Jan 2, 2021A Gentle Introduction to Regular ExpressionsWhether you need to scrape email addresses from a set of HTML documents or scour massive logfiles for needle-in-a-haystack errors, regular expressions provide a powerful tool for searching text. Because they are primarily composed of sequences of tokens with somewhat non-obvious meanings, regular expressions (or regexes) can be daunting to…Code5 min readCode5 min read
Jan 2, 2021The Big Ideas Behind Big O NotationWhen approaching a programming challenge, there will always be multiple ways to implement a solution. Sometimes the differences will be trivial stylistic choices. Other times, they can be the reason one solution works at scale and another other cracks under pressure. …Code7 min readCode7 min read
Jan 2, 2021Command Line Basics for Everyday UseOne of the first giveaways that someone has been working as a developer for a good amount of time is their level of comfort working from the command line. Rarely will you see a seasoned software engineer opening a graphical file explorer to move between project files. Instead, they will…Code7 min readCode7 min read
Jan 2, 2021The ConsulateMarcel found himself surrounded by a familiar beige, save for the small dried bloodstain on his corduroy slacks. This was his first visit to the consulate since he moved abroad, but the officially sanctioned decor of the small office surrounded him with eery familiarity. The room was windowless and silent…Fiction12 min readFiction12 min read
