Tag: learning
Pokémon is Older than Tamagotchi
I read an August 31, 2026 article in SoraNews24 titled Tamagotchi evolves into a ring for its 30th anniversary, preorders now open. I had a Tamagotchi at some point in the 90s, but I do not think it left a big impression on me. But this headline made me think. Pokémon celebrated its 30th anniversary...
why is it not like chess
why mourn math. we'll always have that one truth the system will miss
The cool things of Gleam
A small little snippet of findings while learning Gleam
Hello World!
I found about this blog from a post on Bluesky Pckt.blog is a quiet place to write posts and sharing with the world. The blog uses bluesky AT protocol, and it has a not too steep a learning curve. Let's check it out. A few things: When you are writing a blog, depending on your use case, you need to add hyperlinks, add lists (this is a numbered list started with typing 1., typing what I wanted in the first item of the list, and then hitting enter
For the Love of Language
I love studying languages. Learning a new language takes time, and sometimes we assume we should be better at it. But learning to communicate with new groups helps us to understand and connect with the people around us.
Photopad: Encrypting Text with JPEG Files
A picture is worth a thousand pads™
Aprendizaje Infinito
by Sergio San Juan
Status Post Format
This is a status post format. Similar to the Aside, it usually displays with no title. So this format can use the same template with no title.
Aside Post Format
This is an Aside post format in WordPress.
The heat trap,dopamine loops & conformism
Three situations, not unique by themselves to Indians in particular. But the blend seems challenging enough. These are some of the realities in everyone's life if you are here and kind of shape how far you can truly go.
Run a better book club
Notes from a moderately-successful book club I ran for Designing Data-Intensive Applications.
Learn & Relearn
With industry changes forcing us to re-evaluate what software engineering should be, the retrospection path isn't uniform or unanimous, nor should it be.
Standard Post Format
As I learn how content is shared through ActivityPub with WordPress, there are different formats that content can be posted as, the default being standard. This is the format of an article, generally used for long-form content. The additionally supported post formats, for the default post type, available are documented here, which are: Aside Audio...
Nix Starter
Beginner-friendly, self-contained NixOS configurations with no personal infrastructure or shared abstractions.
Overclock AI Accelerator and Rapid Prototyping
My first weeks in an accelerator cohort and what I've learned so far
Visualizing Ukkonen's Suffix Tree Algorithm
I learned algorithms from textbooks and papers, building mental models from pseudocode and hand-drawn sketches. The hardest part was never reading the algorithm: it was seeing what it was actually doing to the data structure in memory. This post is the tool I wish I had back then.
Newborn tips
A few tips I wish I had known before having a child.
college-practice-lycanquiz
A VB.NET Windows Forms quiz about werewolf mythology, made as a college practice project.
college-practice-trafficlights
A VB.NET Windows Forms UK traffic light simulator, made as a college practice project.
2025 in review
2025 was my year of doing ALL the things - speaking at 5+ conferences, starting a podcast, shipping side projects, and somehow not completely burning out. I learned that momentum creates more momentum, perfectionism is overrated, and seeing people in real life again after years of isolation is actually really, really good.
Grind 75 problem 13 - Letter Combination of a Phone Number
The problem
Grind 75 problem 11 - 3 Sum
The problem
Why Start Again? On Cycles, Beginnings, and the Art of Returning
Exploring the value of public writing as reference material, why blogging serves as better knowledge management than private notes, and embracing cycles of beginning again
Goal of Blogs
@jaredlemler.bsky.social
Giving Up on Rust: A Post-Mortem
I should not be sorry.
An Autistic Silver Bullet
No, I’m not AI. I just write like that.
Complete CSS
I bought a copy of Complete CSS from Picalli.li a few weeks ago, with the intention of upping my CSS game. It's old territory for me, but my layout techniques pre-date flex... floats, clear fixes and IE hacks. Looking forward to learning some new techniques as I update the site. Go beyond syntax expertise and...
Grind 75 Problem 1 - Two Sum
The problem in question
Grind 75 study plan
Hey folks. This is my study and accountability blog for making my way through the Grind 75 set of LeetCode problems. I’ve never found much success studying Data Structures and Algorithms, so I'm going to focus on the patterns used for each solution more than the solutions themselves.
The Feynman method
Richard Feynman was a polymath , who did pioneering work in the Manhatten Project, quantum physics, parallel computing, and nanotechnology. One would expect he knows a thing or two about learning. Lucky for us, he boiled his technique down into 4…
Questions are places in your mind where answers fit
Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question – you have to want to know – in order to open up the space…
Rustlings Session 5: Quick Stretches and Type Systems
After a 26-day break from Rustlings (during which I turned 20, launched a conversion tool, bought myself a 2TB Crucial X9 SSD, and am preparing to upgrade my Mac mini M2 to the M4 next week), I decided to stretch my legs with a quick session.
Facts compose
The value of facts (patterns that hold under certain constraints) is that they are composable.
Learn in public
Rustlings Session 4: Error Handling and Existential Crisis
Well, here we are again. Session 4 of my Rustlings journey, and honestly? What a mess.
Rustlings Session 3: When Your Sleep Schedule is More Nocturnal Than Your Code
So, Session 3 is done. Sections 10-12 knocked out in about 45 minutes around 18:00 today. Not terrible, considering I'm running on the sort of energy levels you'd expect from someone who went to sleep at 08:30 and didn't surface until 15:00. Cheers, autism, for making my circadian rhythm decide that lycanthropy is the way forward—even when the moon's only waxing gibbous.