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The Knock at the Door

The knock comes on a Tuesday, late afternoon, when the rice is still on the hob and the youngest is doing homework at the kitchen table.

  • Caseworker unexpectedly visits family, initiating potential confrontation
  • Algorithmic risk score triggers caseworker dispatch, operating unseen
  • System disproportionately flags Black and low-income families

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Building Better Error Handling in Node.js

Error handling is one of those topics developers often ignore until production starts failing. A good error-handling strategy makes an application easier to debug, monitor, and maintain.

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When a String Assumption Broke Newsletter Tag Filtering in Ruby

A bug doesn't always need hundreds of lines of code to cause a real production problem. Sometimes, one assumption is enough.

  • RubyEvents project malfunction caused by assumption every tag must be string
  • Filtering issue discovered in Announcement::Collection#bytag method
  • Fix implemented using tos, casecmp? and any? methods

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Your personal data is for sale. Privacy Bee earned PCMag's first perfect score fighting it

PCMag names Privacy Bee the first data removal service to earn a perfect 5-star rating, citing its industry-leading broker coverage and ongoing removal efforts.

  • Privacy Bee earns PCMag's first perfect 5-star rating for data removal service
  • Service removes personal data from 1,128 data brokers and over 1,100 sites
  • Privacy Bee monitors for reappearances and provides before/after screenshots
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