Archive - Photon-Lines Substack

A Walk-Through of String Search Algorithms

A walk-through of how some of the popular string-search algorithms work with a focus on the well-known Boyer-Moore and Robin-Karp algorithms.

Nov 22 •

October 2024

Algorithms for Optimization (Explained Simply): Part 2 - Line Search and the Trust Region Method

A visual-focused and intuitive overview of important optimization algorithms. This blog post focuses explaining the details behind the line search and…

Oct 25 •

August 2024

Visual Data Structures Cheat-Sheet

A visual overview of some of the key data-structures used in the real world.

Aug 14 •

July 2024

June 2024

An Intuitive Guide to Maxwell’s Equations

An Intuitive and Visual Guide to Maxwell's Equations

Jun 1 •

March 2024

Intuitive and Visual Guide to Transformers and ChatGPT

An intuitive and visual exploration of how transformers and large language models like ChatGPT work.

Mar 2 •

February 2024

Sam Altman's Startup Advice (Part 2)

Part 2 of my own personal notes / summaries of the readings available on Sam Altman's 'How to Start a Startup' lectures.

Feb 2 •

January 2024

Sam Altman's Startup Advice (Part 1)

My personal notes / summaries of the readings available on Sam Altman's 'How to Start a Startup' lectures.

Jan 20 •

December 2023

Intuitive Guide to Quick Sort

A guide to quick-sort focused in on providing simple visuals and intuition.

Dec 14, 2023 •

November 2023

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