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I’m a veteran software engineer with more than 25 years of experience, ranging from coding Unix applications in C to crafting sleek .NET solutions and even blockchain and cryptographic solutions. Along the way, I’ve dabbled in everything from writing Windows drivers to streaming desktops as video feeds, game development, and now I’m exploring gRPC and Google Cloud hosting. When I’m not banging out code, I’m probably wrangling tech quirks or pondering the mysteries of management decisions and direction of technology in general.

 

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Are your data points valid

By Matt Raffel on December 01, 2025

Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts, and Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

There's debate who actually said the above quote so I will just leave it as that.  Following similar theme to what I have been writing about a lot...

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