Algorithms

Episode 1: Maps, GPS, and Why Your Phone Knows a Shortcut You Don’t

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If you have ever watched your GPS calmly reroute you around traffic like it planned this all along, congratulations: you have already trusted graph theory with your time, your fuel, and your sanity. This first episode of the mini graph theory series starts with the most familiar setting possible: maps. Streets are edges. Intersections are … Read more

Algorithmic Thinking: The Superpower You Already Use (You Just Don’t Call It That)

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Algorithmic thinking sounds like something you need a hoodie, a whiteboard, and a suspicious amount of coffee to achieve. In reality, you do it constantly. You do it when you pack for a trip (socks first, then shirts, then the item you forgot twice). You do it when you cook (do not add pasta after … Read more