CS 373 Spring 2021: Rahul Ramaswamy
Sun, 14 Feb 2021
What did you do this past week?
This past week I finished the Collatz project for this class. I also had to work on coding assignments for NLP and AI, so this week has been pretty busy.
What’s in your way?
Nothing is in my way right now. I am looking forward to being placed into teams for projects soon.
What will you do next week?
Next week I will continue reviewing the material in class and try to catch up on a lot of my homework. I’ve been getting pretty far behind in some of my classes, so I need to make sure to catch up soon.
If you read it, what did you think of the Pair Programming?
I thought it was an interesting read. I have pair programmed in the past for OOP and OS, so I know how powerful it can be. Reading the article provided a lot more insight into the practice than I had previously considered. Nowadays I prefer to pair program as opposed to individual programming.
What was your experience of types? (this question will vary, week to week)
I understood all the material on types pretty easily. I have a strong Python skillset, so I am not too worried about these kinds of concepts.
What made you happy this week?
The snow tonight was a good sight to see in Austin. It's crazy how much it snowed, and how rare it is. the amount of snow isn’t a lot but since it's so rare it causes a lot of issues.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
My pick of the week is MIT OpenCourseWare’s lecture series. Whenever I want to learn new material or want to learn more in a certain subject I watch some of MIT’s lecture series. They are usually pretty informative. For example, I have seen the Intro to Poker Theory lecture series which goes into a lot of the basic theory of the game and teaches you the math behind decision making. I have also watched a few lectures from the Financial Mathematics course which was also pretty interesting. Overall, they have recorded lectures for pretty much every class you could think of and they cover the material very thoroughly.
