Weeknotes: 18 November to 22 November 2024
Diving deeper into event-driven architecture, code efficiency, and bringing DEI back to actual people and business challenges

What I have found gripping
In a talk she gave this week, Céline Louvet pointed out that event-driven architecture requires considering the need(s), constraints of a project and accepting tradeoffs of technical decisions
Writing a programme to be executed in the command line without an extension can be explained as follows: it will be the user interface irrespective of the programming language used later on
According to Science Direct, code efficiency refers to the effectiveness of a code in representing information with minimal redundancy
LUMI stands for Large Unified Modern Infrastructure
What I have read
10 Event-Driven Architecture Examples: Real-World Use Cases, Jeffrey Richman
Event-Driven Architectures: An Introduction and Security Challenges, Sebastian Pietrzak
Introduction to Event-Driven Architectures, Marcia Villalba
Re-examining the business case for diversity, Helena Morrissey
Handling the Backlash against DEI, Helena Morrissey
Sustainable future, LUMI
What I have watched
Core Decisions in Event-Driven Architecture - Duana Stanley
Featured quote
Bring it back to individuals. DEI is not supposed to mean ‘woke capitalism’ but if someone thinks that, you won’t be able to convince them otherwise by talking in big picture terms. Instead, bring it back to actual people and business challenges. Treating colleagues well, creating the best teams, protecting against groupthink. Give examples of efforts that have improved your firm’s culture or helped individuals flourish and contribute more. — Helena Morrissey
Further reading and resources
In English
Supercomputer LUMI remains as one of the leading AI platforms for science and innovation, Anni Jakobsson
Preserving endangered languages with LUMI: machine translation for rare Finno-Ugric languages, Henry Narits
In French
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