Book of the Week: Beautiful Data

10 Apr 2013

Beautiful Data The kiwi book, Beautiful Data, is a collection of articles about different data topics. My favorite chapter is about how the image processing software on the Phoenix lander works. Cloud technologies are the hottest thing right now, but there is something very gritty and down to the core about writing software for the lander. The amount of constraints on processing, bandwidth and memory cause you to think a bit differently. I was surprised to find out there is no dynamic memory allocation allowed to protect against software bugs. It’s not if someone can just press reset on a Mars lander. Purchase Beautiful Data on Amazon.com or check it out from your local library.