Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
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We made it lightweight and kept the efficiency in mind:
- Self-contained
We ship a single dependency-free binary that runs on all Linux distributions - Fast to deploy, safe to operate
We are sysadmins, we know the value of operator-friendly software - Deploy everywhere on every machine
We do not have a dedicated backbone, and neither do you,
so
Garage - An open-source distributed object storage service
Brian Potter • Building Complexity and the Construction Community of Practice
I have been lucky enough to carry my childhood curiosity about what makes up objects with me into my career. As an engineer, I am endlessly fascinated by how our machines, buildings, and everyday objects came to be, and what lies at their heart – a fascination that, no doubt, many of you share.
Roma Agrawal • Nuts and Bolts
Load assumptions occur when designers scale a design by some factor, and assume that the working stresses on the design scale by that same factor. For example, initial designs of the Trident 2 missile, designed to be launched from submarines, underestimated the effects of water pressure and turbulence during launch. The anticipated estimates for pr
... See moreWilliam Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler • Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
Earthquakes are typically characterized by lateral (side to side) movement. A structure can resist this force by being either very flexible or very rigid.
Matthew Frederick • 101 Things I Learned® in Engineering School
