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Draconian, draconian, draconic, and Draco

merovingienne — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:42:23 +0000

A re-read through the Malazan Book of The Fallen led me to check the etymology of "draconian". We've forgotten the dragon-like meaning.

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Complexity Brings Joy

merovingienne — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:38:39 +0000

A couple of times, I have expressed my joy at fairly complex things – games, stories. To some, this probably came across as intellectual posturing. But my joy is genuine, and there’s evidence for its universality, in different forms. An exquisite piece of music may be joyful to many, being able to move an audience […]

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The Copilot Double-bind: Less Writing Means Harder Reading

merovingienne — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:04:59 +0000

Imagine learning to cook by only assembling meal kits. Sure, you’d get food on the table faster, but would you understand why certain ingredients work together? Would you know it if something’s going wrong with a recipe? More importantly, could you create your own dishes? Junior developers are facing a similar issue with coding assistants […]

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Sinhala Palindromes

merovingienne — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:44:38 +0000

Palindromes are words, phrases or sequences that read the same forwards and backwards. They are interesting due to their symmetry. This post lists some palindromes in Sinhala.

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Falsy vs. Nullish Values in JavaScript

merovingienne — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:51:25 +0000

JavaScript has 8 falsy values, and 2 nullish values. The two nullish values are also falsy, but the rest of the falsy values are not nullish.

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The Curious Case of Division By 7

merovingienne — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:42:40 +0000

It was a Monday. I was 14, and my math tuition class was in 2 hours. I was hurriedly going through the homework to be done. Yes, we’re all major procrastinators. My tutor had given 12 questions on division by integers. It was always 12 questions, because he could divide that number in many ways. […]

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GSoC 2017 – Operation Theater Module Workflow Enhancements

merovingienne — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 09:51:40 +0000

This post originally appeared in OpenMRS Talk as my final presentation. Operation Theater Module Workflow Enhancements Mentors: Akshika Wijesundara & Harsha Kumara Code contribution Summary: GitHub There’s a certain pleasure in seeing people make use of your work. That’s one of the main driving forces behind the open source philosophy. It’s deeply satisfying to know […]

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GSoC 2017 With OpenMRS – Operation Theater Module Workflow Enhancements

merovingienne — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 05:21:25 +0000

It’s a little hard to think 12 weeks have passed already. But as they say, all good things must come to an end. So goes Google Summer of Code 2017 with OpenMRS. This summer, I worked on the Operation Theater module to bring it up to speed with 2017. The project had 2 main targets. […]

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GSoC 2017 – Operation Theater Module Workflow Enhancements

merovingienne — Sun, 21 May 2017 18:22:13 +0000

This is the official blog for my Google Summer of Code 2017 project. I am going to be working for OpenMRS, an open source project that supports healthcare delivery around the world. It feels great to have been awarded this opportunity, thank you @Team OpenMRS! ? My project is to work on the Operation theater […]

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Biometric Identification with Keystroke Dynamics Using Java

merovingienne — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 06:47:33 +0000

A uni assignment turned into a fun project. Keystroke dynamics is a type of behavioural biometrics that relies on how a user types on a keyboard.

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