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2026

Apr 21, 2026 The pyramid principle for writing clearly
Apr 21, 2026 Similarity is (almost) all you need
Apr 20, 2026 Hello again

2019

Aug 4, 2019 A unified view of graph traversal: BFS, Dijkstra, A* are the same algorithm

2017

Jun 26, 2017 Understand PyTorch code in 10 minutes
Jan 9, 2017 The many incarnations of computational graphs, linearization, and dynamic programming

2016

Dec 16, 2016 An intuitive understanding of variational autoencoders without any formula
Nov 29, 2016 An introduction to Neural Networks without any formula
Oct 25, 2016 How to work with Jupyter Notebook on a remote machine (Linux)
Oct 16, 2016 Theano workflow
Oct 15, 2016 How to Install Theano on Windows 10 64b to try deep learning on GPUs

2015

Nov 23, 2015 How to get the job you want with no experience, lessons from top copywriters
Nov 5, 2015 How to get the job you want after graduation in 7 steps
Oct 11, 2015 10 skills PhDs master that give them an edge over other job seekers
Jun 14, 2015 First-principles reasoning (a note on separating ideas from the people who held them)

2014

Dec 31, 2014 impostor syndrome or nonlinear life?
Dec 31, 2014 nonlinearity, why it makes sense to think big