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Modeling the Expected Value of a Sealed Card Box (and Where the Number Quietly Lies)

Modeling the Expected Value of a Sealed Card Box (and Where the Number Quietly Lies)

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Forecasting from a Government PDF: What I Learned Modeling the Visa Bulletin

Forecasting from a Government PDF: What I Learned Modeling the Visa Bulletin

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The Minecraft anvil is a tree-cost optimization problem in disguise

The Minecraft anvil is a tree-cost optimization problem in disguise

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The hardest part of a pre-release game tracker isn't the UI, it's the provenance field

The hardest part of a pre-release game tracker isn't the UI, it's the provenance field

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The data model behind an employee cost calculator is messier than the UI

The data model behind an employee cost calculator is messier than the UI

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The Unicode trap I had to design around in a LinkedIn formatter

The Unicode trap I had to design around in a LinkedIn formatter

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A roof calculator that multiplies length by width is lying to you

A roof calculator that multiplies length by width is lying to you

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The worked example that disagreed with its own calculator

The worked example that disagreed with its own calculator

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The third enum variant that stopped my tax calculator from lying

The third enum variant that stopped my tax calculator from lying

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What I learned building an after-tax raise calculator

What I learned building an after-tax raise calculator

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Generating valid .ics calendar feeds at build time

Generating valid .ics calendar feeds at build time

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Encoding FIFA’s 495 third-place scenarios for the 2026 World Cup

Encoding FIFA’s 495 third-place scenarios for the 2026 World Cup

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Building a shift schedule generator taught me that scheduling is harder than it looks

Building a shift schedule generator taught me that scheduling is harder than it looks

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I built a World Cup 2026 bracket predictor for the new 48-team format

I built a World Cup 2026 bracket predictor for the new 48-team format

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