Author: David Rutten
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What’s the point? [5]
Welcome to the —for now— last post in this series on algorithmic optimization. We talked a bit about generic optimization, then we introduced a specific problem and explored different ways of…
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What’s the point? [4]
One of the main drawbacks of the adapted-sorted-brute-force search algorithm we developed in the previous post is that it only sorts the data along a single coordinate axis. For two…
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What’s the point? [3]
Remember the sorted brute-force search algorithm we came up with last time? It attempted to outperform regular brute-force searching by sorting the points left to right and then skipping as…
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What’s the point? [2]
In the previous post we discussed some generic optimization strategies that might be applied to software to speed things up. Now we’ll look instead at a very well-known problem to…
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What’s the point? [1]
Let’s talk optimization today. It’s a contentious topic amongst programmers primarily because some are too eager to optimize while others are too lackadaisical. The former often results in code which…
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Book Reviews [2]
I’ve read some more since my last book-related post, though not as much as I’d have liked. First the ones without any redeemable quality. I’m not even going to upload…
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Feature creep and world flags
At this point I’m well overdue releasing the next version of Grasshopper. I’m replacing the code editors in the VB & C# components which is proving to be a much…
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My life from before the wave function collapse
Once upon a time I was an Architecture and Urbanism student at TUDelft. By the second year it was obvious I was never going to be a great architect so…
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NVAL2 discovered
Gene for poor science journalism discovered. Now the hunt is on for NOVO2, the gene that causes certain men to drop their voice tonality to unnaturally low bass levels while…
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Exit House
As of a week ago we learned that our house will probably get sold within the next few months. We need to move out and find a new place asap.…
Bugs for breakfast 