Proposition on CuriousCoding

Three log scientist

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

A rating system for theoretical computer scientists. The more logarithms there are (i.e. the more “\(\log\)” before your variables), the higher your reputation will be. No-log theoretical computer scientists are virtually non-existent, as virtually all non-trivial algorithms require use of logarithms. Most are one-log scientists. In the old times (well, I’m young, so these look like old times to me at least), one would occasionally find a piece of code done by a three-log scientist and shiver with awe.

Motivation

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 23:22:00 +0200

It’s not the need for faster software that motivates; it’s the mathematical discovery that needs sharing.

RTFE

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:16:00 +0200

Read The F*ing Error

When you complain about an error without reading it first.
When you assume you understand the problem halfway through reading the error, and only after more debugging you realize you failed to read properly.

1st law of Procrastination

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:46:00 +0200

Important deadlines require important procrastination.

Data should be reviewed

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:41:00 +0200

Experiments and their analysis should be reproducible, and all data/figures in a paper should be reviewable. Pipelines (e.g. snakemake files) to generated them should be attached to the paper.

I’ve asked for automated scripts to reproduce test data on 3+ github repositories now, and got a satisfactory answer zero times:

WFA: https://github.com/smarco/WFA/issues/26

Link to a datadump on the block-aligner repository. Good to have actual data, but exactly how this data was created is unclear to me.

Open Science

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Let’s go over some reasons for why I’m writing this blog.

The internet is more accessible than papers Link to heading

The inspiration for this blog is the post on Succinct de Bruijn Graphs by Alex Bowe. I think blog posts are a great way to quickly learn about new ideas and concepts, since they are usually more accessible than papers. A blog post can omit some of the more formal text required in papers and spend more time explaining things on an intuitive level. This way, scientific concepts can be understood by a larger audience than just those actively working on it.