The impact of mentorship
Mentorship has had a profound impact on my life. It often arrives when I least expect it and from places I never anticipate. In the game of life, each of us is a pioneer of our own uncharted experienc...
Peter's Thoughts
Reflections on machine learning, optimization, startups, and the lessons along the way—shared with the aim of contributing value to others.
Condorcet's paradox and majority voting
In politics and machine learning, we often run elections where candidates are ranked and one candidate is chosen. However, it is possible that the majority of voters ranked an alternative candidat...
Good Sleep
Sleep should be a priority for everyone. Without good sleep, everything else in your daily life will shift out of balance. Think about it, the start of everyday depends on good sleep and each day ends...
Competitive Programming
Competitive programming is a great way to sharpen your skill in data structures and algorithms. Overall, it's a fun and gamified way of improving at coding. At the same time, it's not a skill that can...
How to Over Engineer a Website
Building a web application requires two (sometimes one) components: a frontend and a backend, and a lot of infra-engineering. But ultimately, creating a full stack application can be outlined in a few...
Startups are hard
It's definitely not easy to build a company. For the last 5 years I've been trying to launch companies full-time and on the side. Here are some lessons I've learned throughout that process.