Here are two guidelines for designing APIs that use callbacks, to add to my inadvertent collection of posts about minor API design points. I’ve run into the “sync vs. async” callback issue many times in different places; it’s a real issue that burns both API designers and API users. Most recently, this came up for […]
In a post a couple months ago I argued that a given financial effect on an individual could be called a “tax increase plus a tax credit for doing XYZ,” or a “tax penalty for not doing XYZ,” and that the two are identical in terms of how many dollars all parties involved end up […]
I contribute to money.stackexchange.com sometimes; the site doesn’t get a ton of traffic yet, sadly. Some of the stuff I’ve written over there is as good (or bad) as my blog posts over here, so I thought I’d link to some highlights. Where to start with personal finance: my take was, don’t start with investing. […]