Lucid Mesh

Musings on software development, technology, and their interconnections with a programmer's everyday life

Leaf Mileage Update with 14 Months of Data

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It's time for my bi-yearly update on my Nissan Leaf experience. I'm on my second Leaf, having owned a 2012 Leaf SL for two and a ha...

Tech Book Face Off: Database Design for Mere Mortals Vs. Seven Databases in Seven Weeks

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In my quest to fill in some of the holes in my software development knowledge, I picked up a couple books on databases to read through. I so...

Avoid Analysis Paralysis by Experimenting

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Have you ever been stuck on a problem, not because you didn't have any ideas for how to solve it, but because you had too many? It's...

Exploring the Tension in Software Abstractions

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Ever since we started making tools as a species, we've been dealing with abstractions. We've been adding layer upon layer of abstr...

College is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary

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Most entries into the debate about whether or not it's worth it to go to college focus on the financials. How much debt will you incur?...

What Once Was Hard, Is Now Easy

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Think back to something that you learned that was really hard, harder than most things you were learning at the same time. Maybe it was a di...

Optimizing Performance Requires an Open Mind

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Performance optimization can be great fun. Finding new ways to make a code base run faster, have more throughput, or support more users is i...
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