Lars Yencken

Engineering leader and data scientist.
Melbourne, Tokyo, Stockholm, Oxford, Geneva.

Posts

• 24 Jan 2025All software is either maintained or abandoned
• 8 Sept 2024Exploring the world's countries
• 16 Jul 2024Three ways to store hierarchical data in SQL
• 16 Mar 2024Life expectancy is a distribution
• 28 Feb 2024In praise of Nushell
• 19 Feb 2024The best code is pseudocode
• 12 Feb 2024Which countries have the best public schools?
• 7 Jan 2024The dream of abundant computing
• 1 Jan 2024The fresh start effect
• 6 Nov 2023Post-scarcity optimism in science fiction
• 10 Nov 2022Experimenting with LXC containers
• 5 Oct 2022Debugging like a scientist
• 3 Dec 2021Ten years of measurement
• 26 May 2020Learning to code with the imagiCharm
• 28 Jan 2018A Great Farewell
• 18 Apr 2017Reading: Grit by Angela Duckworth
• 28 Sept 2016Review: Krydda hydroponic unit
• 2 Oct 2015Python 3.5 and asyncio
• 14 Dec 2014The Habit Clock
• 30 Sept 2014Insects as food
• 8 Aug 2014Using attention well
• 17 Jul 2014Chance and acceptance
• 5 Jul 2014Working on long-running tasks
• 13 Apr 2014PyCon 2014 Recap
• 12 Mar 2014Data release: language confusion
• 25 Jan 2014Revisiting Linux on a MacBook Pro
• 5 Dec 2013Working one-handed
• 9 Nov 2013Marelle: logic programming for devops
• 8 Sept 2013A great language update
• 4 Sept 2013¡Qué día!
• 1 Sept 2013The Great Language Game
• 20 Jun 2013The professional learner
• 19 Mar 201377 days of measurement
• 8 Jul 2012Learning languages
• 19 Feb 2012On naming
• 5 Nov 2011Pathfinding like a pro