Estimating π With Randomness: The Monte Carlo Way

Ever wonder how randomness could help estimate one of math's most famous constants? I'd like to walk you through the Monte Carlo method — a surprisingly simple way to approximate π by scattering random points in a square and circle.

How Do Computers Know To Calculate Parentheses First

Ever wonder how a calculator knows to solve 5/2 before adding the 3 in "3 + 5/2"? I'd like to share what I found out and walk you through how we can write a program to evaluate math expressions using two simple data structures — a stack and a queue.

How I Automated Announcing New Posts on Bluesky

How I built a GitHub Action that posts new articles to Bluesky automatically, with zero state tracking.

How I Set Up a Custom Domain for My Blog

A walkthrough of buying a custom domain, understanding how DNS actually works, and wiring it up to an Astro blog hosted on GitHub Pages.

I Created a Claude Skill for Usage-Aware Automation

I built Claude Gauge, a skill that gives Claude Code visibility into your usage limits, so you can automate work around whatever capacity would otherwise go to waste.

Start Building TUIs with Bubble Tea

A beginner-friendly walkthrough of Bubble Tea, the Go framework for building terminal apps - covering the Elm Architecture, commands, alt screen, logging, and the wider ecosystem.

Is 1 Larger Than 0.999...?

I used to think 0.999... was just a hair short of 1 - turns out I was wrong. Let's see all the different ways to prove they're actually the exact same number, and then use the same idea to solve Zeno's paradox.