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Mon Jun 06, 2022 — Byte-sized Algorithms: Removing Duplicates

This is just some basic Leetcode-esque stuff I needed to do at work recently. It shouldn’t surprise or impress anyone who has thought about this before, but it was mildly interesting to think and write about.
Thu Dec 30, 2021 — Why NFTs Matter

It’s not about ape avatars, basketball highlights, or other digital trinkets. It’s about authentic relationships.
Fri Jun 04, 2021 — Newspeak in an AI-Driven World

Or: Stop trying to make everyone dumber, Outlook.
Wed May 26, 2021 — Do Self-Driving Cars Dream of Snitching?

A cynical (or realistic) take on how a utopian dream–autonomous, self-driving vehicles–can turn into a dystopian nightmare: the global snitching fleet of the future.
Mon Dec 30, 2019 — Why (Not) Peer-to-Peer?

An overview of the Internet’s growth in the 2010s and some questions about what’s to come… With the current state of centralized content distribution, why aren’t we moving to a peer-to-peer model?
Thu Dec 20, 2018 — Optimizing Sessionless Sessions

Or, arriving at the rationale behind the existence of JSON Web Tokens in an extremely roundabout fashion.
Mon Oct 23, 2017 — Efficient P2P Broadcasting

A memory-less solution that minimizes extra message duplication.
Fri Jul 07, 2017 — Tracking Your Every Move

Or, abusing MAC addresses for fun and profit (well, no profit unless you’re a massive corporation or the government…).