TL;DR When working with an API that returned json with inconsistent types, json.Unmarshal would fail because it was mapped to a matching Go type via tags in the struct. The solution was to create a new type to support any permutation of data the API might return, and have that type implement Unmarshaler or …

Systems Thinking More than ever software cannot be thought of in a linear, one-off environment way. It really never could, and continues to become more clear as software continues to grow in complexity, interconnectivity, and functionality. Systems thinking offers an school of thinking to model these systems in a way …

Working from neovim and writing go code I find myself often cycling through multiple terminal windows while working on projects. This cycles between iterm and ghostty terminal and splits within neovim itself depending on my environment. Often resulting in a cacophony of windows, panes, and red yarn connecting the …

The book explains simple methods for collecting and displaying data and presents comparative experiments for testing hypotheses. Discussing how to block the sources of variation from your analysis, it looks at two-level factorial designs and covers analysis of variance. It also details a four-step planning process for designing and executing experiments that takes statistical power into consideration.

This HBR article attempts to categorize leadership into 6 distinct styles, and aggregate quantitative data on the effectiveness of each. In doing so the Author Daniel Goleman also overlaps each style with various aspects of emotional intelligence - which to me seems like a logical conclusion. Not all individuals would …

IndieAuth IndieAuth is built upon OAuth 2.0 and OpenID. Authenticating via the IndieWeb requires your website URL as your Id. To obtain authorization you will be directed to your chosen IndieAuth server (OAuth provider). The IndieAuth Server can be self hosted, or rely on a hosted option such as indieauth.com Why not …

Algorithm Simple Sorts Selection Sort Sort a list of []Type by searching for the smallest (or largest) element of the array, removing the found element from the list, and copying it to a new list. Time Complexity: $O(n^2)$ Example func selectionSort(list []int) []int { newList := []int{} for range list { smallest, …

Problem I'm a manager of a team that maintains a large scale CIAM solution. One of the many things that the platform does is allow users to preform account actions via email, such as reseting password, or performing email verification. We received a heads up from our infosec team that there would be changes to our …

Abstract I invest too much of my time into low value, low reward activities. This can be doom scrolling Twitter, reading the latest drama on reddit, or getting sucked into a rabbit hole on Youtube. Sometimes this takes the form of playing a mindless game, or getting sucked into binge watching something on Netflix. I've …