Chris Vermeulen
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Cohen's kappa

Cohen's kappa is a statistic that measures the agreement between two raters on categorical data, correcting for chance agreement. It is calculated by comparing the observed agreement to the agreement expected by chance alone. A higher kappa value indicates a greater level of agreement beyond random chance.

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Advocating for readability at the cost of maintainability

Advocating for readability at the cost of maintainability

At this point, I think most of us understand that us developers spend more time reading code than writing it. And this is displayed clearly in practice. Before updating code or adding features, we will spend a decent amount of code identifying the change points, architecting things in our heads,

14 Nov 2025

CRAAP Test

The CRAAP test is an acronym for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose, which are five standards used to evaluate the reliability and quality of a source of information. This test helps researchers determine if sources are trustworthy by asking specific questions about the timeliness, pertinence, author's expertise,

14 Nov 2025
AI is Rewriting the Rules of Workflow Engines

AI is Rewriting the Rules of Workflow Engines

AI is reinventing deterministic workflow engines like Zapier. Instead of chaining fixed inputs and outputs, AI-driven workflows build and reason from shared context, blending deterministic precision with agentic flexibility.

07 Nov 2025

Vulnerabilities. Known vs. Actual risk.

A new vulnerability is discovered in an open source package used in your codebase. Should you block the codebase from being released until the vulnerability is fixed ? Instinctually you may argue it should be blocked, but I suspect for the wrong reasons. I suspect you want to block the release

09 Sep 2025
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