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For all the new readers who’ve joined since my post about effective altruism and elections, welcome! I’m now back to my usual biology beat, although this one is also influenced by my effective altruism bent. After all, one of the … Read more

To be practical, the data capture step needs to be both as close as possible to the way chemists work and it should ensure that the chemical data generated can be practically reused by other researchers. We give examples for … Read more

Attacks on the software supply chain are increasing and our community has not gone unscathed. RubyGems has been affected by supply chain attacks in the past, so it’s important for us to mitigate these risks as much as possible. Recommending … Read more

I’ve enjoyed writing software for 40+ years now. Lots of activities fall into that “writing software” basket, and here’s my favorite: When you have a body of code with a decent unit-test suite and you need to make it go … Read more

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Ever since I read about the “Make 50 of Something” technique in Vi Hart’s blog post about Fifty Fizzbuzzes, I wanted to try it for myself! Creating 50 of, well, anything, in quick succession seemed like a fun challenge! So, … Read more

Over the years there have been a number of projects focusing on building systems of particle materials that interact with one another. The first I saw was called “Powder Game”, which had all kinds of features and was written in … Read more

The Schema At the center of an Thin backend application are the data structures. Tables and columns are the basic building blocks used to design backends. Based on the Schema Thin Backend derives the APIs and Migrations. SQL-Centric Thin backend … Read more