Thursday, April 15, 2021

cloud native: Digital Ocean Platform

 Digital Ocean Platform with Cody Baker and Apurva Joshi - Software Engineering Daily

Digital Ocean’s App Platform allows users to build and deploy an app or static site directly from GitHub directly onto a DigitalOcean-managed Kubernetes cluster.


Architecture: Net-Zero Apartments

 An Architecture Firm’s Push to Build Net-Zero Apartments—on a Budget - WSJ

Philadelphia’s Onion Flats is constructing low-cost buildings that use design, mechanical equipment and residents’ behavior to slash fossil fuel consumption

An Architecture Firm’s Push to Build Net-Zero Apartments—on a Budget


Front Flats, which is designed by Onion Flats, is not only energy-efficient but affordable as well. 
It is 28 apartments, built on a budget for renters who make below the area’s median income. One-bedroom apartments rent for under $1,400, less than the $1,750 average for the neighborhood, according to rental-listings website Zumper.”

The innovation of Onion Flats is important as buildings are responsible for 38% of global greenhouse gas emissions.



It is a controversial design, like Tesla CyberTruck... takes time to get used to...



Onion Flats: Pasivehouse designs