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I'm a so called "scientific" programmer, meaning that I use programming as a problem solving tool, and not to create software for others to use. Programming is a lot easier when you're the only user. Here are some items:

* A ransomware detector based on accessing my home network file server via an all-Linux chain that stores file hashes and watches for changes.

* Converting PayPal transaction history from PDF to the numbers needed for my tax return, and some similar tax related scripts.

* Anything involving measurement or data logging, such as temperature, etc. During one episode, I sorted out whether my home furnace was operating intermittently.

I won't count hobby related stuff, which is innumerable.



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