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Ever notice that for every problem, Google's first answer is 1. big data, 2. apply AI? I don't even mean to be snarky. If you're a hammer company full of hamme

Ever notice that for every problem, Google's first answer is 1. big data, 2. apply AI? I don't even mean to be snarky. If you're a hammer company full of hammer experts, you're going to see a lot of nails. One of the interesting city planning concepts I've seen is to build the houses with their backs to the roads. You still have a place for cars/deliveries/logistics, but it also forms a walkable neighborhood that's designed for people. I've seen some small developments based on this--it feels like a big park, and the only real side effect was the coffee shop needed a second public facing door. There's lots of cool stuff from architects and material scientists that's worth building, but the longer I work in software, the more I'm convinced that sometimes we should look at a thing and conclude we are not the most qualified people to improve it.

fakedang 6y ago
> One of the interesting city planning concepts I've seen is to build the houses with their backs to the roads. You still have a place for cars/deliveries/logistics, but it also forms a walkable neighborhood that's designed for people. I've seen some small developments based on this--it feels like a big park, and the only real side effect was the coffee shop needed a second public facing door. My cousin lives in Dubai in a similar neighborhood design of sorts. The front entrances face the general roadways to cars (which are mostly empty and lifeless), etc, but the back entrances face a central small sized park, in a cluster of maybe 12 homes or something. Essentially the park becomes the local meeting ground with lawns, play areas and barbecue spots, and the venue for celebrations of all sorts.