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AI Evaluations for conviviality

technology
teaching
experiments
ai

A new class at Hertie on the human use of AI systems

Aug 5, 2026
Drew Dimmery

Better testing through concentration

methodology
technology
open-source

A pytest plugin that replaces ad-hoc stochastic tests with concentration inequalities based on supplied assumptions: pytest-stochastic.

Jun 30, 2026
Drew Dimmery

Causal ML (the class)

methodology
teaching

Notes on teaching causal machine learning at Hertie—the course philosophy, the syllabus, and my continuing effort to find synthesis between the design-based paradigm and CML.

Feb 16, 2026
Drew Dimmery

Website Refresh

technology
website

Automating publication updates with Semantic Scholar, setting up email newsletters with Listmonk, and optimizing fonts and performance. Tending my corner of the web, one small improvement at a time.

Nov 19, 2025
Drew Dimmery

Back to Basics

technology
website

Platforms reduce complexity by constraining possibility, but its easier than ever to build one’s own systems. Those who can should forge their own path, paving the way for a more convivial web.

Oct 27, 2025
Drew Dimmery

What’s the point of RCTs?

methodology
experiments

An ontological perspective on the value of experimentation

Feb 13, 2025
Drew Dimmery

What was US2020?

social-media
metascience

The dialectics of big internet research

Jan 29, 2025
Drew Dimmery

Is Bluesky convivial?

technology
social-media

Smalltalk and the impossibility of social toolmaking to empower end-users

Nov 21, 2024
Drew Dimmery

Examining the Apparatus

social-media
technology

The purpose of a system is what it does!

Jan 30, 2024
Drew Dimmery

Calibration as an HTE diagnostic

methodology
experiments

Paper just accepted to Information Systems Research

Jan 16, 2024
Drew Dimmery

Plagiarism is bad

metascience

Papers are what we do: we should try to do them well

Jan 4, 2024
Drew Dimmery

Stop looking for the next Twitter

social-media
technology

BlueSky doesn’t solve any of Twitter’s real problems, nor will any other microblog

Oct 3, 2023
Drew Dimmery

A Blueprint for the Regulation of Tech

technology
metascience

Counterfactuals are the key to accurately assessing the risks of online platforms

Sep 11, 2023
Drew Dimmery

Quarto for an Academic Website

website

I continue my long search for a way to generate a nicely formatted website with publication list based on adding publication information to a single source of truth without re-remembering how all the formatting works each time.

May 11, 2022
Drew Dimmery

Using SoftBlock to Design an Experiment

experiments
demo

In this demo, I’m going to walk through an example experimental design using methods from our recent paper on Balanced Design.

May 10, 2022
Drew Dimmery
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