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A practical, honest look at the realities of working in enterprise environments: silos, slow processes, searching for information, and how to survive and thrive in the black box.

An interactive traffic intersection simulator built with React and Astro Islands. Includes a comparison of two approaches: a classic logic-based simulation and a 2D grid-based simulation.

A fun, interactive quiz to help you learn and review Kubernetes basics.

Explore elevator scheduling algorithms with an interactive visualization.

Exploring the concept of "vibe coding" - a state of flow where intuition and technical expertise merge to create elegant solutions.

Explore the Outpost Design Pattern - a powerful architectural approach for managing external dependencies, APIs, and third-party integrations in modern software systems

Try out an interactive maze generator with a wide range of algorithms and maze types, inspired by razimantv's C++ project. Generate and explore mazes right in your browser!

A quick, interactive React demo of Conway's Game of Life. Try it out!

Practice for the CKAD exam with practical hands-on questions covering all domains. Test your kubectl skills with real-world scenarios.

An opinionated view of modern university education, exploring issues with outdated materials, irresponsible staff, and the disconnect between academic theory and practical skills.

Learn how to scrape Reddit data using Python without API keys. This tutorial shows you how to fetch Reddit posts and comments using JSON endpoints.

Exploring AI-generated anime art using Stable Diffusion and the Waifu Diffusion model, with examples and prompt engineering techniques.

An in-depth look at university exam marking processes, ensuring fairness and consistency across large student cohorts through systematic quality control measures.

A complete guide to setting up Pi-hole for network-level ad blocking using Raspberry Pi, including hardware setup, installation, and configuration.

A simple implementation of VADER sentiment analysis in JavaScript with an interactive demo. Learn how to analyze text sentiment using the VADER lexicon and rule-based approach.

A comprehensive guide to automating JPlag processing for university programming assignments, including file extraction, cleaning, and similarity detection.

Learn how to create and interpret statechart diagrams to model complex system behavior and state transitions in software engineering.

A practical implementation of Singleton and Observer design patterns using a real-world arcade Lucky Dip Machine example in Java.

Explore k-Nearest Neighbour queries using Voronoi diagrams with interactive D3.js visualizations. Learn how to find the closest points and neighboring regions on maps.

An interactive demonstration of genetic algorithms using JavaScript. Learn how evolutionary computation can solve complex problems by evolving random strings into target solutions.

See what's buzzing on Hacker News with a live word cloud, and learn how to build your own with D3.js and JavaScript.

Explore multiple approaches to find minimum and maximum values in Java arrays, from manual loops to modern stream operations and IntSummaryStatistics.

A real-time sentiment analysis of Reddit's Hong Kong subreddit using the AFINN lexicon to categorize comments as positive, negative, or neutral with interactive charts.

A real-time data visualization project analyzing community judgments from the r/AmItheAsshole subreddit using Reddit's JSON API and interactive charts.