Chris Corner: For The Sake of It
Somebody with good taste could’ve made my website, but then it wouldn’t be mine. My website is ugly because I made it — Taylor Troesh I love weird design ideas. Probably because so much of what we need to do as web designers is, appropriately, somewhat serious. We want things
Read moreNaively computing sine
Suppose you need to write software to compute the sine function. You were told in a calculus class that this is done using Taylor series—it’s not, but that’s another story—and so you start writing code to implement Taylor series. How many terms do you need? Uh, …, 20? Let’s go
Read moreComputing the Euler-Mascheroni Constant
The Euler-Mascheroni constant is defined as the limit So an obvious way to try to calculate γ would be to evaluate the right-hand side above for large n. This turns out to not be a very good approach. Convergence is slow and rounding error accumulates. A much better approach is
Read moreGolden ratio base numbers
It is possible to express every positive integer as a sum of powers of the golden ratio φ using each power at most once. This means it is possible to create a binary-like number system using φ as the base with coefficients of 0 and 1 in front of each
Read moreWhy our partnership with Go1 is a game-changer for skills development
The way we work is evolving at lightning speed, and so are the skills employees need to succeed. At CodeSignal, our mission is to help the world discover and develop the skills that will shape the future. We believe deeply that capabilities, not just credentials, are what unlock true potential
Read moreQuestions about Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT? Prompt engineering is the answer
While most of us are familiar with the usage of one or more forms of artificial intelligence to help with our writing and productivity, knowing which one will serve us best is quickly becoming a frequently-asked question. How can I best get the results I want from a large language
Read moreBanking on a serverless world
Kathleen Vignos, VP of Software Engineering at Capital One, sits down with Ryan to explore shifting to 100% serverless architecture in enterprise, deploying talent for better customer experience, and fostering AI innovation and tech advancements in a regulated banking environment.
Read moreScientific papers: innovation … or imitation?
Sometimes a paper comes out that has the seeds of a great idea that could lead to a whole new line of pioneering research. But, instead, nothing much happens, except imitative works that do not push the core idea forward at all. For example the McCulloch Pitts paper from 1943
Read moreBinomial number system
I just stumbled across the binomial number system in Exercise 5.38 of Concrete Mathematics. The exercise asks the reader to show that every non-negative integer n can be written as and that the representation is unique if you require 0 ≤ a < b < c. The book calls this the binomial number
Read moreUnlocking potential: The ultimate prompt engineering guide for true AI success
While it’s true that creativity is a key component of most ventures, having a practical playbook can often make the difference when navigating a complex problem or trying to master something that is completely new. Many of life’s more challenging endeavors don’t come with instructions or clear guidelines, leaving us
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