The app is now making practice SHSAT quizzes on an automated schedule — using a combo of AWS Lambda, Rita.js, TypeScript, and OpenAI API endpoints — all running in a Github Actions build pipeline.
Illusions of Explanatory Depth (IOED)
In 1993, everyone seemed to know of a pool cleaner who could also build a web site. That’s no longer the case. Now, there are too many sub-disciplines within software engineering for a single person to know how to design, build, test, and deploy a secure application from scratch. Most software engineers know this, but some are convinced they know more than they do – a completely normal phoneomenon known as the illusion of explanatory depth.
E Pluribus Unum: 13 Republican and Democratic States in Charts
Contrary to the absurd belief that republicans are rugged individualists, born in log cabins they built with their own bare hands red states like Texas frequently receive WAY MORE from the federal government than they give. Put another way, red states, on average, enjoy the redistributed wealth produced in places exactly like New York and New Jersey. This blog post lays it out in a series of charts.