Week in Review 2023-06-26
Climate change concerns and sustainable software development, plus links on biking safety, population density maps, gas stove pollution, and the European Tramdriver Championship.
Hello, regular readers, and welcome to the new ones!
This is Luis, with the latest issue of my newsletter. I write this newsletter to share my passion for photography, cities, and technology, along with interesting links I find over the week(s). This newsletter will be (as long as possible) free, but if you like to support it feel free to become a paid subscriber (pay what you want), or buy one of my photos.
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Warm week, I know, it seems that I have been writing/complaining about the weather for a while, but it has been one of the warmest months in Mexico. If I’m worried bout something in the future is climate change. Some days I can be optimistic and think that as humanity we will get our act together and figure it out. But right now I’m not that optimistic. As long as we continue to grow following a capital, and personal oriented trajectory, versus a more conscious and social one, I don’t think we will have a bright future (or probably will be too bright and warm).
On the professional side, its great to work on the intersection of sustainability and software development. Trying to contribute to a better future. On a non abstract approach, that meant writing Alembic migrations for a FastAPI project, and making sure that the changes I implemented are not going to break production. Everything seems to be working accordingly, so I’ll call it a great week! 😀
This week the collection of links is a little bit short, but make sure to watch the Youtube video on the European Tramdriver Championship.
Web
- Population density maps of Egypt and Germany // Always fascinating to see how population distributes in the territory. More in Egypt along the Nile.
- Pollution from gas stoves can be worse than secondhand smoke.
Weeknotes
Youtube
- Tram EM 2023 // The European Tramdriver Championship. I didn’t know there is a championship between tramsdrivers, if you are going to watch a video today, make sure to watch this one! Trams playing bowling, precision parking, and more. Long live public transport and the people who drive it! 🚊
Thanks for reading!
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About this newsletter
I'm Luis Natera, a software developer, network scientist, and data/cities/tech nerd. I have an interdisciplinary trajectory (architecture -> sociocultural studies -> network science -> software development), you can read more about me and my career here.
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