Apr 18Two Sum | Interview QuestionPeople, particularly engineers, are intrigued by technical interview questions. I don’t blame you, these are fascinating and are a good intermediate point to discuss extraordinary solutions. In this post, I’ll show you how to solve the Two Sum problem, a popular coding interview question, using Python. The Two Sum problem…Python3 min read
Published in Better Programming·Mar 22Look-and-say Sequence With PythonSolve a trivial game using the power of groupBy method — Patterns… are everywhere and our species has evolved to recognize them. Last week I saw an interesting post on Twitter: I have a challenge for you! Here is a sequence of numbers: 1–11–21–1211–111221–312211 Can you guess the next number? Usually, patterns or sequences are visual, but not this one. Just…Python3 min read
Aug 31, 2020Understand suffering through empathy, not through vengeance“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” — Marcus Aurelius. Vengeance is nothing more than forcing others to understand how you felt about a negative situation. When someone does you wrong, you might want to perform the same evil on that person, defending it with…Empathy2 min read
Jun 10, 2020Stoicism: When Words and Thoughts Overpower Your Courage“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.” — Marcus Aurelius We like to think of ourselves as free and authors of our own life. What we don’t realize is we let others control ourselves…Stoicism3 min read
May 4, 2020Stoicism: be the stronghold people need in times of crisisSince the quarantine began, I’ve received several calls and messages from people who have been experiencing anxiety, depression, and stress. …Stoicism4 min read
Apr 20, 2020What’s worth recovering from your old smartphone — from an engineering student perspectiveHow much time do you use a smartphone before you change it for a new model? On average, the useful life of a smartphone is around two years; it could be more or less depending on how you take care of it, though. The reason why the average life of…Engineering6 min read
Apr 8, 2020Create a decimal-to-binary calculator with ArduinoAs an Engineering student, I have to deal with problems related to binary numbers. Digital circuits involve many calculations with binary numbers: logic gates, flip flops, and particularly Analog to Digital Converters. Thus, I created an Arduino program that helps to understand how to convert a decimal number (integer)…Arduino8 min read
