Mitch

Mitch

Low Code Applications with appsmith

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Recently, I’ve been spending a fair amount of time researching low code solutions for internal applications at work. We use several different systems and it can be time consuming to jump from system to system looking up information on an…

Why is Rounding so Difficult?

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I was today years old when I learned that the way I learned to round in school was not how everyone rounded. I was taught that the value 1.65, when rounded to one decimal point, would result in 1.7. Today…

Calculating Time Difference in R

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Recently, I needed to calculate the time difference between two times that were exported from a system. The times in the report were formatted like “07:30:00 AM” or “04:00:00 PM”. This data in this particular data set does do not…

Switching to System 2 Thinking

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This weekend, I was driving to the grocery store using adaptive cruise control while navigating through traffic. I was listening to a podcast and all of the sudden, the interior of my car flashed red and a notification popped up…

Two Ways to Benchmark Your R Scripts

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Sometimes you need to know how long your scripts take to process in order to make improvements or to get an idea of how long it will take to process in the future. Most times, I could care less about…

How to Hide Reactions on Facebook Posts

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Facebook allows you to hide the number of reactions on posts. You can change the settings so that only reactions are hidden for you, for your friends, or both. Changing how you or your Facebook friends see likes on your…

Change Your Passwords

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A few years ago, I woke up to see that I had over 2,000 unread emails In my inbox. This many new emails was incredibly alarming to me and I instantly knew something was very wrong. It appeared as though…