Posts by docmechanic

Mozilla drags Microsoft, Google, Apple for obliterating any form of browser choice

Would you believe that someone on Hacker News flagged this this article when I shared it? Guesses as to whether it was a Google or Apple employee?

Oracle plans US database for electronic health records

Re: Errr... at least since 2012

I'd forgotten about that. Great point.

"As part of the proposal, the Obama administration intends to give $130 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build a database of records that will include biological samples, test results, medical histories and genomic profiles of a million or more Americans."

https://www.ibtimes.com/obamas-precision-medicine-database-how-safe-private-patient-data-1802570

How to explain what an API is – and why they matter

Great description of the emerging market segment catering to "API first" organizations. Whether or not you feel that REST was an inflection point in the availability and wider usage of APIs, this piece nicely describes why that market segment is humming right now.