My 2cents …

Building for the 99% Developers | Future

This is a good post on the huge gap between what “developer-influencers” from the big FAANGs are talking about, and the daily reality of most developers.  It puts your(our) work in to perspective. Definitely a good read.

Today, just four giant companies control more than 60 percent of all the world’s seed sales.

Quelle: Opinion | Save Our Food. Free the Seed. – The New York Times

WTF

Quelle: Yes, This Photo from Everest Is Real | Outside Online

The Tarot Cards of Tech encourage creators to think about the outcomes technology can create, from unintended consequences to opportunities for positive change.

Quelle: The Tarot Cards Of Tech

Beim Thema Ridesharing scheiden sich die Geister. Ich habe es nie richtig verstanden, wie der einzelne Fahrer davon Leben kann. Mittlerweile geben schon Unternehmen wie Lyft zu, vielleicht niemals profitabel zu werden.

Ohne Fahrer geht es nicht, mit angestellten Fahrern und Sozialbeiträgen hingegen auch nicht.

Quelle: Warum Ridesharing hierzulande wohl nie Geld abwerfen wird | NGIN Mobility

Multiple protocols (HTTPS,HTTP,TCP,..) on the same entrypoint!

Today, we’re announcing Traefik 2.0 alpha, the edge router built with the future in mind.

Quelle: Back to Traefik 2.0 – containous

Whaoo  … the first plant on the moon.

See:

•  China’s moon lander sprouted a plant, but now it’s dead – CNET
• China sprouts the first plants on the moon
• China’s Moon mission sees first seeds sprout

Good bye Facebook. 2019 started by deactivating / removing my Facebook account. All the good intentions to create a big community where betrayed over the years.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

See:

• (1)”Kaum wird die App geöffnet, landen Daten bei Facebook” – Digital – Süddeutsche.de
• https://gizmodo.com/facebook-was-fully-aware-that-tracking-who-people-call-1830884585 
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/privacy-international-hits-out-at-unconsented-facebook-tracking-within-apps/

OMG .. so .. good bye Atlassian  🙁

Congratulations, Australia: somehow after chaotic scenes in parliament, the government last night managed to secure after-the-bell passage of its encryption-busting eavesdropping legislation.

Quelle: Wow, what a lovely early Christmas present for Australians: A crypto-busting super-snoop law passes just in time • The Register

Amazing – the District of Columbia’s legal code it hosted at GitHub.

The District has managed to take a practice of modern software development and apply it to its legal code by putting its legal code onto GitHub at https://github.com/DCCouncil/dc-law-xml.

Quelle: How I changed the law with a GitHub pull request | Ars Technica