May 11, 2018 — Instacart Musings — My new favorite game when browsing Instacart for a simple search term like “chickpea.” We demonstrate this example browsing the canned and dried goods sections. The game is based on asking one question, and then observing your own responses and... Read more

May 7, 2018 — Developing for Singularity 3.0 — Barriers to entry in the open source development world correspond to how hard it is to get started working on something. This can include any and all of: How hard is it to set up my development environment? How well... Read more

May 3, 2018 — Container Differences — An important aspect of using containers in science is reproducibility, but it’s possibly not enough. It’s a good start to package your software and other dependencies in a container, but given that we are also interested in answering a scientific... Read more

Apr 30, 2018 — Learning About Operating Systems: Part 1 — I’ve recently wandered into a domain of studying computers that I barely knew existed, and it is complex and lovely and strangely intuitive. That domain is Operating Systems, and I feel a compulsion to understand what is going on, and... Read more