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Darklang: https://darklang.com/ I've tried out an early version of their product, and I really like where they're headed.
2. Graphql/service-based architectures
It's hard to explain how big nanopore sequencing is if a few (hard) kinks can be figured out. Basically, it has the potential to completely democratize DNA sequencing.
Here is an explanation of the technology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGWZvHIi3i0
If anyone is particularly brave, we are a new platform which is like Firebase, except it's built with Postgres: https://app.supabase.io We are are essentially rebuilding [DabbleDB]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabble_DB ) for the UI, and you get a bunch of middleware which is auto-generated: REST APIs, Realtime (CDC), auto-updating documentation. Also we will tackle some of the more difficult tasks for Postgres lik…
It makes a lot of hard physics problems (Maxwell's equations, relativity theory, quantum mechanics) much more understandable and (I'm told) unifies them in a common framework. I think it will help your average developer become comfortable with these areas of physics.
Web Assembly It's interesting in a bunch of ways, and I think it might end up having a wider impact than anyone has really realized yet. It's an ISA that looks set to be adopted in a pretty wide range of applications, web browsers, sandboxed and cross platform applications, embedded (into other programs) scripting, cryptocurrencies, and so on. It looks like it's going to enable a wider variety of languages on the web…
I remember the first Unity demos appearing on these orange pages at least 4 or 5 years ago, and promptly blowing me away. But, after an eternity in JavaScript years, I still dont know what the killer app is, technically or business wise. (Side note - I encourage people to prove me wrong, in fact I'd love to be! Thats whats so engaging about discussions here. I'd love to see examples of what WebAssembly makes possible that wouldn't exist without it.)
Self hosting - https://cloudron.io
Virtual monitors in an Oculus Quest that actually works. What’s coming up that will be amazing is hand controls (including a virtual keyboard) and conferencing and collaboration tools.