I speak with Gaurav Deshpande of TigerGraph about their highly scalable graph database. Also features
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April 30 · Issue #65 · View online
A weekly geeky squeak.
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I speak with Gaurav Deshpande of TigerGraph about their highly scalable graph database. Also features GDPR 2 years later, Flutter, JavaScript, grounded airplanes, cats, and more. x Chinch
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Listen to the audio version of this newsletter, including my interview below:
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Seven simple steps to better quality podcasts
I published my first podcast, called PodLeaders back in around 2006 and ran it for two years. I have set up and published a several more podcasts since then, including my most recent one, the Digital Supply Chain podcast which I set up in June of last year.
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Open-source firmware turns CPAP machines into coronavirus ventilators
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, we are woefully short of ventilators that can give the most gravely ill a chance for life. There are many efforts afoot to build more ventilators.
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Google's Flutter: 2 million developers, uptick in enterprise use, new release model revealed
Google says two million developers have used its Flutter user-interface (UI) framework for building apps targeting mobile, desktop, and the web since declaring it production ready at Google I/O 2018.
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Planes grounded by coronavirus pandemic sit idle at airports around the world – in pictures
As travel restrictions in response to the pandemic savagely cut the number of flights, airlines are scrambling to find places to park their redundant planes
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I have been heartily enjoying the National Theatre premiers on YouTube
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Diary of Samuel Pepys shows how life under the bubonic plague mirrored today’s pandemic
In early April, writer Jen Miller urged New York Times readers to start a coronavirus diary. During a different pandemic, one 17th-century British naval administrator named Samuel Pepys did just that.
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Why Cats Do the “Slow Blink” at Their Owners
Animal behaviorists explain. Whether they’re kneading our flesh like bread or following us into the bathroom, cats are always trying to tell their humans something — most of it involving food.
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Another one-line npm package breaks the JavaScript ecosystem
An update to a tiny JavaScript library has thrown a large part of the JavaScript ecosystem into chaos on Saturday, with millions of projects believed to have been impacted.
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Germany says GDPR could collapse as Ireland dallies on big fines
Ireland is yet to issue a single fine for a GDPR breach against an American tech giant. It’s been two years since the new data regulations were enforced and the wait is making German regulators impatient.
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