The second wave of Covid.observer

In this post, I am telling a story of how updating covid.observer became a bit problematic, and how one of the developers of the Rakudo compiler helped not only to remove the errors but also to speed up the whole system by 2x.

In this post, I am telling a story of how updating covid.observer became a bit problematic, and how one of the developers of the Rakudo compiler helped not only to remove the errors but also to speed up the whole system by 2x.

On computing the number of recoveries

There are a number of issues with the raw COVID-19 statistical data. Most, if not all, of them come from the fact that different countries use different methods to get the numbers.

There are a number of issues with the raw COVID-19 statistical data. Most, if not all, of them come from the fact that different countries use different methods to get the numbers.

A couple of syntax sweets in Raku

When working on preparing data for the covid.observer site, I discovered a couple of interesting findings, which I did not notice earlier or did not pay much attention to it.

When working on preparing data for the covid.observer site, I discovered a couple of interesting findings, which I did not notice earlier or did not pay much attention to it.