Evan Emolo's bloghttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/05/21/recurse-center/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/05/21/recurse-center/A look ahead at attending Recurse Center after several years working as a software developer.Sun, 21 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/06/05/java-generics/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/06/05/java-generics/A Recurse Center update covering algorithms study and an introduction to Java generics.Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/06/06/java-iteration/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/06/06/java-iteration/Exploring Java's Iterable and Iterator interfaces for custom collection iteration, with implementations of Deque and RandomizedQueue data structures.Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/06/19/sorting-in-java/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/06/19/sorting-in-java/A deep dive into mergesort and quicksort algorithms in Java, covering implementation details, complexity analysis, and why Java uses different sorting strategies for primitives and objects.Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/06/26/binary-search/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/06/26/binary-search/An introduction to the binary search algorithm with recursive and iterative implementations in Python.Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/07/03/linked-lists/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/07/03/linked-lists/Exploring recursive and iterative techniques for traversing and reversing linked lists.Mon, 03 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/07/10/trees-pq/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/07/10/trees-pq/An overview of tree data structures, binary trees, and how binary heaps power priority queues in Java.Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/07/17/bsts-traversals/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/07/17/bsts-traversals/Binary search trees and tree traversal strategies including depth-first and breadth-first approaches, with Java implementations.Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/07/24/symbol-table-implementations/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/07/24/symbol-table-implementations/An exploration of symbol table ADT implementations using linked lists, ordered arrays, and binary search trees in Java, with performance analysis.Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/08/01/decimal-to-binary/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/08/01/decimal-to-binary/Exploring why binary is fundamental to computing and how to convert decimal numbers to binary using Python.Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/08/10/hash-tables/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/08/10/hash-tables/A deep dive into hashmap implementation details including separate chaining, linear probing, hashing functions, and collision resolution strategies.Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/08/31/graphs-redux/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/08/31/graphs-redux/A comprehensive overview of graph data structures and algorithms: representations, traversals, path finding, topological sort, Dijkstra's algorithm, and Prim's algorithm.Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/09/27/finishing-at-rc/https://astro-cactus.chriswilliams.dev/posts/2017/09/27/finishing-at-rc/Reflecting on my time at Recurse Center, what I learned, and what comes next.Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT