# question week (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover question week. Page: Feed: --- ## [Question of the week: Grade the trade deadline](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/75060-question-of-the-week-grade-the-trade-deadline/?do=findComment&comment=1677040) _2026-08-05 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ Now that the dust has settled, what grade do you give? ## [#473 Reorder](https://codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/reorder/) _2026-08-03 · LittleCodingKata_ Using ruby to reorder string arrays and compare algorithms: cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-08-03). ## [Join us Monday afternoon for our trade deadline livestream!](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/75014-join-us-monday-afternoon-for-our-trade-deadline-livestream/?do=findComment&comment=1673898) _2026-08-02 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ We're doin' a new thing. This year, DiamondCentric's YouTube channel is going to host a 3-ish hour livestream over the deadline from 4pm Eastern to 6:30pm Eastern, give or take half an hour. Join us! If you have questions ahead of time, ask them here. Given how this livestream will cover almost... ## [#472 fulfilledOrdersBeforeFailure](https://codingkata.tardate.com/python/fulfilled-orders-before-failure/) _2026-07-28 · LittleCodingKata_ Using python to run an ice cream stand: cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-07-27). ## [Assume the Twins are buyers: who are your three trade targets?](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/74879-assume-the-twins-are-buyers-who-are-your-three-trade-targets/?do=findComment&comment=1666771) _2026-07-24 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ Assume the Twins are in a position to buy a week from now. Who are the three targets you want to see on the Twins come August 4th? This can be however you want to view the trade deadline: modest pick-ups, a reasonable push, an unreasonable emptying of the farm - however YOU view the deadline. ## [Question of the week: Should the Twins buy or sell?](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/74878-question-of-the-week-should-the-twins-buy-or-sell/?do=findComment&comment=1666754) _2026-07-24 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ Assume you have both a valid offer for a player to help your team and an offer to trade a key piece like Jeffers. Which direction do you move right this moment? ## [#471 getImpactedCoordinates](https://codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/get-impacted-coordinates/) _2026-07-08 · LittleCodingKata_ Using ruby to calculate the blast radius of some fireworks; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-07-06). ## [#470 Chilkat Library with C](https://codingkata.tardate.com/c/chilkat/) _2026-07-08 · LittleCodingKata_ A quick look at the Chilkat component library and a demonstration of using it with C. ## [#469 Essential SNMP](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/essential-snmp/) _2026-07-05 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Essential SNMP by Douglas R. Mauro, Kevin J. Schmidt, Kevin Schmidt. First published July 18, 2001. 2nd Edition October 25, 2005. ## [#468 DNS and BIND](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/dns-and-bind/) _2026-07-05 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - DNS and BIND by Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz. First published October 8, 1992. Latest 5th edition, 2006. ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XOBeugfJ6fxy) _2026-07-05 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [#467 SDN: Software Defined Networks](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/sdn-software-defined-networks/) _2026-07-05 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - SDN: Software Defined Networks: An Authoritative Review of Network Programmability Technologies, by Thomas D. Nadeau, Ken Gray. First published January 1, 2013. ## [#466 Count Bits (C)](https://codingkata.tardate.com/c/count-bits/) _2026-06-30 · LittleCodingKata_ Given a positive number n, count total bits needed to represent it (using C). ## [#465 meanBits](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/mean-bits/) _2026-06-30 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Perl to calculate mean bits; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-06-29) ## [Vote For Your Top Twins Prospects!](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/74456-vote-for-your-top-twins-prospects/?do=findComment&comment=1647369) _2026-06-15 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ Unlike other publications, Twins Daily enables all users to contribute to our top prospect rankings. Anyone with a Twins Daily account can participate and give their input on who they think should be in the Twins' top prospects list. Before you vote, you can hit our top prospects page for the latest... ## [#464 Python Testing Cookbook](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/python-testing-cookbook/) _2026-06-15 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Python