On the web, data doesn’t define us. It creates us.
In this episode, Ben interviews Jannis Kallinikos, a professor at Luiss University in Rome, Italy about his new book Data Rules: Reinventing the Market Economy, coauthored with Cristina Alaimo. They discuss the social impact of data, explore the idea that data filters how we see the world and interact with
Read moreEffortless Content Publishing: A Developer’s Guide to Adobe Experience Manager
Empower Your Web Development: Leveraging Adobe’s New Experience Manager for Streamlined SharePoint Content Publishing and Enhanced Workflow Efficiency Continue reading Effortless Content Publishing: A Developer’s Guide to Adobe Experience Manager on SitePoint.
Read more25 JavaScript interview questions (and answers) from basic to senior level
Are you looking to excel in your next JavaScript interview and land your dream developer role? Whether you’re just starting out or have a few years of experience under your belt, mastering JavaScript can open up exciting career opportunities in software engineering. With the right interview preparation strategies, you can
Read moreDevelopers want more, more, more: the 2024 results from Stack Overflow’s Annual Developer Survey
This year, technologies such as JavaScript and PostgreSQL remain most popular, Rust and Markdown remain most admired, developers are most frustrated by technical debt at work, and they don’t see AI as a threat to their jobs.
Read moreq-analog of rising powers
The previous post looked at the probability that a random n by n matrix over a finite field of order q is invertible. This works out to be This function of q and n comes up in other contexts as well and has a name that we will get to
Read moreThe problem with the tech debt mindset
Ryan chats with Jon Bevan, a software engineer currently building the cloud version of Scriptrunner, an Atlassian app, about the concept of tech debt. They explore how tech debt can arise from outdated technology choices, shortcuts, and the need for maintenance work. They also delve into the challenges of upgrading
Read moreSolvability of linear systems over finite fields
If you have n equations in n unknowns over a finite field with q elements, how likely is it that the system of equations has a solution? The number of possible n × n matrices with entries from a field of size q is qn². The set of invertible n ×
Read moreWhy do medical tests always have error rates?
Most people implicitly assume medical tests are infallible. If they test positive for X, they assume they have X. Or if they test negative for X, they’re confident they don’t have X. Neither is necessarily true. Someone recently asked me why medical tests always have an error rate. It’s a
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