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What if there's a confounding variable here?

What if people who disregard safety and drive more dangerously, including driving without a seatbelt, also drive in a way that results in…

Jun 12

Jun 12

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Do seat belts really save lives?

It’s generally accepted conventional wisdom that “seat belts save lives.”

May 15, 2020

Do seat belts really save lives?

May 15, 2020

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Pokémon GO EX raids in northern NJ

Since I couldn’t find a good list of EX raid eligible gyms in northern NJ, I decided to start one, especially since it seems like Niantic…

Aug 17, 2018

Aug 17, 2018

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Installing PHP 7.2 using Homebrew on OSX using OpenSSL and not Apple's Secure Transport

Jun 2, 2018

Jun 2, 2018

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WordPress Performance Optimization Case Study: all-things-andy-gavin.com

I recently had the good fortune to do a WordPress performance optimization project for Andy Gavin (yes, that Andy Gavin), on his site…

Mar 12, 2018

WordPress Performance Optimization Case Study: all-things-andy-gavin.com

Mar 12, 2018

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How using boolean values in SQL can lead to unintended results

First, let’s start with a quick quiz. Given the following SQL and pseudocode, how many rows do you expect will be affected?

Feb 26, 2018

How using boolean values in SQL can lead to unintended results

Feb 26, 2018

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JavaScript unit test framework weigh-in

It really annoys me how the Node.js community seems to pretty much ignore, or at least accept, how kitchen-sinky everything is, as in…

Oct 6, 2017

Oct 6, 2017

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There’s a first time for everything

So, earlier this evening I said I was going to start streaming, and rather than let procrastination get in the way, I decided to just pull…

Oct 4, 2017

There’s a first time for everything

Oct 4, 2017

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ThisOldCode.tv

So, back in 2007 — okay, wow, 10 years ago — I grabbed a few domain names: ThisOldCode.com and ThisOldCode.tv, etc. The idea was to do a…

Oct 4, 2017

Oct 4, 2017

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Medium, PLEASE bring back the old feed!

As soon as Medium announced their new feed, and I checked it out, I had to switch back to the old feed. The new feed is terribad. Even if…

Sep 21, 2017

Medium, PLEASE bring back the old feed!

Sep 21, 2017

Dossy Shiobara

Dossy Shiobara

Living la vida startup, doing professional services consulting, and trying to support my wife and two daughters. Free time? What's that ...

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