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Of all the questions I get on Twitter the most common is this: “How do you build a town?” We know well how it used to be done, but these last one or two centuries we have forgotten how to … Read more

Thanks to Brian Potter’s awesome blog, Construction Physics, for providing numbers and clarity to these ideas that would be murky otherwise. And thanks to many tech conversations with Eli Dourado. The Problem Construction productivity is a topic that has interested … Read more

CDK automates all the non-specific code around connectors Our open-source Connector Development Kit ships with the following features: A Python framework for writing source connectors A generic implementation for rapidly developing connectors for HTTP APIs, databases, and any type of … Read more

Would you like to win one hundred million bucks from Elon Musk? Carbon capture (CC) is all the rage these days, with dozens of companies springing up to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and help stabilize the climate. I am … Read more

Ruby on Rails is a web framework that contains many libraries you’d need to create and deploy a successful web application. We often take for granted the ability to run rails new to create a fully functional web application with … Read more

New York World’s Fair — Unisphere & Flag Display Stepping into the Past It’s 1965 and a brisk August breeze brings the flags of 80 nations to attention. For months, you’ve watched as cranes and trucks transformed Flushing Meadows into … Read more

Photo by dirk von loen-wagner Tech companies nowadays swear by data-driven decisions. It can be good for specific business KPIs, however, if taken too far it can lead to incorrect optimisations (too local), social pressure on your employees, incorrect business … Read more

The future of you As industry experts, we’re working not only to help our customers make sense of the industry, but to define where it’s headed. We are looking for candidates who are approachable, dynamic, inventive, intelligent, and reliable to … Read more

About Volta Labs, Inc. Volta Labs is a venture-backed startup spun off from the MIT Media Lab by co-founders Udayan Umapathi and Will Langford. We were incubated at the MIT Engine and are supported by top VC firms. Volta’s vision … Read more