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Taq Karim

You might not be using json.Decoder correctly in golang

TL;DR: prevailing “secondary source” wisdom (ie: blog posts) about json.Decoder don't demonstrate the proper way to use it.

3 min readJan 25, 2021

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Taq Karim

Building flexible Make targets

TL;DR: use $(eval ARGS=${ARGS} [some additional arg]) within a make target to build custom argument sequences for commands wrapped by make…

2 min readJan 3, 2021

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Integrating Code Climate w/go pkgs

TL; DR: When integrating golang code coverage with Code Climate, be sure to set the --prefix arg (set it to your pkg github prefix, ie…

4 min readJan 1, 2021

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Safely Construct Elasticsearch Queries w/Golang

Or, why I built an ES query DSL pkg in golang.

2 min readDec 29, 2020

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Safely Construct Elasticsearch Queries w/Golang

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Math Musings

Shortcut for cubing numbers ending in — 5

In a previous article, we reasoned about a method for somewhat quickly computing the squares of numbers.

5 min readOct 15, 2017

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Math Musings

Shortcut for squaring numbers

In a previous article, we explored a trick for squaring numbers that end in — 5 really quickly.

5 min readOct 15, 2017

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Math Musings

Why does (25)(25) = 2(2+1)(100)+25? An explanation.

So here’s a neat trick. What’s a quick way to square numbers that end in — 5 in your head?

6 min readOct 15, 2017

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Exploring Kennebunkport: Day 3 of 3

2 min readJul 24, 2017

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Exploring Kennebunkport: Day 3 of 3

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Exploring Kennebunkport: Day 2 of 3

2 min readJul 23, 2017

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Exploring Kennebunkport: Day 2 of 3

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Exploring Kennebunkport: Day 2 of 3

2 min readJul 22, 2017

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Exploring Kennebunkport: Day 2 of 3

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Taq Karim

Taq Karim

Engineering @Oracle , Faculty @GA + @BaruchCollege . Prior: @PlaceExchange , @sharehoney , @RubensteinTech , @joinpursuit , @TheKingsCollege

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