This course covers elementary discrete mathematics for science and engineering, with a focus on mathematical tools and proof techniques useful in computer science. Topics include logical notation, sets, relations, elementary graph theory, state machines and in…
AccuWeather is excited to share important updates coming this summer to the AccuWeather API Developer Portal, which is designed to elevate your experience and ensure you get the most from our industry-leading weather data. What is Changing? To better support y…
The Pew Research Center analysis shows how hard AI is hitting web traffic.
I’ve talked a lot in the past about how XAML applications lend themselves to being styled using data and control templates. The Uno Platform, which defaults to the Fluent theme, also supports Material, which adjusts the control templates for the in-box control…
The traditional wisdom says resting meat keeps it juicy. But when we put that idea to the test, we found a different reason to rest—one that has nothing to do with juice.
The Internet sucks, build a LAN
Hi everyone 💫 We’ve had so much fun building, learning, and Aspirifying with you over the last year. As many of you have noticed, there are lots of exciting things in the works, and we figured it w...
In this article, we will explore the relationship between swing speed and barrel rate in Major League Baseball (MLB) players. Barrel rate is a key metric that measures the percentage of batted balls that are classified as “barrels,” which are hits with a high …
A reflection on the importance of asking the right questions in software development.
An explanation of how I built a simple web tool to visualise and navigate the University of Waterloo’s confusing course listings, making elective selection easier for first-year students (like myself).
The tech industry's rush to cram AI into every product is making software worse and more expensive, forcing users to pay for features they don't want or need. From AI buttons on mice to mandatory chatbots in browsers, these integrations prioritize revenue extr…
The International Bartenders Association, or IBA, maintains a list of official cocktails, ones they deem to be “the most requested recipes” at bars all around the world. It’s the closest thing the bartending industry has to a canonical list of cocktails, akin …
A text adventure adaptation of a film featuring a text adventure of the film.
Over a year ago, I switched to writing entirely in cursive and wrote at length on the techniques and methods I used to re-learn it. This post is an update to those earlier two in which I will dive into the beautiful process I've undertaken trying to develop a …
A recent LinkedIn post by Nick Lebesis caught my attention with this brutal take on the difference between good startup founders and coward startup founders. I recommend you read the entire thing to fully understand the context, but I’ve pasted the part th…
Read Brady Gerber's entire "The Elements of Artificial Intelligence" series on his website. It's "The Elements of Style," but for using AI.
There's a scene in a movie that captures the concept of Tools for Thought perfectly. The film Searching (2018) ¹ unfolds entirely from the perspective of computer screens. After a frustrating call to the police about his missing 16-year-old daughter, the fathe…
I’ve had the song “Stuck in the Middle with You” in my head for a few weeks. (R.I.P. Michael Madsen!) 1 But not because of Reservoir Dogs - but because of the public discussion about AI coding tools. (Yes, I know… feel free to walk away if you are sick of th…
Welcome FastStripe to the Thunderdome
 Within five years, engineering will undergo a fundamental transformation. Most engineers will no longer design or build. They’ll integrate. Ab... Read more insights about AI, productivity, and browser techn…
Hoot is an iOS app that I created for the benefit of my partner, Alana. She gave me the idea for an app that prompts users once per day with a question. Everyone answers that question at the same time, then sees each others' answers. The purpose is to stimulat…
This is the first of two blog posts explaining the foundation of HNSW vector indices and how they are implemented in Kuzu.
About mindfulness and autopilot living