Computer Science, Math, and Statistics

2014 — Django Development Mistakes in 2014

11 Killer Features I use in Every Django Project

With 2015 rapidly approaching, I took some time to think about what I would have done differently from a development perspective in 2014. In my previous article, 11 Things I wish I…

Building a Git Server

A dive into Twisted, SSH, & Git

VideoSync: A Hackbright Project

Automatically Synchronizing Crowd-Sourced Concert Videos

IPython Notebook on AWS

How to get IPython notebook running on AWS

Prerequisite:

1. Launch an instance on your AWS account
2. SSH into your AWS account
3. Basic usage of Vim

You Can’t Outsource Your CTO

If you are trying to build an internet business, find a CTO, not a…

Learn to love to write unit tests

When you’re a building a web application with a small team and “moving fast”, unit tests always seem to be the first thing you can set aside for later — don’t do that

Why does iOS use so many pointers?

After looking at a ton of iOS code, I started wondering why almost EVERYTHING is a pointer. I used…

Why I’m glad I got rejected from Chicago Business School

Just over three years ago, on March 24, 2010, I didn’t get “the call” that was supposed to change my life – a congratulatory call from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business accepting me into their MBA program. But the…