Complex things arise from simple abstract concepts — The title of this article materialized within the confines of my contemplative moments, possibly best described as moments of quiet reflection on my balcony. In essence, it evolved from a fleeting idea into a quote, prompting me to ponder its origins and where I might have previously encountered such words. …

The writers are assumed to be readers, but what if they are not reading? — Earlier this year, I took a leap of faith and wrote my first article on Medium. I’ve had my Medium account for as long as I can remember but I was just a content consumer. I love the idea that Medium is an all-you-can-read platform as long as you are…

Millions of other interviewees have good stories, how do you make yours stand out? — When using most computer systems, you have to go through authentication. Authentication is the process of verifying someone is who they claim to be. Whenever you access Twitter, Instagram, or Medium, your identity must be confirmed via some authentication process. Interviewing is an authentication process before a company welcomes you…

An optimistic perspective on Amdhal’s Law — In our previous article, we looked at how we can use Amdhal’s law to determine when it is appropriate to use parallel programming. Kindly read When Should I Use Parallel Programming? Amdahl’s Law Explained before reading this post Amdhal’s Law assumes that the size of our problem is fixed, and…

Concurrency is about dealing with a lot of things at once, parallelism is about doing a lot of things at once — A little bit of history Computers have evolved fast from the time they were introduced. The first computers had single-core processors, meaning they could only process one operation at a time. An operation had to wait for another operation for that operation to start. Single-core processors were designed for the sequential execution of programs, where…

Writing a parallel program is such a daunting task. See how Amdhal’s Law can help you determine if the benefits are worth the pain — For the longest time, parallel programming has been infamous for being hard and challenging. This is because most of our programs have sequential and parallel parts. As a software developer, you must ensure synchronization among these parts. Unfortunately, you may go through this hustle of parallelizing your programs while, in…

The overflow bug is a ticking time bomb — Me: Hey, grandma, I’d like to let you know of a bug out there that many computer programmers aren’t aware of Grandma: What bug is this? Me: It’s a bug involving binary search. Grandma: Mmmh, sounds interesting. …