Recent Technical Discussions

Community voices tackling real implementation challenges across Taiwan's tech landscape

Code review session focusing on algorithm optimization strategies
February 28, 2025

Sorting Algorithms for Mandarin Character Sets

Unicode complications we didn't see coming. A Taipei development team documents their three-week struggle with multilingual data sorting that broke every assumption.

Whiteboard diagram showing tree traversal patterns and edge cases
February 24, 2025

When AVL Trees Beat Red-Black Trees

Performance benchmarks from a database migration project revealed surprising patterns. Sometimes the "slower" choice actually wins when you factor in maintenance costs.

Team collaborating on algorithm design in modern workspace
February 19, 2025

Graph Algorithms in Social Network Analysis

Local researchers share findings from analyzing connection patterns in Taiwan's online communities. The math works differently when cultural context shapes network topology.

Developer Perspectives

Experienced engineers from Taiwan's tech community sharing honest lessons from projects that didn't always go according to plan. Because the interesting stories come from solving unexpected problems.

Portrait of Jarrett Kincaid, senior algorithms engineer

Jarrett Kincaid

Senior Algorithms Engineer

Spent eight years building recommendation systems that actually recommend things people want. Now focused on making complex algorithms accessible without dumbing them down.

Latest article: "Cache Invalidation Nightmares"
Portrait of Stellan Varga, technical curriculum developer

Stellan Varga

Technical Curriculum Developer

Former backend developer turned educator after realizing most algorithm courses skip the parts that actually trip people up. Advocates for teaching debugging alongside theory.

Latest article: "Why Students Hate Big O Notation"