Möbius transformations over a finite field
A Möbius transformation is a function of the form where ad – bc = 1. We usually think of z as a complex number, but it doesn’t have to be. We could define Möbius transformations in any context where we can multiply, add, and divide, i.e. over any field. In
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A quick experimentPhoto by Tolga Ulkan on UnsplashI’ve been working with JavaScript as my daily job for a few years now. Lately, I started fiddling with Rust, to learn new concepts and understand what the hype is all about (see the Stack Overflow Survey 2023)It looks like more and more JS tools
Read moreAn Introduction to htmx, the HTML-focused Dynamic UI Library
Learn what htmx is, how it simplifies dynamic web development, and how you can harness its potential to enhance your web development process. Continue reading An Introduction to htmx, the HTML-focused Dynamic UI Library on SitePoint.
Read moreUnderstanding SRE (Ep. 597)
Vladyslav Ukis, Head of R&D at Siemens Healthineers and an expert in site reliability engineering (SRE), joins Ben and Ryan to talk about the relationship between SRE and DevOps, balancing SRE principles with organizational structure, and how he thinks GenAI will impact his field. Episode notes: Vlad is Head of
Read moreEffective Staff Meetings for Engineering Managers of Managers
A critical milestone in the ever-evolving engineering management career is the transition to managing managers. This milestone often…Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreSort and remove duplicates
A common idiom in command line processing of text files is ... | sort | uniq | ... Some process produces lines of text. You want to pipe that text through sort to sort the lines in alphabetical order, then pass it to uniq to filter out all but the
Read moreBeing quiet in tech (when you’re not usually quiet)
Photo by Jessica Favaro on UnsplashSilencing myself was an interesting phenomenon that happened when I entered the tech world. Previously, I was in the art community in San Francisco, where people from all cultures congregated and expressed their ideas. It was a hodgepodge of different styles, languages, clothes, and food.I spoke freely
Read moreUsing Amazon Alexa To Run AWS CLI Commands via Large Language Models (LLMs)
And you don’t even need to know the command syntaxYELL ALL THE (AWS CLI) THINGS! Image generated by NightCafe CreatorThe ideaThe other night I had a fleeting idea that turned into a fun technical challenge. I have them all the time.The fleeting ideas, that is.They rarely turn into actual technical challenges that I
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Using affordable homelab equipment we set up ourselves, it is easy to set up parallelized and distributed machine learning toolsContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreReflections on Hiring as an Engineering Manager
What I’ve learned through the maelstrom of hiring engineers in today's worldPhoto by Chris Barbalis on UnsplashThroughout my time hiring engineers, I’ve learnt (and relearnt) a thing or two through a blend of mistakes and successes. What I can say with confidence is that it is a much more elegant puzzle than
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