What's interesting this week...
Develop Impact - Issue 151
Happy Monday!
I hope you have had a great weekend and are ready to start the new week in high spirits!
Today, I am back sharing with you another five articles that I found informative and thought-provoking. I hope that you find value in this newsletter for your current or future projects.
This community is all about learning, sharing, and growing together. Please let us know if you have any interesting resources or thoughts to share. Let's continue to use technology for the greater good.
Let’s make it a great week!
Jesse
What’s interesting…
How a wind industry giant plans to solve its plastic waste problem
Vestas, one of the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturers, says it has found a novel way to break the plastic in turbine blades down into virgin-grade material. If it can pull it off, it would be a game-changer for the wind industry. Vestas says its turbine blades are made from epoxy, which is tough enough to make parts for planes and spacecraft.
The Next Generation Of Large Language Models
Generative AI has been on the lips of every venture capitalist, entrepreneur, Fortune 500 CEO and journalist since at least the release of GPT-2 in 2019. Text-to-image models have also been poised to unleash vast economic and societal transformation. The current state of the art in artificial intelligence is far from an end state, and ChatGPT is merely a stepping stone.
How digital economy can improve livelihoods in the Pacific
Salita Bako, an avid gardener in Auki, Solomon Islands, decided to sell her tropical anthurium plants online after seeing them on several buy-and-sell groups on social media. E-commerce allows anyone to reach new customers anywhere, and Bako hopes to sell her anthuriums to customers outside Auki with time.
The report sets out the challenges facing e-commerce across the Pacific region. These include the distances between small island economies, the cost of building digital infrastructure and the cultural diversity.
Industrial upgrading and its influence on green land use efficiency
Existing studies have studied how to improve land use efficiency, but have ignored the importance of industrial structure. When resource-based cities are faced with the predicament of resource exhaustion, they will inevitably face the migration of factories and the loss of labor. The original plant, mining area and other urban land often face the end of waste. Industrial upgrading can help solve problems of industrial solidification and path dependence in resource-based cities, and can improve the efficiency of land green utilization.
Why tech teams must prioritize leadership skills in 2023
While the economic situation in 2023 may seem more volatile, businesses are still investing in transformation projects to provide intuitive digital services. Even as certain areas falter, demand for technical talent remains strong. The answer lies in finding a balance between hiring wholesale and developing the skills of existing workforces. While businesses must keep their technical skills up to date, they also need to consider their workers as more than just their role-specific capabilities. As developer teams grow, leadership skills become increasingly important. These skills aren't always a focus when people start their development careers.