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Summaries are not the original full articles. ## 1096 Pages of Mathematics and Machine Learning DevFeed: [1096 Pages of Mathematics and Machine Learning]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Tivadar Danka Published: 2026-07-16T16:38:57Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [The Palindrome]() Topics: [Machine learning](), [Mathematics](), [Learning]() Tags: [essays](), [machine-learning](), [mathematics](), [tutorials]() ### AI overview The author compiled three and a half years of essays, tutorials, and deep dives on mathematics and machine learning into a 1,096-page book. ### Source excerpt I compiled three and a half years of essays, tutorials, and deep dives into a single book ## 10 software essays that changed how I think DevFeed: [10 software essays that changed how I think]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Dr Milan Milanović Published: 2025-12-18T16:02:04Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Tech World With Milan Newsletter]() Topics: [Software](), [Programming](), [Optimization](), [Framework](), [Databases]() Tags: [advice](), [api](), [coding](), [databases](), [design](), [engineering](), [essays](), [frameworks](), [github](), [github-actions](), [optimization](), [software]() ### AI overview The author reflects on software essays that changed their engineering mindset, covering technology selection, architecture, parsing, coding practices, software quality, APIs, and career development. The article lists the selected essays and introduces lessons from them, including the value of choosing proven technology and spending innovation effort selectively. ### Source excerpt Over the years, I've stumbled upon a handful of software essays that fundamentally altered my engineering approach. ## Dijkstra's Views on Theory, Academia, and Programming Languages DevFeed: [Dijkstra's Views on Theory, Academia, and Programming Languages]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2025-05-13T14:23:11Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Jeremy Kun]() Topics: [Programming]() Tags: [essays](), [programming](), [programming-languages](), [shortform]() ### AI overview The author reflects on Edsger Dijkstra's speech "Under the spell of Leibniz's Dream," focusing on its view that elegant theory can have practical value. They critique Dijkstra's dismissive attitude toward industry, students, and modern universities, while discussing his praise of ALGOL 60 and its language innovations. ### Source excerpt I was inspired to browse some of Edsger Dijkstra's essays today, and came across his speech, "Under the spell of Leibniz's Dream". It's the sort of personal history I love to read, which gives one person's sense of the world over a period of change. One quote that immediately struck me was his view of his country's spirit after WWII: An important side-effect of the hard times was the creation of a spiritual climate in which the distinction between pure and applied science had vanished: of all the things you could do, you just did the most urgent one, and the development of some urgently needed theory was often the most practical thing to do. ## My Graduate Career in Math DevFeed: [My Graduate Career in Math]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2025-05-12T18:35:57Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Jeremy Kun]() Topics: [Mathematics](), [Computer science](), [graph theory]() Tags: [computer-science](), [education](), [essay](), [essays](), [game-theory](), [graph-theory](), [group-theory](), [linear-algebra](), [math](), [mathematics](), [retrospective](), [topology](), [university]() ### AI overview An autobiographical essay about the author's transition from computer science to mathematics at Cal Poly, including university coursework, study abroad in Budapest, and reflections on the intellectual environment and an early group theory project. ### Source excerpt Editor's note: This essay was originally published on Medium on 2016-03-05. I have made minor edits in this republishing and added a few small retrospective notes. 2010-2011 (Year 0) I had just switched my major at Cal Poly State University from computer science to math. I wanted to double major but California was in a budget crisis and a few weeks before I tried submitting my double-major request the Provost for the CSU system put a blanket ban on double majors. ## Attention spans for math and stories DevFeed: [Attention spans for math and stories]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2024-11-15T16:28:26Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Jeremy Kun]() Topics: [Math and Logic](), [math]() Tags: [children](), [essays](), [games](), [math](), [storytelling]() ### AI overview This essay argues that storytelling can motivate young children to engage with abstract mathematical reasoning. It contrasts children's enjoyment of surprising patterns and stories with the persistence needed to explore deeper mathematical questions. ### Source excerpt Editor's note: This essay was originally published in 2019. I have made minor edits in this republishing. There was a MathOverflow thread about mathematically interesting games for 5-6 year olds. A lot of the discussion revolved around how young age 5 really is, and how we should temper expectations because we don't really remember what it's like to be 5. In response to an enormous answer by Alexander Chervov, user LSpice quipped, "'Daddy, daddy, let's play another in the infinite indexed family of perfect-information draw-free cheap-to-construct two-player games!