When you’re one of 42 developers spread out across 5 timezones waiting to merge work into master, flaky test failures in CI can really chap your ass. The video below is a brief show-and-tell of the CI/CD tools and processes I put into place in the summer of 2020 to fix that problem for my engineering team. Details are summarized below the video.
Vaccination Card Scanner Part 2
AI-based card scanner app that lets you upload an image and view the result. Uses AWS textract and rekognition to determine if your file is a valid US covid vaccination card… or a picture of a cat. 😂
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.
80 pound weighted chin up on gymnastics rings
One of my feats of dad strength – a weighted chin-up. This particular one was done with 80 lbs, using 3 kettlebells strapped to my waist.
Using AI to Discern Cats from CDC Vaccination Cards
The NYC Covid Safe app can’t tell the difference between a valid CDC vaccination card and a picture of a cat. Doing this isn’t just possible, it’s pretty easy. With AI – using node.js, textract, and rekognition – in fewer than 300 lines of code.
15 Foot Hands-only Rope Climb with 35 pounds
As part of my ongoing feats of dad-strength benchmarks, I did a fifteen foot hands-only rope climb with a 35lb kettlebell attached to my waist.