Stories by nkurz

Descriptive Variable Names: A Code Smell

Chabuduo: What Chinese corner cutting reveals about modernity

My Stay with a Chinese Family as an Indian

Search (Non-)Neutrality and Impact on Innovation [pdf]

Lost Diamonds: How our current system is failing underprivileged talent

The decline of Stack Overflow

Turn Your Feature TV into a Smart TV for $30

The rise of dark circuits

Bioethicist: The climate crisis calls for fewer children

On DRY and the cost of wrongful abstractions

Life’s Work: An Interview with Penn Jillette

The Millennial Whoop: Melodic Alternation Between the Fifth and the Third

Inequality and Unearned Income Kills the Economy

The Honor System (2012)

Chinese Billionaire Linked to Giant Aluminum Stockpile in Mexican Desert

Let It Burn? Our new policy to let forest fires burn is inspired by nature

The Dam in the Desert

How Do Criminals Launder Money Through a Restaurant?

Why are groceries more expensive in the bulk food section?

Trump, Dilbert, Wizards, Fear, and Testosterone

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