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• Apr 15, 2026 · 18 min read

  Crafting Interpreters: A Runnable, Semantics-First Cheat Sheet (Python)

  Notebook companion to Crafting Interpreters. Chapters are distilled into a core semantic idea and presented via a runnable Python micro-example. Sections conclude with an end-to-end tree-walk and bytecode VM executions of the same tiny program.

  Code Labs #python#programming-languages#interpreters#compilers#virtual-machines

• Aug 7, 2022 · 22 min read

  Implementing Alternating Least Squares (ALS) from Scratch in Python

  A deep dive into building ALS for recommendation systems in Python. Includes the full derivation, a vectorized implementation, and an analysis of its real-world performance limits.

  Code Labs #python#machine-learning

Projects

A collection of my joy-driven projects. Browse the full projects archive for every launch and experiment.

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  Maze Solver

  Upload or photograph a black and white maze, choo…

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  Table 110 / 10

  Brown (7) Anderson (3)

  Table 27 / 10

  Bennett (5) Carter (2)

  Table Planner

  Place families at tables while Table Planner chec…

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  hall-of-mirrors-3

  Digital version of the Hall of Mirrors 3 Jane Str…

  Live · ouatu.ro Code · /ouatu-ro/hall-of-mirrors-3

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