Welcome to my blog section, where I share in-depth articles, technical insights, and perspectives on various topics in technology, software engineering, AI, and innovation. These are explorations of ideas, technical deep-dives, and experiences from my journey in the tech world.
Deeply Personal Current: Pawns & Paws Previous All Posts Comfort Food for the Soul Pawns & Paws: 5 Board Games You Can Actually Play ‘With’ Your Cat My wife and I share two great loves: board games and our cat, Ace. One rainy Saturday in Finland, as we stared at our shelf of games and our 3-year-old gray-and-white domestic shorthair staring back, we had a thought that seemed perfectly reasonable at the time: ...
In 2006, Netflix announced a challenge: improve our recommendation algorithm by 10%, win $1 million. The Netflix Prize became one of the most famous machine learning competitions ever. Thousands of teams from around the world competed for three years. In 2009, team “BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos” won. They’d built an algorithm that was 10.06% better than Netflix’s existing system. Netflix awarded the $1 million prize. The press celebrated the triumph of data science. ...
Brain Series Current: Morning Routines The 20-20-20 Rule All Posts Digital Detox You wake up, grab your phone, scroll through notifications, check email, and rush into your day. ...
In the early 1990s, British anthropologist Robin Dunbar made a curious observation while studying primates. He found a correlation between the size of a primate’s neocortex (the brain region handling social relationships) and the size of its social group. Chimps, with smaller neocortices, lived in groups of ~50. Gorillas: ~30. Humans, with the largest neocortices, should be able to maintain stable social relationships with about… 150 people. That’s it. Not 500. Not 1,000. 150. ...
Brain Series Current: The 20-20-20 Rule Blue Light and Melatonin All Posts Morning Routines You’re staring at a screen. Your eyes burn. Your head aches. You can’t focus anymore. You’ve been working for 4 hours straight without looking away. ...
In medieval England, villages had common grazing land-the “commons”-where all villagers could graze their sheep. Each shepherd faced a decision: How many sheep should I graze? The logic was simple: Adding one more sheep: I get 100% of the profit Cost of overgrazing: Shared among all shepherds So every rational shepherd added more sheep. And more. And more. Until the commons was destroyed. Overgrazed. Barren. Worthless to everyone. This wasn’t malice. Each shepherd was acting rationally in their own self-interest. ...
Brain Series Current: Blue Light and Melatonin Intermittent Fasting All Posts The 20-20-20 Rule You’re scrolling through your phone at midnight. The screen glows bright blue-white. Your brain thinks it’s noon. ...
Brain Series Current: Intermittent Fasting Cold Showers and Cognition All Posts Blue Light and Melatonin ...
In March 2000, the NASDAQ peaked at 5,048-more than double its value from a year earlier. Companies with no revenue, no profits, and often no viable business model were worth billions. Pets.com spent $27 million on advertising (including a Super Bowl ad) and collapsed nine months after its IPO. Webvan raised $800 million to deliver groceries. It shut down after burning through all the money in less than two years. ...
If you’re new to real-time web applications and want to understand the fundamentals before diving into event-driven microservices, this tutorial is for you. We’ll build a simple but fully functional note-sharing app using WebSockets, Go, and Vue.js-perfect for learning the basics. Why Start Simple? Before jumping into NATS, Kafka, or complex event-driven architectures, it’s crucial to understand: How WebSocket connections work Real-time bi-directional communication Broadcasting messages to multiple clients State management in real-time apps This tutorial gives you that foundation with minimal dependencies and straightforward code. ...