We talk about best software development methodologies, best processes, practices, designs etc but have we ever wondered that there are entire different worlds in software development universe ? So much so that certain principles, guidelines, metrics have total different meanings and emphasis on each of these different worlds. Quality concerns, limitations and design constraints could be vastly different across these ...
Agile or Lean Development soundly emerged as the more practical and effective approach towards software development, beating the age-old Waterfall methodologies.Today everybody follows agile and it's now even not the buzzword anymore, it's the only word there is. The de-facto methodology for software. Fame and becoming the mainstream, comes with it's own dangers though.Early adopters and pioneers followed agile for ...
WORDLE is a popular word (English vocabulary) and logical game. If you haven't given it a try yet, may be you should do now. It's quick, simple, interesting and beneficial.Ever since I started playing it, I wanted to write a program to solve it and compare my personal performance against the program. I had an idea how to do that ...
Super Capacitors (or Ultra Capacitors or Gold Cap) is a promising field and might replace lithium like batteries in the future. However, Current status of technology and material will have to improve further. Here are some quick comparisons.1) Cost for 1kwh of Li-ion battery is now around $200 (predicted to come down further). In comparison, SC is in the range ...
Part 1 of this post presented some statistics from Green Frontiers automated fast charging records. This post is about some analysis and few key numbers which we need to achieve if EVs are to be sustainable in here. When we have a goal, backed up by statistics, numbers and analysis, we could think about practical ways of getting to it.Those ...
We thought of sharing some of interesting fast charging statistics and numbers we have in the Green Frontiers network during last two years. We hope these will be useful for those who are in the EV field involving in services of fast charging, manufacture, software/hardware development and investments etc as well as those who are interested in involving in those ...
Now we consider our mission of setting up fast chargers in Sri Lanka has been achieved, we thought of sharing with others the experiences and lessons we learned on our way. Part of 1 of this series can be found in here. On the surface, Fuel stations and charging stations seem nearly identical in function. Let's forget the environmental ...
Now that we consider our mission in Sri Lanka on EV charging is successfully concluded (we may still put a new charger or two but mostly will maintain the existing infrastructure and focus on some new area), thought of sharing some of things we learned about doing business in Sri Lanka especially in the field of environmentally sustainable solutions.First, two ...
Now that the Green Frontiers mission we started in December 2015 has reached it's objectives, the fast charging network of the country is reasonably spread out covering most of main routes and main outstation locations... and we have maintained and kept all this alive for more than 3 years. Moreover, this was done while keeping to low rates of Rs 50-60 ...
A near spent Leaf battery may have a SOH around 50%, It's range may have gone down below 100km, writings may be on the wall, yet it is still a powerful battery. It may not enough for the power hungry 80kw LEAF motor, but there are plenty other applications out there for those, it is still a very useful and ...
This was brought to Sri Lanka exactly 3 years ago. At the time it said it has done only 7000 km. Fifty-Five thousand more kilometers later, it is now a veteran near 63000 km, with no less than 6 battery bars already gone! How come 6 battery bars go down in such a low mileage? That's because this may be ...
First of all, I will be honest and state my standing. I will personally choose and take the side of a professional any day anywhere over a politician! Remaining (without migrating to rich countries) top professionals like doctors, engineers, scientists, lecturers etc are a huge asset to the country. You don't even have to be a top skilled professional to ...
Ok, here we go again... another experimental car!If you are not familiar with this serial craziness of mine, there is enough evidence and past patterns in here : Green Cars, A personal history from Prius to LeafI like my LEAF. It's silent, clean, advanced, powerful and yet very comfortable. However I'm much more thrilled and proud to own this little ...
This is a very short poem (if we can call it that) I have read a long time ago. The author has seen a proud pigeon walking about like a General, at the same time a hawk was circling above. One day this same hawk may gobble up the pigeon, but it's not this day and the pigeon has no ...
Back in 2005 I bought a Toyota Prius car. Which was a time that type of car was rare in here. (1997 model of Prius. The very first commercial version of it intended to sell only in Japan. Prius started to get imported only in 2001) Since people generally were afraid of the new technologies I got a good price ...
In a previous post, we discussed RRR and how to spot a real environment lover when we see one.That got us thinking....I am a fan of Elon Musk and Tesla. It's a great car but it's not yet a car for the masses, it's a car for the super rich, even more so in here. It may be a symbol ...
When the CEO of the company I was working in long time ago, was explaining about results of the latest funding round of the company (which was doing good at the moment), we asked who are the people who are in line to fund us so far. 'A flower attracts all sorts of insects, you know.." came the quick and ...
We have heard about climate change, global warming, green house effect etc.. but among the general noise of work, advertisements, entertainment, gossip etc they also fade away as any other topic would. In todays well connected, busy and distracting world, nothing can maintain the scope or be in the center of attention for more than a week.There are other philosophical ...
