Writing / Computer Science
Load Balancing
A bottom-up, animated guide to HTTP load balancing algorithms.
load balancingdistributed systems
SR
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Sam Rose
Computer Science
Writes visual, interactive essays about software and computer science.
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7 selected projects, with credit and a path to the original.
Writing / Computer Science
Memory Allocation
A visual introduction to memory allocation.
memoryallocators
Writing / Computer Science
Hashing
A visual, interactive introduction to hash functions.
hash functionsdata structures
Writing / Computer Science
Bloom Filters
A visual, interactive guide to what bloom filters are and when to use them.
bloom filtersdata structuresprobability
Writing / Computer Science
Turing Machines
An interactive introduction to Turing machines.
computationtheory
Writing / Computer Science
Big O
A visual introduction to big O notation.
algorithmscomplexity
Writing / Computer Science
Reservoir Sampling
Choosing fairly when you do not know how many items you are choosing from.
samplingalgorithmsprobability
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About this creative practice
Writes visual, interactive essays about software and computer science.
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load balancingdistributed systemsmemoryallocatorshash functionsdata structuresbloom filtersprobability
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