(written by lawrence krubner, however indented passages are often quotes). You can contact lawrence at: lawrence@krubner.com
SourceA simple illustration, when considering a function f(n), is when there is a need to describe its properties as n becomes very large. Thus, if f(n) = n2+3n, the term 3n becomes insignificant compared to n2, when n is very large. The function f(n) is said to be “asymptotically equivalent to n2 as n → ∞”, and this is written symbolically as f(n) ~ n2.
May 29, 2018 10:46 am
"Andrew Reilly, thank you for writing. You make several good points, especially this: "Also an extra layer o..."
May 28, 2018 11:17 pm
"Nice article, thanks! I think that it's interesting to also look around at the problem from a greater dista..."
May 21, 2018 2:39 am
"Elixir & Erlang..."
May 16, 2018 3:28 pm
"I'll never regret the use of docker cause I never used it (and never will). My advise is the the anti docker ..."
May 15, 2018 1:36 pm
"Great article. The current Docker craze, imho, is the same old problem where engineers get a hammer and every ..."
May 15, 2018 10:38 am
"Yawar, yes, I have looked at Elixir. And as I mentioned in the article: "They are now examining Go and E..."
May 15, 2018 10:32 am
"Agam Brahma, thank you. I have now fixed the typo...."
May 15, 2018 12:11 am
"Great article, so true @ "unwillingness to confront the reality of the emerging solution". Minor typo: s/On..."
May 14, 2018 8:41 pm
"Just wondering, have you looked at Elixir? It seems to fit perfectly with the ideals you describe: based on de..."
May 14, 2018 7:00 pm
"Andrew Whitworth, thank you for writing. About this: "Rails might not have been such a big problem for u..."
May 14, 2018 4:05 pm
"I like the coral reef metaphor, but this and your tangent about using separate languages both suffer from the ..."
May 14, 2018 12:43 pm
"Hi, I agree with some of your points, especially that docker is maybe more a dev tool than a production tool...."
May 14, 2018 6:25 am
"Hey dude, Nice work. pretty awesome essay...."
May 14, 2018 6:18 am
"Hi, I wish there were more people like you around. The real mess I see coming, or, I should say, which has ..."
May 30, 2018 4:35 pm
From Thomas on Docker is the dangerous gamble which we will regret
"Thank you for this beautifully written and relevant piece. I think it has saved me a whole world of pain. ..."