Weekly Notes 30/2022
It was an exciting week. Many things got done, and it was a reasonably successful week.
Category: Technology
How to Create and Issue Open Badges
Badges are ubiquitous on the web. Any website that has some social component has badges. Audible gives you badges based on your listening. StackOverFlow gives you badges based on your participation etc. The problem with these badges is that they are not portable and not verifiable. For example, if you are on a site where you want to show or prove the badge that you have acquired on StackOverFlow, then it’s not possible. OpenBadge solves this.
Live chart showing IDVC Prices
I have added live charts to the IDVC ( Idly Dose Vada Coffee Price) project page. It’s the current year’s stats.
Introducing IDVC Survey
Bangalore Darshinis are a class apart. They provide very affordable, clean, accessible food throughout the day. I have not seen this in many other cities. Most of the darshinis have the same or somewhat similar menu. They all have idli, vada (vada), dose(dosa), and coffee. So I figured to see if the city is affordable, the measure of these would be a good indicator, like an IDVC Index. Latte Index somewhat inspires me.
Tracking API Performance over time
Testing and Tracking the performance of APIs is not a one-time activity. As the APIs are built and improved over time, we need to track them. It’s important to correlate what changes in business logic changed the performance.
Linked List: Three Android Apps to Efficiently Contribute to OpenStreetMap
From a browser, I moved to contributing using GPS Logger or OSMAnd. That made my workflow a lot easier, but these apps are not for editing maps but for regular map use. They are okay if you are not mapping frequently or in mass. So editing flow in these apps is not seamless. Hence I continued to explore other options.
