I have started a journey to disentangle myself from Big Tech — at least partly. So far, I’ve avoided boarding the Facebook train altogether (including Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok). And after finishing the book “Careless People” by Sarah Wynn-Williams (recommendable by the way), which describes her experiences from inside Facebook, my JOMO choice feels even better. Apparently, friends and family still invite me to their birthdays using alternative (old-fashioned) means 😅 You know, like phone calls, SMS, and sometimes even face-to-face — weird!
Simple Storage Service or S3 Cloud Object Storage is a versatile and cheap storage. I’ve used it for invoices, contracts, media, and configuration snapshots, among other things. It’s a perfect fit when the object key (or what many might think of as a filename or path) can be used as a unique key to retrieve what you need — and doing it from Clojure is no exception.
While doomscrolling on LinkedIn the other day, a comment linking to an article/essay about what to expect from the newly inaugurated U.S. president and his administration caught my eye.
The posts touch a lot of different topics in no particular order. It might be more convenient to browse by tags if you have a topic of specific interest.
