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Friday, June 11, 2021

In This Edition:
Quantum Computing explainer, architecture terms, all the passes, website start kits, & in browser image compression!

Today I learned that National Geographic has added a new fifth ocean to the Earth, or rather has redesignated the waters around Antartica as the Southern Ocean.

Quantum Computing Explainer

Image; YouTube, Quanta Magazine

Quanta Magazine published a nice Quantum Computing expaliner video and article that gives a good overview of the fundametals of quantum computing, and why it is sometimes hard to describe when compared to classical computing.

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Architecture Terms

Image: My Modern Met, Samantha Pires

Do you know your Burtalism from your Butresses? If not, this beautiful piece on My Modern Met will give you a glossary of architecture terms along with some lovely illustrations.

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All The Passes

Image: Observable

Karim Douieb published a great interactive visualisation on Observable of 882,536 football passesObservable over 890 matches.

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Website Starter Kits

Image: Smashing Magazine

Smashing Magazine put together a very useful list of starter kits and boilerplates that you can use to build websites quickly, using a number of web languages and frameworks, form PHP to Vue.js.

In Browser Image Compression

Image: Compressimage.io

Compressimage.io is a browser based image compression tool that runs completely in the browser, meaning it works offline, is completely private, and results in zero server side emissions because there is no server!

About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in London. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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