thatorjohn.hashnode.devMedicaid Data FunHHS recently published a Medicaid Provider Spending dataset covering Jan 2018 - Dec 2024. https://opendata.hhs.gov/datasets/medicaid-provider-spending/ It’s available as a 10GB CSV or 3GB Parquet file. Peek into the Parquet % brew install duckdb % du...Feb 17·5 min read
thatorjohn.hashnode.devcrashcatI saw an X post the other day that mentioned a Javascript physics engine called crashcat. I initially thought it might be fun to have a 3D model of Austin or something, pull in real weather info from Open-Meteo, and fake some wind physics, etc. again...Feb 16·1 min read
thatorjohn.hashnode.devASCII Webcam RidiculousnessI was looking at three.js a while back, and came across this example https://threejs.org/examples/?q=ascii#webgl_effects_ascii This inspired a couple of experiments. Browser-based ASCII Webcam My first attempt was making something work in a browser....Feb 2·1 min read
thatorjohn.hashnode.devIRS Form 990 Data FunI made another web site. I know. Anyway. I was iced in my house the other day and started looking at grant money sent to organizations in my area using https://www.usaspending.gov/. It didn’t take long to find some amounts large enough to fire up my...Jan 28·3 min read
thatorjohn.hashnode.devI Published My First iOS AppI wrapped up 2025 by creating an iOS app. I submitted it around 10pm on Dec. 29, and it was accepted on Jan. 4. It was accepted on the first try. I’d assumed it would be initially rejected, but I’m now in the 100% acceptance rate club (assuming that’...Jan 12·2 min read