Notes

Validating Euchre Bidding Thresholds with Monte Carlo Simulation

statistics
simulation
games
A blog post on predictive modelling in Euchre proposed a hand-scoring formula and a set of position-dependent bidding thresholds for UK Euchre. The scoring system assigns…
Mar 16, 2026

A Measure of Alignment

mathematics
physics

A little mathematical formula for measuring the angular alignment of things

Aug 24, 2024

A Plot Recipe for Yao.jl

quantum-computing
programming-languages
visualisation

A distribution plot for Yao.jl

Jul 26, 2020

The Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm in Yao.jl

quantum-computing
programming-languages

The simplest quantum algorithm implemented in Yao.jl.

Jul 25, 2020

Grover’s Algorithm in Yao.jl

quantum-computing
programming-languages

Implementing the simplest of the useful algorithms in Yao.jl

Jul 25, 2020

Quantum Random Numbers in Yao.jl

quantum-computing
programming-languages

Embarrassingly simple first fling with Yao.jl.

Jul 23, 2020

Designing a Talk

communication

Do a talk at a conference, they said.

Sep 14, 2019

Building a QPU simulator in Julia - Part 7

quantum-computing
programming-languages
mathematics

Using Julia to build the classical part of Shor’s Algorithm.

Jul 26, 2019

Building a QPU simulator in Julia - Part 6

quantum-computing
programming-languages
mathematics

Building a QFT gate.

Jul 25, 2019

Building a QPU simulator in Julia - Part 4

quantum-computing
programming-languages

Implementing the Deutsch’s Algorithm.

Jun 17, 2019

Illicit Negative Fallacy

philosophy
communication

The human mind doesn’t seem to deal very well with negatives.

Jun 14, 2019

Building a QPU simulator in Julia - Part 3

quantum-computing
programming-languages

Improving performance.

May 24, 2019

Building a QPU simulator in Julia - Part 2

quantum-computing
programming-languages
software-testing

Starting again with Julia.

May 7, 2019

Building a QPU simulator in Julia - Part 1

quantum-computing
programming-languages
software-testing

A new tack, finding Julia and serendipity.

May 7, 2019

Using Julia From Jupyter

programming-languages

How to install Jupyter on Mac using Homebrew and configure it to use the Julia kernel.

May 5, 2019

COBOL for Fun and Profit

programming-languages

Random question - Can we compile and run COBOL on a Mac? Yes, of course.

May 3, 2019

Building a QPU simulator in Clojure - Part 2

quantum-computing
programming-languages
mathematics

Adding Neanderthal and complex numbers.

May 1, 2019

Building a QPU simulator in Clojure - Part 1

quantum-computing
programming-languages
software-testing

First steps in building a quantum CPU simulator with Clojure and TDD.

Jan 27, 2019

Native µservices with Clojure, SparkJava and Graal

software-architecture
programming-languages

Combining SparkJava, Graal and Clojure enables us to build dynamic, functional style native services.

Dec 24, 2018

Comparing Clojure to Kotlin

programming-languages

Take an interesting Clojure example and convert it to Kotlin.

Dec 16, 2018

Native µservices with Kotlin, Spark and Graal

software-architecture
programming-languages

Combining SparkJava, Graal and Kotlin.

Nov 14, 2018

Native µservices with SparkJava and Graal

software-architecture
programming-languages

By keeping Java simple and avoiding unnecessary (hidden) complexity we can natively compile SparkJava services with Graal with no fuss at all.

Nov 12, 2018

Grover’s Search Algorithm

quantum-computing

At last, a potentially useful quantum algorithm.

Oct 3, 2018

The Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm

quantum-computing

One of the first quantum algorithms which was shown to be significantly better that any classical counterpart.

Oct 1, 2018

Quantum Random Number Generator

quantum-computing

The simplest quantum algorithm.

Sep 30, 2018

Notes on Go - Go-kit for a Java programmer

programming-languages
software-architecture
We’re using a lot of Java/Spring Boot based microservices where I work and the memory footprint is somewhat worrying from a production scalability perspective.
Nov 1, 2017

Notes on Machine Learning - Playing Uno

machine-learning
games
I was playing Uno with my daughter last weekend and wondering about the best strategies. I had also been looking into TensorFlow and, while the ideas and maths is relatively…
Aug 4, 2017

Notes on the Art of TDD - Uno (Part 4)

software-testing
games
software-engineering
[Continued from Part 3]
Jun 4, 2017

Notes on the Art of TDD - Uno (Part 3)

software-testing
games
software-engineering
[Next day - continued from here]
Jun 1, 2017

Square root of 2x2 matrix using basic algebra

mathematics
We want to find some matrix \(B\) where $ B = $ or, equivalently, $ A = B^2 $. We take
May 24, 2017

Notes on the Art of TDD - Uno (Part 2)

software-testing
games
software-engineering
[Next day - this continues from a previous post]
May 23, 2017

Notes on the Art of TDD - Uno (Part 1)

software-testing
games
software-engineering
Playing Uno with my daughter the other day I was wondering about the best strategies. I thought I’d build a Uno game not only to answer that question but also (and mainly)…
May 15, 2017
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