Field Notes

Short essays on structure, systems, and interpretation of data in real environments.

  1. The Evils of Sequential IDs 2024-01-18 The Evils of Sequential IDs 3 reasons not to use Sequential IDs as Primary Keys
  2. 2023-12-27 How To Quantify Privacy in Datasets An Entropy-Based Approach for Objective Evaluation and Automated Approval
  3. Maintaining Privacy in Data Shares 2023-12-18 Maintaining Privacy in Data Shares A guide to big data privacy for dummy developers
  4. Dangers of the Habit of Ignoring Developer Error Messages 2023-07-11 Dangers of the Habit of Ignoring Developer Error Messages Being aware of and mitigating the risks of Habituation in System Maintenance and Design
  5. The Complexity of a Simple Chart 2023-02-13 The Complexity of a Simple Chart A glimpse behind the curtain of the thought that goes into ensuring a chart remains simple
  6. I still want my agile back 2023-01-10 I still want my agile back A dialogue with a colleague
  7. Education, Training, and Indoctrination 2022-12-12 Education, Training, and Indoctrination Observations on corporate training and its purpose
  8. 2022-11-13 The Angry Chatterbot A (successful) experiment in software as a behaviour modification tool (in PHP)
  9. Storing Data in QR Codes 2022-10-12 Storing Data in QR Codes Encoding data on physical media for Dummy Programmers
  10. 2022-09-15 Paper as a Digital Storage Medium Distributing Data in the Present and Preserving Data for the Future
  11. 2022-08-07 Technologic (In)accessibility Technology as a barrier to the beach
  12. 2022-07-08 Fishalytics A (failed) experiment in data analysis as a behaviour modification tool