MVPs, or minimum viable products, serve as markers for the viability of a tech project. Usually, they are small in scope to prevent excessive time and effort loss. But the MVP during the modernisation of an established tech system is quite the opposite. Instead of modernising the easiest (but least important) aspects, Marianne Bellotti suggests tackling the crucial parts of the system; there will be fewer resources wasted compared to if you find out that modernisation is unviable after already modernising multiple less critical parts of the system. Read full article here
Science
An Eerie Poisonous Fog
If you’re visiting a farm, keep an eye out for an ominous-looking bronze fog. Nitrogen tetroxide, a red-orange gas, is made by certain bacteria during fermentation when oxygen is lacking in the crop. The lack of oxygen causes the bacteria to use the nitrate within the crops, which then produces nitrogen tetroxide. Inhalation of the gas is known to cause permanent lung damage or kill people and livestock. To prevent this, farmers have started performing nitrate tests after four weeks of fermentation. Read full article here
Merv
November 30, 2022
