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Tuesday 5th November, 2019 #

  • Using MongoDB as a realtime database with change streams
  • The Future of DEV - I find that I am linking to quite a lot of articles from dev.to recently, they write good articles about dev so it's interesting to read about their future plans
  • GitHub Sponsors is now out of beta in 30 countries
  • GDPR is missing the point, says Edward Snowden - "The problem isn't data protection, the problem is data collection" - "It's not data that's being exploited, it's people that are being exploited"
  • Microsoft Japan tested a four-day work week- Productivity jumped by 40%
  • I had't heard of the Collections feature in Microsoft Edge, looks to be useful, makes sense to be able to easily export data into their other cloud web tools
  • Introducing the new Microsoft Edge and Bing - Release date for he new chromium based Edge browser is set for January
  • Introducing Our New Company Brand - Facebook introduces new branding to make it clear which apps are part of the Facebook suite (Facebook app, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Workplace, Portal and Calibra), the branding will use different coloring depending on context