governance structures, societal outcomes, and even legislative decisions.

A New Atlantis

Model Thinking • 2 HN points • 01 Apr 24
💼 Business Housing Construction Economics Infrastructure Development
  1. Housing in Britain is currently unaffordable due to bloated planning restrictions, costing residents in terms of space, age of homes, and financial burden.
  2. The proposal to reclaim land from Dogger Bank for housing development comes with an estimated cost of £97.5bn, with potential present value benefits of £622bn, showing a promising cost-benefit ratio.
  3. The development of a new city on Dogger Bank has the potential to significantly impact economic activity, urban infrastructure, land prices, and GDP gains, making it a complex but potentially beneficial endeavor.

Sensor Strategy, Monitoring Platforms

Dataplane.org Newsletter • 19 implied HN points • 04 Apr 22
🕹 Technology Sensors Platforms Infrastructure Networks Monitoring
  1. Sensor nodes monitor internet activity and contribute to data collection without generating traffic, resembling a mix of darknet collector and honeypot.
  2. Choosing hosting providers involves factors like unique origin, support for secure payment methods, provider reputation, and fraud detection practices.
  3. Monitoring platforms like Censored Planet, NLNOG Ring, OONI, and RIPE Atlas offer unique approaches to internet censorship measurement through distributed systems.

API Preview and Signal Stats

Dataplane.org Newsletter • 19 implied HN points • 07 Mar 22
🕹 Technology API Statistics Infrastructure Funding Data
  1. The API Preview allows users to search data with a subset of current data and provides documentation for various queries and returns.
  2. The Signal Statistics page offers graphical insight into daily event summaries, aiding both the organization and the community.
  3. The commentary on UA and RU signals highlights the organization's operational status in these regions amidst recent events, emphasizing the importance of monitoring and preparedness.