I'm in what might be termed an applied statistics field, and have been generally appalled by the poor coding practices that I see with some frequency. People who can do math that makes my head spin ...

It’s often easy to tell when you’re doing development wrong. Bugs that pop out of nowhere, code that runs like molasses, and unwieldly project structures are just three of the tell-tale signs. But ...

The Pareto principle states that 80% of outcomes can be attributed to 20% of the possible causes of a given event. Also known as the 80-20 rule, it’s relevant to almost every field of human endeavor.