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What Is a URL

Dangers of inconsistent parsing of URLs

April 30, 2023 · 9 min

Dakhni and Linguistic Prestige

Perceived importance is disconnected from any intrinsic property of the language.

April 23, 2023 · 7 min

Why is Mars's Moon Traveling the Wrong Way?

Explaining the discrepancy between Phobos's orbit and its apparent motion across the Martian sky

January 16, 2023 · 7 min

2022 Year Review

Reflecting on projects and books/articles from 2022

January 1, 2023 · 7 min

Degenerate Matter: How Reality Deals With Uncertainty

Casual introduction to the uncertainty principle from quantum mechanics and how it leads to neutron stars and superfluids

November 19, 2022 · 12 min

C++: How to Use Variadic Templates

Intro to variadic templates and complications when function overloading isn't available

November 3, 2022 · 5 min

Setting Up Fauxpilot for Code Completion

Guide on using Fauxpilot with VScode to get local code completion like Copilot

October 15, 2022 · 2 min

Delayed 2021 Year Review

Quick review of things I explored in 2021

September 20, 2022 · 5 min

Homomorphic Encryption with Images

Exploring homomorphic encryption to apply algorithms on encrypted images

January 9, 2022 · 5 min

Parallelizing C++ using Execution Policies

C++17 support for Execution Policies for "algorithms" provides a powerful tool to parallelize your code.

December 30, 2021 · 4 min

Equivalence Relations and Partitions

An equivalence relation fully partitions a set.

November 15, 2021 · 5 min

Abstract Algebra: Introduction to Groups

Groups are a set with a binary operation that fits some requirements.

October 9, 2021 · 13 min

Improving Git's Autocorrect Feature

Exploring the new setting for the Git autocorrect and my experience in contributing this feature to the Git codebase.

September 12, 2021 · 7 min

Mughal Art

Thoughts on Mughal art/paintings from 1500-1700 AD

July 24, 2021 · 4 min

Year Review 2020

Reviewing 2020, all the while ignoring the obvious 2020 things.

January 28, 2021 · 6 min