The post Comprehensive Guide to Learn Computer Science Online first appeared on Qvault.
Self-taught developers and Bootcamp graduates often have a hard time finding employment because they skipped learning computer science fundamentals and jumped right into application code. Taking such a haphazard approach to a programming education would be similar…
The post Quick Sort in Golang first appeared on Qvault.
Quicksort is an efficient sorting algorithm that’s widely used in production sorting implementations. Like merge sort, quick sort is a divide and conquer algorithm. …
The post Building a Red-Black Binary Tree in Python first appeared on Qvault.
A red-black tree is a kind of self-balancing binary search tree. Each node stores an extra bit, which we will call the color, red or black. The color ensures that the tree remains approximately balanced during insertions…
The post Intro to the One-Time Pad Cipher first appeared on Qvault.
In cryptography, the one-time pad, or OTP is a way of encrypting information so securely that it’s impossible to be cracked. …
The post Beautiful Language and Beautiful Code first appeared on Qvault.
“Dead Poet’s Society” is a classic film, and has become a recent favorite of mine. There’s a scene in particular that I enjoy, where Robin William’s character explains that it’s bad practice to use terms like “very tired” or…
The post What are UUIDs, and should you use them? first appeared on Qvault.
A universally unique identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit format for creating IDs in code that has become popular in recent years, especially in relation to database keys. By using UUIDs, you ensure that your ID is…
The post Merge Sort in Golang with Examples first appeared on Qvault.
Merge sort is a recursive sorting algorithm and, luckily for us, it’s quite a bit faster than bubble sort. Merge sort is a divide and conquer algorithm.
The post Writing Bubble Sort in Go from Scratch first appeared on Qvault.
Bubble sort is named for the way elements “bubble up” to the top of the list. Bubble sort repeatedly steps through a slice and compares adjacent elements, swapping them if they are out of order. …
The post Check for Standards Before Creating a New One first appeared on Qvault.
I recently had a ticket opened on my team’s backlog board requesting the ability to bypass our API’s caching system. For context, our front-end team uses my team’s API to make fairly heavy requests to ElasticSearch…
The post Earn Money While Promoting Computer Science Education first appeared on Qvault.
We just launched our new affiliate partner program to give Dev bloggers and influencers everywhere an opportunity to make some serious cash while promoting a great educational project. Here are the high-level details:
I love Go and Rust, and I like JavaScript and Python. I’m indiehacking on http://qvault.io when my daughter isn’t crying.
