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…