code · retro
Biological Processing Units and a Commodore 64
The fruit fly has a brain structure that acts like a hash function. I built it in Python, matched the 2017 paper’s MNIST results against a …
AI · programming
First Principles: Why You Must Learn Before You Prompt
Vibe coding with AI feels productive until it isn’t. Dorothy Vaughan’s team didn’t just operate the IBM—they understood the math …
history · programming
Dorothy Vaughan: Adapt or Become Obsolete
When IBM machines threatened to make her job obsolete, Dorothy Vaughan didn’t retreat—she learned FORTRAN and taught her entire team. Her story …