Hadley Wickham defines Tidy Data
For non-specialists: If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so hard to get all the data points you want into a simple, workable database and what… Read More »Hadley Wickham defines Tidy Data
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The difference between recursion and iteration, stack overflow
In order to understand recursion, you must first understand recursion. Nerdy Proverb I’d been planning to do a little writeup on recursion and iteration to… Read More »The difference between recursion and iteration, stack overflow
Peter Wang: Scripting Society (PyCon US Keynote, 2022) – how many programmers does the world need?
One question I like to ask everyone, I’ll just give you a moment to think about: how many software devs are there out there in… Read More »Peter Wang: Scripting Society (PyCon US Keynote, 2022) – how many programmers does the world need?
Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (4): Reading list, playlist
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (4): Reading list, playlist
Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (3): Little Omega, Omega Combinator, Y-Combinator
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (3): Little Omega, Omega Combinator, Y-Combinator
Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (2): Boolean Logic
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (2): Boolean Logic
Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (1): Basics
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (1): Basics
The Wizards (2): Harold Abelson on controlling complexity and real vs idealised systems
So in computer science we’re in the business of formalising this how-to, imperative knowledge. How to do stuff. And the real issues of computer science… Read More »The Wizards (2): Harold Abelson on controlling complexity and real vs idealised systems
HamsterTach: DIY hamster wheel tachometer, uploads data to Google Sheets
Update 2024-01: It seems that webhooks are no longer included in the free tier of IFTT. It should still be possible to use them in… Read More »HamsterTach: DIY hamster wheel tachometer, uploads data to Google Sheets
Bikeshedding, code-narratology and teamwork
Bikeshedding is this idea that if you have a tremendously complicated project such as a nuclear power station nobody wants to have an opinion on… Read More »Bikeshedding, code-narratology and teamwork