Clearing up some common misinterpretations of what socialism actually is. — introduction As many of my readers are likely aware, I am a libertarian socialist. I also happen to live in the United States, and be a registered member of the U.S. Socialist party. In a lot of ways, socialism — and even socialist policies have become an incredibly controversial topic in…

(And i’m not sure what to do about it.) — This article will be a bit different to my normal content, obviously, but I think in a lot of ways I am writing this post for me, not for anyone else. I find that this process brings me a lot of sanity — and peace. So I am sorry if…

As the julia web ecosystem continues to mature, it becomes more and more apparent this language is a great option for web-development. — introduction Web-development has become an increasingly necessary skill for all sorts of domains in software development. Even in the Data Science domain, web-development has become essential to getting results out of the notebook. As a result, many languages that might not be conventionally used to develop the web are being used…

Are transgender women dis-empowering themselves by expressing vitriol for their treatment? Or is there more to this story? — I must confess, I really did not want to write another article on this topic, but it is just too hard for me to stay silent; especially whenever I read something I am at odds with. Today, this was not what it usually is; experiencing something or someone who is…

Putting the finishing touches on my pong app! — introduction For the past week or so, I have been working on a little pong game in Julia which I built with my web-framework, toolips. I am creating this game mostly to test another project I am working on, Vulta.jl. The result has been pretty sweet, and if you would like…

Demonstrating 10 essential Data Science knowledge building blocks. — introduction If you are trying to break into Data Science, or even if you are familiar with the field, the prospect of diving into some new learning on the subject is likely intimidating. This is a sensible emotional reaction, as not only is Data Science complicated, but it is also comprised…

I am disorganized, and a programmer… Is this the course of action? — introduction A new year has just begun, and with this new year has come some new motivation to me personally, along with some new needs. With this new year, as many of us often do, I took part in some introspection and really considered what I wanted to do and expand…

Will the release of Julia 1.9.2 send Julia’s popularity skyrocketing? — introduction In the past five years or so, the Julia programming community — a community of programmers, scientists, mathematicians, and more who use Julia regularly — has doubled, tripled, and quadrupled in size. Julia Computing put out a visualization that shows this pretty well. The visualization is of Github stars on…

How to use method signatures to change the actions of a function from the outside. — introduction Recently, I wrote an article where I reviewed some of my favorite features of the multiple dispatch programming paradigm. Overall, this is one of my favorite recent articles and is totally worth a read, so if you would like to read the article for yourself, here is a link: 7 Awesome Multiple Dispatch Tricks For Julia Unlock the secret powers of multiple dispatch with these simple tricks!juliazoid.com