Precious Insights Blog

Stories from the field, reflections on innovation, and lessons learned across borders, technologies and time.

• Smart Homes: How Home Automation is Transforming Daily LifeMarch 15, 2025
  Introduction: We live in an age where technology is not just in our pockets, but integrated into our homes. So-called smart homes — residences equipped with interconnected and automated devices —… Read more: Smart Homes: How Home Automation is Transforming Daily Life
• My 7-Day London Adventure: Third day – Part 1February 4, 2025
  Captain’s Log, Stardate 2025.0204. After a most rejuvenating stasis cycle – known to Earthlings as a “good night’s sleep” – I awoke at precisely 0800 hours, ready for the day’s challenges.… Read more: My 7-Day London Adventure: Third day – Part 1
• Smart Assistants Showdown: Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant?January 20, 2025
  As the smart home environment continues its rapid development, selecting an appropriate virtual assistant is becoming a decision of increasing significance. Whether your aim is to implement home automation, make your… Read more: Smart Assistants Showdown: Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant?
• String Immutability and Efficiency in Text ManipulationSeptember 26, 2024
  Strings A string is an object of type String whose value is text. String objects are immutable, once a string is created they can’t be changed. All of the String methods… Read more: String Immutability and Efficiency in Text Manipulation
• Procrastination of the SolutionAugust 12, 2024
  This is the 3rd article on Performance Teams, see here the category with the other two posts. 🖖 This post is divided into two parts: The first part is a story… Read more: Procrastination of the Solution
• Let’s talk about SOLID acronym.August 3, 2024
  SOLID is a mnemonic acronym with 5 design principles as guidelines to follow when we start developing new software. They were created by Robert C. Martin. I will use pictures created… Read more: Let’s talk about SOLID acronym.
• Harnessing the Power of Shared Values: Building a Unified and Successful TeamJuly 26, 2024
  Shared values are those built by the team to achieve performance and success. In this text, you will find valuable information on how to define these values together with the group.… Read more: Harnessing the Power of Shared Values: Building a Unified and Successful Team
• My 7-Day London Adventure: First or Second day?July 10, 2024
  My Dear Gentle Readers! Owww. Sorry. This isn’t about the Bridgerton Netflix series, and I’m not Lady Whistledown! 🤣 Let’s consider that the flight day wasn’t the first day of the… Read more: My 7-Day London Adventure: First or Second day?
• My 7-Day London Adventure: An OverviewApril 19, 2024
  I arrived in London on February, 20th at Stansted Airport, flying with Ryanair for the first time. Overall, it was a good experience, however, I found it rather bizarre and amusing… Read more: My 7-Day London Adventure: An Overview
• How to create a Definition of Done?March 29, 2024
  The “Definition of Done” 📝 incorporates all of the characteristics and standards an Increment needs to meet to be released. The “Definition of Done“ is the commitment by the Developers for the Increment. According to… Read more: How to create a Definition of Done?
• Laws of teamworkFebruary 11, 2024
  Reflections on Teamwork: Insights from ‘Law of the Price Tag’ – Inspired by John Maxwell’s Book The team fails to reach its potential when it doesn’t pay the price. In the… Read more: Laws of teamwork
• China solar banFebruary 8, 2024
  China may ban the export of technology for solar panels. The country dominates the industry by controlling at least 75% of its global supply chain. This situation creates repercussions for the West’s hope… Read more: China solar ban
• Eurozone economyFebruary 5, 2024
  The eurozone’s economy struggled to grow last year, avoiding a recession by a narrow margin, in contrast to the global economic expansion. Germany, a key player in the euro area, faced… Read more: Eurozone economy
• How to avoid wasting time when visiting LondonJanuary 30, 2024
• The End of the Klopp EraJanuary 26, 2024
  Today is a terrible day! The day that we knew the last season of this legend, Jurgen Klopp. Thank you, Boss! Since I started to support Liverpool, your time as a… Read more: The End of the Klopp Era
• Mushrooms grow from coffeeJanuary 25, 2024
  A Belgian company named PermaFungi is transforming used coffee grounds into edible mushrooms and insulation tiles. At a former industrial site in Brussels, workers harvest oyster mushrooms that grow mainly on… Read more: Mushrooms grow from coffee
• To Exist or Not to Exist: The Eternal Question of Alien ExistenceJanuary 17, 2024
  The mystery of alien existente: Are they more advanced than us? Can they travel interstellar distances? Unraveling the truth behind the myth. Bruno Amaral Firstly, I believe in their existence outside… Read more: To Exist or Not to Exist: The Eternal Question of Alien Existence
• Ukraine wants more helpJanuary 16, 2024
  Ukrainian President Zelenskiy spoke at Davos and urged the West to increase sanctions on Russia and enhance support for Kyiv to counter Moscow’s war efforts. Expressing concern about Western hesitancy, he… Read more: Ukraine wants more help