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2024

A Tale of T-Mobile Prepaid Billing Errors
·· 7 mins
T-Mobile Prepaid-Plans FCC-Complaint Consumer-Protection
A discussion of an odd bug in T-Mobile’s systems, resolved only after filing an FCC complaint. This post details my experience, the support timeline, and the root cause of the mysterious charges.
Why the Hell Is This Git Repo So Large? And How to Trim It Down
· 6 mins
Programming Git Version-Control Repository-Management Advice
A guide on reducing the size of an oversized Git repository, using the Blowfish Hugo theme as a case study. Learn best practices for maintaining a lean repo and its history.
Analyzing Political Party Strength vs. Quality of Life in U.S. States
· 7 mins
Data-Analysis Data-Exploration Politics Quality-of-Life Interactive
A data-driven exploration of how political lean correlates with quality of life metrics across the United States.
Modeling Optimal PC Building Decisions
·· 10 mins
Modeling Pc-Building Historical-Data Data-Analysis Data-Exploration
What is the optimal amount to spend on a computer? How often should its components be upgraded? We review historical data to build a plausible model of PC performance over time.
On the Time Burden of Office Work
· 4 mins
Time-Management Remote-Work Return-to-Office
How much of a pay cut is in-office work compared to remote? All else being equal, maybe a bit more than you’d expect.
Deriving Analytic Retirement Estimates: A DIY Approach
· 5 mins
Investing Retirement Derivation
Take a DIY approach to calculating rough retirement timelines. No need for fancy services – roll your own, either for a secondary sanity check or out of curiosity!

2023

Analytic Early Retirement Calculator
· 2 mins
Investing Retirement Early-Retirement Interactive
A retirement calculator that estimates your retirement timeline, required annual savings, and assesses your progress toward retirement goals.
Animated Cellular Automaton QR Codes
· 6 mins
Qr-Codes Cellular-Automata Video
An experiment in using randomized cellular automata to generate QR codes that remain valid on every frame.
The Importance of Saving Early for Retirement
· 4 mins
Investing Retirement
A 22-year-old college graduate that saves $300/month will have more in retirement than a worker who starts saving $1,100/month at 40 years old. Let’s talk about it.
Absurd Password Lengths and the Computational Limits of Humanity
· 7 mins
Cybersecurity Passwords
A discussion of password strength, brute-force attacks, and the physical limits of the universe.