Opinion

We have shared some opinionated articles on this site on various topics.

They include personal reflections on where the industry is, how it got here, and where we think it will go. They are not your standard fare of industry norms. YMMV.

DEPIN - Decentralised Physical Infrastructure

Will a decentralised approach to the supply of physical infrastructure disrupt the current love affair with AWS, Azure, and GCP? Many have become frustrated with the Cloud. Maybe it is the natural progression to be more specific in our use. Decentralisation may seem a bad fit for corporations and businesses. Regardless, we think it is time to look more closely at this and see where we could best use it.

DePIN and IoT Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure

On the overlap of DePIN and IoT Smart Cities.

Technology-Led Infrastructure Testing

Based on over 10 years of delivering in this niche of QA and delivery management of significant infrastructure changes, we reflect on how it differs from the well-established functional testing practices, and how it combines being both an infrastructure specialism and QA at once, in a consulting engineering setting.

The Case for Open FAIR

FAIR is an excellent innovation now cradled by The Open Group. Should it be open?

Your Privacy and Public Blockchains

A humorous look at your privacy and public blockchains. The ‘Badger is concerned about some far-reaching privacy exposures that you might not be aware of - cross-blockchain traceability.