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Eric's Recommended Essays
- The following documents are written by and copyrighted by Eric Alan Christiansen.
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Unexposed Keys
Master's thesis entitled “A New Unexposed Keys Algorithm for the Better Protection of Stored Payment Card Information” by Eric Alan Christiansen. Completed in conjunction with a Masters of Science in Information Technology and Information Assurance from American Public University. Dr. James Marion thesis advisor. Published September 2016. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.27953.58728. PDF and associated data on Research Gate. PDF on Motley Bytes (info). Unexposed Keys ⇒ ⇑
Lost Art of Code Reading
A short essay entitled “The Lost Art of Code Reading” written by Eric Alan Christiansen in 2017. The essay reflects on the importance of code reading during the early days of software engineering and includes images of a number of early programming tools. Essay on Motley Bytes. Lost Art of Code Reading ⇒ ⇑
Update Delete Considered Harmful
A paper entitled “Update Delete Considered Harmful: Append Only Data Patterns” written by Eric Alan Christiansen. Last updated in 2025. The paper explains a set of data management paradigms that facilitate maintaining a full change history of corrected data. Paper on Google Docs Update Delete Considered Harmful ⇒ ⇑
