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janfbon Show HN: Atlas – GIS and interactive maps in the browser

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janfbon Meta to ask many managers to become individual contributors or leave

Maybe the 80/20 rule applies here: 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (or employees in this case).

The problem is, that you can never be quite sure which 20% to keep and which 80% to fire.

Big budgets allowed companies to play it safe. Not anymore, it seems.

janfbon The Design of Postgres (1986) [pdf]

It took me a long time to understand why we write academic articles like we do. But reading classic articles like this one really puts it into perspective for me. It is a clean and simple way to preserve knowledge over decades. Something that no blog or wiki page could guarantee.

janfbon Show HN: Geovisualization of news about global conflicts

I've built a website to visualize international conflicts on a map. It might help you to follow the on-going war in Ukraine, as the timeline and geographical context is getting more and more complex. The news data is gathered from Wikipedia's Current Events Portal and Wikidata. I'm happy for any suggestions for additional features!