nerdspice

I’ve been wanting to start a blog for a while now. Not knowing what to write about has never been the real blocker. The design of the site is what has been holding me back. Today, I’ve decided that will no longer be the case. If you’re a developer like me who struggles with design, tune in, this is for us.

There’s a lot happening in the world right now, but in the United States in particular, concerns about personal privacy are escalating. Recent reporting has highlighted how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has leveraged surveillance tools created by Palantir to track those residing in the US. These tools, most notably ImmigrationOS, allows ICE to track individuals , run photos of people through databases to determine citizenship status and aggregate data on residents from multiple data sources.

Have you ever been handed a massive file with zero feedback on why it is failing validation? Yeah, that was me last week.

The file had tens of thousands of lines in it and it was nearly impossible to scroll through it by hand and find the problem.

Here’s my first post. Not entirely sure what I will use this site for yet but stay tuned!