![]() ![]() The blue boxes represent entities, such as claims, policies, and payments. An example of an ER-diagram is shown in the figure below, taken from the early days of conceiving MIES: An entity-relationship diagram is a graphical representation of a relational database. An entity can be anything that is of interest to an organization about which it wishes to maintain data. Relational databases are composed of entities, attributes pertaining to those entities, and relationships between those entities. To confirm – MIES is indeed named after the modernist architect, Mies van der Rohe, noted for using modern materials such as steel and plate glass on the exterior of skyscrapers, particularly in Chicago. Then, when I get home, I spend some time coding up MIES, if I don’t have anything else to do. I’m making some pretty steady progress here – reading about 5 pages from each book, creating Anki flashcards along the way for permanent memory retention. I’ve been spending about 1-2 hours each morning reading software engineering books – one on Git, and two on AWS (AWS in general, and AWS Lambda). But, that is one of the purposes of this journal – to let you see the human aspect of creating something from scratch from the perspective of someone who isn’t fully prepared to do it (me). I’ve decided that this would be the case for MIES, so as I proceed, I’m sure I’ll make a lot of mistakes upon the way. ![]() ![]() To get started on software engineering projects, you really have to just take the plunge and start coding – no amount of books, courses, or tutorials will fully prepare you for what you need to get done. For the uninitiated, MIES is a project of mine, which stands for Miniature Insurance Economic Simulator, which I conceived a few years back and have somehow made some progress on for three weeks in a row. ![]()
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