My Process for Coding Interview (Book) Exercises
I've become frustrated at the time it takes me to solve some coding problems while practicing for the coding interview. I've spent as much as 2 »
Fun with Tries
I'm a fan of tries. I can't claim that I've used them in practice, but I wish I had. They're super! Common uses: substring search spell »
Book Report: Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
I thought I was done reading books for the learning phase of my study process, and was itching to get back to the coding problems phase. »
Retaining Computer Science Knowledge
I've been asked numerous times, "How do you remember all the stuff you've been studying?" Here's my method that will keep all the good stuff in »
Where to Get a Cheap Whiteboard
Large whiteboards are expensive. For the do-it-yourself type, you can pick up a wall panel at your local home improvement store. Just look for "melamine wall »
My Algorithm Design Canvas
For doing daily programming problems, I started using this Algorithm Design Canvas created by HiredInTech. Their methodical process is really good. Check it out. By the »
How to Rock the Programming Portion of Your Interview
Well, it's taken many months to get to this point, because I had a lot to learn. With no formal computer science training and not knowing »
Machine Learning: The Future has Arrived
I wanted to spend a good bit of time gaining deeper knowledge and more experience with machine learning and data science, but just ran out of »
Computing Convex Hull in Python
Geometric algorithms involve questions that would be simple to solve by a human looking at a chart, but are complex because there needs to be an »
Maximum Flow, Minimum Cut and the Ford-Fulkerson Method
Today I'm studying flow graphs and disjoint sets data structure. Maximum flow falls into the category of combinatoric optimization problems. The Ford-Fulkerson method, published in 1956, »