If your application requires an interactive map interface, there are lots of great options available. I’d like to describe a basic implementation using Vue.js, Cesium.js, Node and MySQL. The general context…

A book I read once by Victor Frankl, a Viennese psychologist who survived Nazi concentration camps, said that people who had a purpose in their lives were much more resilient in the face of suffering, adversity and privation than those who didn’t.

I often find myself writing Node projects which use MySQL databases. I do not deal with the database directly, preferring to use an ORM. Generally, I prefer Bookshelf.js, which allows me to drop down into the Knex query builder and use its…

Had a Torah conversation about demons with a Nahmanically oriented coworker today.

He quoted, via the Arizal, an Aggadah from the Talmud about Adam having begat demons in the 130 years prior to the…

An interesting detail:

There are some indications that the Scythians came from some of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel.

The Scythians appear in history for the first time shortly after the Assyrian Exile. The place they appear, around the…