This developer tool is 40 years old: can it be improved?
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Read moreToo clever Monte Carlo
One way to find the volume of a sphere would be to imagine the sphere in a box, randomly select points in the box, and count how many of these points fall inside the sphere. In principle this would work in any dimension. The problem with naive Monte Carlo We
Read moreEvaluating a class of infinite sums in closed form
The other day I ran across the surprising identity and wondered how many sums of this form can be evaluated in closed form like this. Quite a few it turns out. Sums of the form evaluate to a rational number when k is a non-negative integer and c is a
Read moreHow developer experience can escape the spreadsheet
Ben and Ryan are joined by Cortex cofounders Anish Dhar, CEO, and Ganesh Datta, CTO. Cortex offers an internal developer portal that helps devs document and reinforce organizational best practices and improve developer productivity. The portal includes features like scorecards that incentivize developers to improve their work and AI-powered search
Read moreGoogle Cloud Is the New Way to the Cloud
Explore Google Cloud's powerful and versatile services, from AI to data storage, for businesses and developers. Get started for free. Continue reading Google Cloud Is the New Way to the Cloud on SitePoint.
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