Archive of stories published by George Mandis

On Croissants and Conductivity

I was in Lyon this past week to speak about my ongoing adventures with JavaScript, MIDI & tiny computers at MiXiT. I’m happy to report my talk went well, that I was able to show some new demos I was excited about — namely my “tactile” flash cards demo, which I’ll have to…


When is the best time to get jury duty?

This might seem unusual, but I actually like jury duty. Maybe it’s because I’m self-employed and the free wifi in the juror lounge makes the whole ordeal surprisingly non-disruptive to my daily routine. It might also be that I like people, and stories…


That Time I Broke Marvel.com

Amazon recently had a bit of a hiccup with their S3 service. The key bit from their statement reads:

Unfortunately, one of the inputs to the command was entered incorrectly and a larger set of servers was removed than intended.

These were the top 10 stories published by George Mandis; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2016, 2017, and 2018.