Stress cases
Edge cases are annoying to fix; often they feel more like stumbling blocks than opportunities to improve the current solution to a problem. While this may »
Keep mental models simple
The effectiveness of the Feynman technique shows that simple mental models can help to accelerate the learning process. Only those with deep understanding can clearly explain »
Programs are just proofs
People who have studied proof-based subjects like math or physics tend to have a relatively easy time learning to program. Since computer programs are just a »
News has changed from pull to push
One of the dangerous conveniences afforded by social media is that news consumption has changed from pull to push. With personalized feeds, readers no longer need »
Data cleaning company
The ETL process of massaging training data into a consistent and normalized format is often one of the most difficult and time consuming steps in machine »
Gambler's fallacy
Users tend to think software is malfunctioning if the same number is randomly generated at an "unnaturally" high frequency. But if each event is »
Security smell
In the same way that programmers talk about code smell, we know when we're doing things that may compromise the security of our data. We may »
Why confirmation matters
Web forms make it easy to collect information. They're particularly well-suited for surveys where individual submissions are less important than the overall corpus of data collected. »
Ethereum smart contracts
Smart contracts in Ethereum present an exciting opportunity to create financial products that can function without banks or other third party intermediaries. For example, bonds and »
Beware of who has access to cloud documents
By keeping documents in the cloud, data is readily accessible and easy to share. Collaboration no longer requires us to email revisions back and forth, and »