Two stories popped into my feed today which are very interesting. First, TechCrunch brings us a post about the Stratos card, one of those universal payment cards. Watch the video on the post as well, the usage pattern looks really interesting. The other post comes from Edward Chang and his experience with Coin, one of the earlier and heavily-hyped payment cards. Granted this experience was only a beta, but with Stratos shipping this Spring, Coin is likely looking at what happens with great concern. Another two stories are somewhat linked as well. First, Paul Hammant lets us know about Perforce releasing its take on DVCS. I had no idea that Perforce still existed and I am glad to have another option. The other story is on bitquabit about a DVCS-lover apologizing and telling people that DVCS does not fit for all uses. My understanding is that a crowd has formed around his blog demanding he return his geek card 🙂

As always, enjoy today’s items, and please participate in the discussions on these sites.

Top Stories

• The Stratos Card Aims To Unify Credit Cards, And Can Be In Your Pocket Next Month | TechCrunch
• A week with the Coin (YC W13) beta | Edward Chang

Career and Process

• Four Tips for Managing Performance in Agile Teams | Johanna Rothman
• Micro-Services for Dysfunctional Teams | Dejan Glozic

Development

• The Node Version Dilemma | hueniverse
• A Twelf Introduction | C&C
• Dropbox starts using POST, and why this is poor API design. | Evert’s blog
• Introduction to QBit – A Powerful Microservice Library for Java | Javalobby
• Building a simple expression language | Mixpanel Engineering
• Optimizing VR Graphics with Late Latching | Oculus VR
• Troubleshoot projects running on Google Compute Engine with Google Cloud Debugger | Google Cloud Platform Blog
• Perforce gets its own DVCS | Paul Hammant
• Monitoring Check Smells | Benji Weber
• Unorthodocs: Abandon your DVCS and Return to Sanity | bitquabit

AI, Machine Learning, Research and Advanced Algorithms

• Conceptual and Practical Distinctions in the Attributes Ontology | AI3:::Adaptive Information

Big Data, Visualization, SQL and NoSQL

• Madden ratings formula | Flowing Data
• Analyzing BitCoin Network Transactions with Neo4j | Javalobby
• Where to Find Jeopardy! Daily Doubles | Flowing Data

Infrastructure, Operations and DevOps

• The Noise and the Signal – Metrics, Monitoring and Alarming at Soundwave | Soundwave Stories

Security, Encryption and Cryptography

• Safe Browsing and Google Analytics: Keeping More Users Safe, Together | Google Online Security Blog

IaaS, PaaS and Saas

• Does Amazon Web Services Pricing Follow Moore’s Law? | Atomic Energy

Link Collections

• More quick links | Geeking with Greg
• Dew Drop – March 3, 2015 (#1966) | Morning Dew
• Double Shot #1482 | A Fresh Cup