Testing Cookbook, by Greg L. Turnquist. First published May 14, 2011. ## [#463 maxSolitaireMoves](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/max-solitaire-moves/) _2026-06-15 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Perl to play solitaire; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-06-08). ## [#462 Unix Power Tools](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/unix-power-tools/) _2026-06-14 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Unix Power Tools, by Shelley Powers, Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides. First published January 1, 1993. ## [#461 sed & awk](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/sed-awk/) _2026-06-14 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - sed & awk 2nd Edition, by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins. First published November 8, 1990. ## [Question of the week: Trade Buxton at the deadline?](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/74425-question-of-the-week-trade-buxton-at-the-deadline/?do=findComment&comment=1645882) _2026-06-12 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ This is a hard one. Buxton's value continues to be high, and there's less reason to think this team will be good soon. So, do you try to move him at this year's deadline? ## [#460 packSuitcases](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/pack-suitcases/) _2026-06-07 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Perl to pack suitcases; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-06-01). ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IE7ihDoS33yu) _2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Question of the week: do you care more about a floor or a cap?](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/74257-question-of-the-week-do-you-care-more-about-a-floor-or-a-cap/?do=findComment&comment=1638646) _2026-05-28 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ This is the first DiamondCentric-wide poll, click into the link to vote. Do you care more about the next CBA having a salary cap or a salary floor? I know many of you want to hammer "both!", but ya gotta choose one. Do you care more about MLB mandating a salary floor or a salar... ## [#459 shuffleLine](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/shuffle-line/) _2026-05-28 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Perl to move every nth customer to the end of the queue; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-05-25). ## [Ask Us Anything: Twins Minor League System](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/74250-ask-us-anything-twins-minor-league-system/?do=findComment&comment=1638296) _2026-05-27 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ We're going to try something new! We want to start creating more channels for our audience to get involved and ask questions. So the plan is to open this thread, allow all of you to ask questions, and then in a day or two, one of our minor-league writers will respond with answers to some/all of the... ## [#458 Test::More](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/test-more/) _2026-05-27 · LittleCodingKata_ The basics of Perl testing with the Test::More module. ## [#457 Show Perl Libraries](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/show-libs/) _2026-05-27 · LittleCodingKata_ All about how Perl finds library files, and a simple script to report on include paths and installed modules. ## [Question of the week: should the Twins call up Kaelen?](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/74164-question-of-the-week-should-the-twins-call-up-kaelen/?do=findComment&comment=1634411) _2026-05-19 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ What do you think? Yes or no, and where should he play if yes? ## [Question of the week: will the Twins get back to .500 this season?](https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/74124-question-of-the-week-will-the-twins-get-back-to-500-this-season/?do=findComment&comment=1632537) _2026-05-14 · Twins Daily Promote Thread_ I was just thinking about this. At 20-24, this is closer to .500 than I expected given their play over the past month. Do you think they'll get to .500 at any point? ## [#456 radiustar RADIUS Client](https://codingkata.tardate.com/infrastructure/radius/radiustar_client/) _2026-05-13 · LittleCodingKata_ Testing the radiustar ruby gem, one of the few RADIUS client libraries. Finding bugs and patching it to get at least basic authentication working with FreeRADIUS server. ## [#455 longestCoprimeSubsequence](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/longest-coprime-subsequence/) _2026-05-08 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Perl to calculate longest coprime subsequence; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-05-04). ## [#454 Test::Simple](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/test-simple/) _2026-05-08 · LittleCodingKata_ The basics of Perl testing with the Test::Simple module. ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZvpFKWWi39hT) _2026-05-08 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [#453 Preventing Path Traversal](https://codingkata.tardate.com/node/preventing-path-traversal/) _2026-05-06 · LittleCodingKata_ Examining the path traversal vulnerability in Node.js and demonstrating mitigations. ## [#452 minRepairs](https://codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/min-repairs/) _2026-05-03 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Ruby to make minimum repairs to a broken array; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-04-27). ## [#451 Carp](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/carp/) _2026-04-30 · LittleCodingKata_ About using the Carp module for error handling in Perl ## [#450 Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/learning-perl-objects-references-and-modules/) _2026-04-26 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix. First published June 9, 2003. ## [#449 Perl Hacks](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/perl-hacks/) _2026-04-26 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Perl Hacks: Tips & Tools for Programming, Debugging, and Surviving by Shane Warden, Damian Conway, Curtis 'Ovid' Poe. First published January 1, 2006. ## [#448 Advanced Perl Programming](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/advanced-perl-programming/) _2026-04-26 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Advanced Perl Programming: The Worlds Most Highly Developed Perl Tutorial, Second Edition by Simon Cozens. First published January 1, 2005. ## [#447 maxPatternCopies](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/max-pattern-copies/) _2026-04-24 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Perl to make patterns from a string; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-04-20). ## [#446 Perl and XML](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/perl-and-xml/) _2026-04-24 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Perl and XML: XML Processing with Perl by Erik T. Ray, Jason McIntosh. First published January 1, 2002. ## [#445 Perl Testing](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/perl-testing/) _2026-04-24 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook by Ian Langworth, chromatic. First published January 1, 2005. ## [#444 validatePizza](https://codingkata.tardate.com/rust/validate-pizza/) _2026-04-17 · LittleCodingKata_ Using rust to validate a pizza recipe; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-04-13). ## [#443 Perl Cookbook](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/perl-cookbook/) _2026-04-16 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Perl Cookbook, by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington. First published August 1, 1998. Latest second edition, 2003. ## [#442 Computer Science & Perl Programming](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/computer-science-perl-programming/) _2026-04-16 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Computer Science & Perl Programming: Best of The Perl Journal, by Jon Orwant. First published November 4, 2002. ## [#441 About Perl](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/about/) _2026-04-15 · LittleCodingKata_ An overview of the Perl programming language, its features, and ecosystem. Includes setting up and running on macOS. ## [#440 Programming Perl](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/programming-perl/) _2026-04-13 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Programming Perl: Unmatched power for text processing and scripting by Tom Christiansen, Brian D Foy, Larry Wall, Jon Orwant. First published January 1, 1991. Latest 4th edition in 2012. ## [#439 Learning Perl](https://codingkata.tardate.com/books/learning-perl/) _2026-04-13 · LittleCodingKata_ Book notes - Learning Perl: Making Easy Things Easy and Hard Things Possible by Randal L. Schwartz, Brian D. Foy, Tom Phoenix. First published November 1, 1993. Most recently published as an Eighth edition in 2021. ## [#438 perrinCombinations](https://codingkata.tardate.com/perl/perrin-combinations/) _2026-04-07 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Perl to calculate Perrin Combinations; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-04-06) ## [#437 Meshy](https://codingkata.tardate.com/ai/meshy/) _2026-03-18 · LittleCodingKata_ About Meshy, an AI 3D model generator. The Meshy 6 model is quite accomplished at generating and manipulating models from 2D images. Text prompt generation is a little more prone to errors. ## [#436 fireStationCoverage](https://codingkata.tardate.com/julia/fire-station-coverage/) _2026-03-17 · LittleCodingKata_ Using Julia to calculate how well a city grid is covered by fire stations - a multi-source, breadth-first search problem; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-03-16). ## [#435 XSLT CSV Transforms](https://codingkata.tardate.com/formats/xslt/csv-transforms/) _2026-03-17 · LittleCodingKata_ XSLT transformations for converting CSV data. ## [#434 Saxon Processor](https://codingkata.tardate.com/formats/xslt/saxon/) _2026-03-17 · LittleCodingKata_ Setting up and using Saxon for XSLT, XQuery, and XML Schema, including XSLT 3.0 compatible processing on macOS.