Applying the scientific method to software engineering
How researching existing solutions, testing assumptions, and arguing from evidence can improve the way we implement solutions at work.
Writing
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Dynamic Programming - Solving the same problem only once
A practical introduction to dynamic programming, memoization, and bottom-up tables, with Go examples from my Advent of Code solutions.
Turning Advent of Code solutions into a small Go toolkit
How I organised my Advent of Code solutions in Go, with a shared runner, input processors, cached inputs, and reusable helpers.
From YAML automation to an ESPHome component
Moving the behaviour of an ESP32 watering system from YAML packages into an ESPHome component, and what still needs work.
Understand Kotlin Flow Coroutines by Implementing Server-Sent Events (SSE)
My article on using Kotlin Flow and coroutines to listen to the Hacker News Server-Sent Events stream.
Big O - A brief explanation
A practical introduction to Big-O, time and space complexity, and prefix sums using Ruby examples.
Codility Challenge: Genomic Range Query
A solution to the Genomic Range Query problem, covering how DNA prefix sums can be used to answer multiple queries efficiently.