Thomas Hansen's Blog A blog about mostly tech. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog.html Lessons learned selling low-cost ebooks Lessons I learned dealing with customers while distributing ebooks for free or low cost, early on in the marketplace ecosystem. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/lessons-learned-selling-epubs.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/lessons-learned-selling-epubs.html Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT The State of Exceptions in C++ Looking at the industry direction of exceptions and whether they still make sense. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/exceptions-in-c++.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/exceptions-in-c++.html Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT The Problem with building games with Ebiten and Go My findings trying to write a highly parallelized game in Go. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/ebiten-and-go.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/ebiten-and-go.html Sun, 11 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT Elections spending isn’t statistically significant; p-value 0.174 How closely tied to election results is campaign spending, if at all? https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/election-spending-isnt-statistically-significant.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/election-spending-isnt-statistically-significant.html Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT Phosphorus, Oolitic deposits, and Chinese Made Cast Iron Cookware Why it can make sense to seek out and buy American made cast iron cookware, beyond patriotism. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/american-made-cast-iron.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/american-made-cast-iron.html Wed, 19 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT The Trouble Marketing New Software Products to Conservatives Lessons I learned trying to target conservative parents with my company Parent Controls Win. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/targeted-advertising-at-conservatives.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/targeted-advertising-at-conservatives.html Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT The Simplest Possible Stripe Subscriptions Setup with Phoenix and stripity-stripe I needed the simplest payment solution I could find which managed subscriptions and integrates into a website; that's what this guide is. Based on Tolc's guide, but prioritizes Stripe Checkout and doesn't require webhooks. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/phoenix-elixir-stripe-setup.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/phoenix-elixir-stripe-setup.html Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT Comparing two American Made Computer Cases American made computer cases are rare, and I now own the only two consumer-oriented ATX compatible cases I'm aware of. So I compared them. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/us-made-computer-case.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/us-made-computer-case.html Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT Twitter Sentiment Analysis of Beer Companies and LGBT support An analysis of twitter sentiment of pro-LGBT tweets among beer companies. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/beer-company-sentiment.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/beer-company-sentiment.html Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:00:00 GMT Helmet Comparison: WaveCel vs MIPS vs traditional EPS foam An analysis of a variety of studies looking at different helmet technologies including MIPS, WaveCel, SPIN, and even an airbag helmet. https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/best-helmets.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/best-helmets.html Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT