Andrew Marder's personal blog about data science, economics, and technologyhttps://andrewmarder.net/https://andrewmarder.net/ai/https://andrewmarder.net/ai/How I use AI for coding and writing.Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/amazon-picks/https://andrewmarder.net/amazon-picks/My top 8 retail therapy items based on my Amazon order history from the past 5 years.Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/analytics/https://andrewmarder.net/analytics/Some notes on my experience using Google Analytics, Piwik/Matomo, Plausible, and Umami.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/analytics/piwik/https://andrewmarder.net/analytics/piwik/Why I'm Leaving Google Analytics for Piwik: Referral SpamMon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/analytics/piwikr/https://andrewmarder.net/analytics/piwikr/piwikr: an R package for analyzing pageviews.Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/analytics/plausible/https://andrewmarder.net/analytics/plausible/After switching from Google Analytics to Piwik in 2016, I've now moved to Plausible Analytics so readers can focus on the content without thinking about cookies.Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/analytics/umami/https://andrewmarder.net/analytics/umami/Why I switched from Plausible Analytics to Umami for my blog's web analytics.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/big-data/https://andrewmarder.net/big-data/Some thoughts on working with big data in the social sciences.Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/blogroll/https://andrewmarder.net/blogroll/A list of sites I read, follow, or recommend.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/bluesky-robots/https://andrewmarder.net/bluesky-robots/An interactive radial tree visualization using D3.js, also lots and lots of robots!Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/books/https://andrewmarder.net/books/NPR's Best Books + Amazon Data = Great way to find good (short) booksSat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/changelog/https://andrewmarder.net/changelog/A log of changes to this blogThu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/clustered-standard-errors/https://andrewmarder.net/clustered-standard-errors/A note on how Stata calculates standard errors when estimating a fixed effects model using `xtreg fe`.Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/defaults/https://andrewmarder.net/defaults/The default apps I use at home.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/defaults/data/https://andrewmarder.net/defaults/data/Browse the default apps used by 400+ IndieWebbers.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/degoogle/https://andrewmarder.net/degoogle/A quick post describing why and how I'm moving my data away from Google.Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/diamonds/https://andrewmarder.net/diamonds/How to buy a diamond like a data nerd.Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/fastmail/https://andrewmarder.net/fastmail/Why I switched from Gmail to Fastmail, and why Proton Mail didn't work for me.Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/fastmail/davx5/https://andrewmarder.net/fastmail/davx5/Step-by-step guide to syncing your Fastmail contacts and calendars on Android using DAVx⁵.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/firefox/https://andrewmarder.net/firefox/A checklist for configuring Mozilla Firefox for a more private browsing experience.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/firefox/context/https://andrewmarder.net/firefox/context/A checklist for configuring Mozilla Firefox for a more private browsing experience.Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/ghost/https://andrewmarder.net/ghost/Ghost is my top pick for a self-hosted newsletter.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/grapheneos/https://andrewmarder.net/grapheneos/Notes from my first few days with GrapheneOSFri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/hetzner/https://andrewmarder.net/hetzner/A single-node Kubernetes cluster on Hetzner Cloud for about $4/month using hetzner-k3s, Helmfile, and cert-manager.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/immich/https://andrewmarder.net/immich/How I self-host Immich to manage my digital photos.Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/immich/portability/https://andrewmarder.net/immich/portability/How to set up Immich so migrating to another tool in the future will be easy.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/indieweb/https://andrewmarder.net/indieweb/When you post something on the web, it should belong to you, not a corporation.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/keila/https://andrewmarder.net/keila/A step-by-step guide to self-hosting Keila with Docker Compose and a Cloudflare Tunnel.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/kindle/https://andrewmarder.net/kindle/How I set up KOReader on my Kindle and phone, with books synced across both devices via Calibre-Web and OPDS.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/listmonk/https://andrewmarder.net/listmonk/How I'm hosting my new newsletter for freeMon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/locovote/https://andrewmarder.net/locovote/A new web app that makes Massachusetts municipal data easy to explore and compareSat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/meshtastic/https://andrewmarder.net/meshtastic/A beginner's guide to Meshtastic with tips for getting started.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/obsidian/https://andrewmarder.net/obsidian/A concise overview of the core plugins I use in Obsidian and how they fit into my workflow.Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/peloterm/https://andrewmarder.net/peloterm/An open-source indoor cycling training app built with Python that connects to smart trainers, tracks metrics, and uploads to StravaFri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/posse/https://andrewmarder.net/posse/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/profile-pic/https://andrewmarder.net/profile-pic/A collection of self-portraits (three at the moment). I swear I'm the healthy kind of narcissist.Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/proton/https://andrewmarder.net/proton/My no-nonsense review of ProtonMon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/questions/https://andrewmarder.net/questions/A step-by-step guide to asking good questions.Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/revealjs/https://andrewmarder.net/revealjs/Create beautiful presentation slides from Markdown using Astro and reveal.jsMon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/rss/https://andrewmarder.net/rss/My current RSS setup, including the software I use and the feeds I follow for staying up-to-date with data science, programming, and other fun content.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/server/https://andrewmarder.net/server/Building a $1,000 home server focused on upgradabilityFri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/solar/https://andrewmarder.net/solar/A back-of-the-envelope calculator for comparing the financial returns of investing in solar panels versus the stock market.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/ssh-key-bindings/https://andrewmarder.net/ssh-key-bindings/What is my SSH client sending when I press the ___ keys?Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/stata-tutorial/https://andrewmarder.net/stata-tutorial/A quick introduction to the statistical software package Stata.Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/steroids/https://andrewmarder.net/steroids/Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/super-productivity/https://andrewmarder.net/super-productivity/How I organize work and personal tasks in Super Productivity with cross-device sync.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/this-blog/https://andrewmarder.net/this-blog/What is the blog about?Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/trmnl/https://andrewmarder.net/trmnl/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/uptime-kuma/https://andrewmarder.net/uptime-kuma/A self-hosted monitoring tool with status pages, ping history, and email alerts.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/viwoods-aipaper/https://andrewmarder.net/viwoods-aipaper/Some notes on how I use the Viwoods AiPaper.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/whispy/https://andrewmarder.net/whispy/Introducing whispy, a Python wrapper around whisper.cpp that makes speech-to-text transcription effortless on Mac. Record, transcribe, and paste - perfect for writers who want to avoid over-editing their first drafts.Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://andrewmarder.net/zotero/https://andrewmarder.net/zotero/A quick guide to setting up Zotero for reference management with PDF syncing via DropboxFri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT