Essays

Essays

...by date

2016/10/18 | Bitpacking and Compression of Sparse Datasets
2016/10/06 | Faking database migrations in Alembic
2016/10/06 | Profiling with Flame graphs
2016/09/22 | Why RESTful APIs?
2016/09/04 | How (Not?) to Use Python's List Comprehensions
2016/09/02 | How to Detect Edges using ConvNets
2016/09/02 | Proper Initialization of Weights for DCNNs
2016/08/23 | Implementing the Game of Go (Part 1)
2016/07/05 | Training AlphaGo's Policy Network
2016/06/27 | The Ultimatum Game
2016/06/07 | What's a TensorFlow?
2016/06/05 | Metabolic networks as computation
2016/05/19 | Explaining Backpropagation in Neural Networks using Pascal's Triangle
2016/03/26 | Asking for Help
2015/11/29 | Running out of Care
2015/11/07 | Work habits
2015/09/24 | Why I Write
2015/05/10 | Lessons from a year at Hubspot
2015/03/16 | A Pythonista's Initial Thoughts on Java
2015/03/01 | Why We Hate Surge Pricing - and what Uber can do about it
2014/11/29 | It's not about the culture code!
2014/10/13 | Coding practices, part 1 of ?
2014/08/23 | Why Idempotency Matters
2014/05/01 | Fractal Plants
2014/03/17 | Intraprocess Communication
2014/03/14 | Path Shenanigans
2014/03/14 | Making "Real" Programs
2014/03/07 | Fibs
2013/09/09 | Dropping Out of Grad School
2012/06/24 | Four Short Stories on Error Checking
2012/02/03 | Harmonic Curiosities
2012/01/01 | Identity Crisis
2011/12/26 | Surrendering to Scarecrows
2011/12/13 | How I Became a Physicist
2011/12/08 | Universities are Fashion Brands
2011/12/03 | Racial Distributions in Top University Admissions
2011/10/23 | Unsolved Problems in Chemistry
2011/10/20 | The Realm of Possibility
2011/10/08 | On facing reality
2011/09/14 | On Communication
2011/09/14 | Pretending to be Wise, Korea Edition
2011/09/07 | The Flip Side of the Fundamental Attribution Error
2011/08/23 | Lessons from Doctor Who
2011/08/19 | Why I Climb
2011/07/17 | Turn the Other Cheek
2011/07/08 | I am no longer a non-Korean
2011/07/05 | Korea's Education Reform
2011/06/21 | I have a dark side!
2011/06/09 | I am no longer an Atheist
2011/05/21 | Premature Career Decisions
2011/05/15 | Hello World

...by category

personal

2016/03/26 | Asking for Help
2015/11/07 | Work habits
2015/09/24 | Why I Write
2013/09/09 | Dropping Out of Grad School
2012/01/01 | Identity Crisis
2011/12/26 | Surrendering to Scarecrows
2011/12/13 | How I Became a Physicist
2011/10/20 | The Realm of Possibility
2011/10/08 | On facing reality
2011/09/14 | On Communication
2011/09/14 | Pretending to be Wise, Korea Edition
2011/09/07 | The Flip Side of the Fundamental Attribution Error
2011/08/23 | Lessons from Doctor Who
2011/08/19 | Why I Climb
2011/07/17 | Turn the Other Cheek
2011/07/08 | I am no longer a non-Korean
2011/06/21 | I have a dark side!
2011/06/09 | I am no longer an Atheist
2011/05/21 | Premature Career Decisions
2011/05/15 | Hello World

miscellaneous

2016/10/06 | Faking database migrations in Alembic

code

2016/10/18 | Bitpacking and Compression of Sparse Datasets
2016/10/06 | Profiling with Flame graphs
2016/09/22 | Why RESTful APIs?
2016/09/04 | How (Not?) to Use Python's List Comprehensions
2016/09/02 | How to Detect Edges using ConvNets
2016/09/02 | Proper Initialization of Weights for DCNNs
2016/08/23 | Implementing the Game of Go (Part 1)
2016/07/05 | Training AlphaGo's Policy Network
2016/06/07 | What's a TensorFlow?
2016/05/19 | Explaining Backpropagation in Neural Networks using Pascal's Triangle
2015/05/10 | Lessons from a year at Hubspot
2015/03/16 | A Pythonista's Initial Thoughts on Java
2014/10/13 | Coding practices, part 1 of ?
2014/08/23 | Why Idempotency Matters
2014/03/17 | Intraprocess Communication
2014/03/14 | Path Shenanigans
2014/03/14 | Making "Real" Programs
2014/03/07 | Fibs

technical

2016/06/27 | The Ultimatum Game
2016/06/05 | Metabolic networks as computation
2015/11/29 | Running out of Care
2015/03/01 | Why We Hate Surge Pricing - and what Uber can do about it
2014/11/29 | It's not about the culture code!
2012/06/24 | Four Short Stories on Error Checking
2012/02/03 | Harmonic Curiosities
2011/12/08 | Universities are Fashion Brands
2011/12/03 | Racial Distributions in Top University Admissions
2011/10/23 | Unsolved Problems in Chemistry
2011/07/05 | Korea's Education Reform

demos

2014/05/01 | Fractal Plants