Software Development
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Biological computer simulation of selfish genes
TL;DR: I did a computer simulation of behavior evolution of monkeys, continue reading to see how problem was stated originally…
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High-Performance Computing Clusters (HPCC) and Cassandra on OS X
Our new parent company, LexisNexis, has one of the world’s largest public records database: “…our comprehensive collection of more than…
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5 simple rules for securely storing passwords
Far too frequently, systems are hacked and their user databases are compromised. And there are far too many cases where…
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OptaPlanner – How fast is logging?
What’s the cost of trace/debug logging in production? What’s the performance cost of logging to a file? In these benchmarks,…
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Neo4j: Cypher – Building the query for a movie’s profile page
Yesterday I spent the day in Berlin delivering a workshop as part of the Data Science Retreat and one of…
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Dangerous Words
Ludwig Wittgenstein was one the greatest philosophers of 20th century. His book Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus addresses the limits of language and…
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Simplicity
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of simplicity in software. I can remember a time in my…
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A New Idea for Calling Functions
Disclaimer: This is going to come off a bit ranty. I’m not as frustrated by the “problems” I bring us…
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Replanning your project with a time machine
I have an amazing time machine that lets me think better about projects. This is part 1 in a series…
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