Solving the Zebra Puzzle with Boolean Algebra

In this post, we’ll tackle one the most famous puzzles in the world: The Zebra Puzzle, also known as Einstein’s riddle. Legend goes that Einstein invented the riddle himself, and that only 2% of people are able to solve it. I call bullshit on that. It’s already widely accepted that Einstein didn’t invent the riddle. … Read more

How I hacked my education

In contrast to most my classmates, I was excited to learn just about everything in school. Be it history and geography, or math and physics. School wasn’t even enough. Back home, I’d take my father’s books to read. Books like The Servant, Freakonomics and The Facebook Effect. By then, I was just a 13-year-old nerdy … Read more

From Coder to Software Engineer

Programmer

Back when I was fresh out of school and I started to program professionally, I didn’t care about the job titles I’d get. I was comfortable being an “IT Analyst”, a “Development Engineer”, or even a “Junior Developer”. If the position involved programming and I felt like I was a good fit, then I would … Read more

A Story on the Code-Design Complementarity

Lucas Petes Code Design
Lucas Petes Code Design
Meet Lucas, the eye-candy maker

Lucas Petes is a designer who isn’t afraid to code. With a deep love for design, he has produced countless clean and gorgeous interfaces. He talks about his career’s history, giving us a window to understand how it feels to be a designer working among programmers. He discusses the design-development complementarity, pointing that the two are sides of the same job.

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