How English is Changing In Front Of Our Eyes
The structure of English in Miami is being changed by Spanish speakers. Very interesting.
Writing
Essays and notes on software, design, and everything in between.
2023
Traversing Hash Maps
Different ways to traverse a HashMap in Java
Enums in Java
Basics of enums in Java
Altering the button appearance in the ECS100 library
In the ECS100 library, there is not too much you can do to change the appearance of things but they’ve kindly allowed you to alter the button appearance as UI.addButton() actually …
My favourite and most used terminal commands
If you’re a developer, or like messing with your computer, there’s no way to avoid the terminal. It’s almost all keyboard-based and can be intimidating when you first start. As you …
Lightning Fast Code Search
Using The Silver Searcher to hunt through files
Parsing a text file delimited with dashes
Let’s say you want to parse a text document with variable numbers of lines in each section and which is delimited with dashes:
Sliding Window Problems
Sliding window problems are a common type of algorithmic challenge that involve iterating over a data structure, typically an array or a list, using a “window” of fixed size. As …
Make an alias to create and change into a new folder on the command line
Sick of typing $ cd someFolder and $ mkdir someFolder? If you live in the terminal enough, it gets annoying. Here’s a shortcut.
Creating new aliases from the terminal
If you are in the terminal enough, creating aliases from the command line is a great way to save time and be more productive.