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Let's Review: Uncle Bob

algorhymer — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:03:10 +0000

You know, I've been reading a lot of Bob lately:

So you’ve probably got some complaints, questions, objections, etc. Let me see if I can anticipate them.
OMG! All Those Parentheses
How old are you…?

You might as well go check Bob out.

I'll be here just jammin' while someone pays anthropic to read it …

… pammpammpamm papparamm agda papparamm …

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🎵 Flagrant misuse of banhammery 🎵

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So this' the review eh …

Now, I know that you are having a hell of a good time …
And … but you possibly might be saying oh you know …
… that the attached pics are a little bit too …

… too libreoffice …

If you start getting those thoughts in your mind, just think …
… think of one thing …

Uncle Bob.

I guarantee you, if you went to an Uncle Bob lecture you'd be spending a truckload more money.
… and you wouldn't have …
… um …
… I don't know … what's that toddler thing …
… yeah: you wouldn't have nearly as much fun.

I guarantee you, Bob wouldn't let you bring Twitch and CS2 into his ted talk either.

So this is the post. It's cringe. We established that…
The song is called Here Come The Toddlers.
Me, of course, being a Toddler.
But I honestly believe there's a little bit of Toddler in each and every one of you.
So, if you can join in with me, Gödel, Church, Turing, Richard S. Bird, the girl on the pic in her bunny slippers, and Bob's O(N^2) …

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Now, if this was left-pad …
… you folks would be npm i a lot harder than you are right now …
… so pretend it's left-pad, and give me some bigger Here They Comes …

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Now, I don't want to sass any Crows…
… but Skirling Pass was a lot more honest than that …
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… but that's quite whiteknight.

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So, in order to address YOU directly, dear Reader...
Yes YOU, the biological being gawking at this article.

Can you take Advent of Code 2024 Day 02 Part B, and write code which runs a bit faster than Bob's?

Please-pretty-please, Mr. SOLID Senior 10x dev whiteknight Crow!

(Some context, since Dev.to people rarely get metaphors and end up banning me: This platform deleted 8 articles from me related to Math and Computer Science, simply because people have severe impostor syndrome and can't tolerate sass. Why do I keep doing it? Well, I still think in a world dominated by kayfabe, nihilism, self-lies and dug-in heels, the only thing which has a chance of cutting through that facade is sass. Hence, I decided to continue sassing you into self-reflecting on statements like 'Java has a strong type system'. I mean... you surely must know, Crow, that Java, Rust etc. were enterprise watered down, specifically to enable blue-collar assembly line work... I mean you Java Crows must know about Pizza. Yes... Pizza was a language which got watered down and now you know it as Java Generics... You surely know this, Crow, on the top of that fancy Design Pattern Wall you have, right?! I could've used OpenToonz to make you an anime waifupillow girl on those images I attached. Instead I made you a sweaty armpit, dorky drawn, LibreOffice, non-catmull-rom bezier curve girl. Because that is reality. Computer Science is not cool, never was, never will be. Computer Science is a dorky, cringe safe haven for those who don't really fit in. Remember Atari games? Remember Monkey Island? Grim Fandango? Remember Star Craft I? The Secret Cow Level? Yes, Crow, that is true North. Do you truly love this social media poser, Dev.to cargo cult world, where everyone is looking sane and well-combed on Facebook, while IRL Brexit, Hormuz, Brian Thomson, Pelicot etc. is happening and Google knows more about your own kid or BF/GF than you... or would you prefer those simple, no-pretense, regular Mondays we used to have back in the days?)

Tales of the Algorhymer: Martian Mining

algorhymer — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:26:45 +0000

An animated Computer Science flipbook with a soundtrack!

Last time we got involved in the Cold War conflict...

This time though, we won't be bothered by such nuisance...

Because...

We'll be leaving Earth!

Yes! A sci-Fi story FOR YOU! 🥰 🥰 🥰

We are headed to Mars, so strap in!

keywords: too large problem spaces, matrix partitions, recursive definitions, maximization, function tabulation, 2D dynamic programming

See the full story on Github Pages!

Disclaimer:

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It is NOT optimized for Mobile Devices.
It is NOT optimized for Figma Design Courses.
I'm now trying a more friendlier tone. But, just in case Dev.to Gods decide to delete my work again without prior notice or post-mortem explanation, I'm using Github Pages.

Tales of the Algorhymer: Supply Stacks

algorhymer — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:51:10 +0000

Yet another Computer Science story with a soundtrack!

Last time, the story was about a rigged game...

This time though...

What if a carefully chosen data structure which models your problem... is BAD?

This story will bring you waay back to the Cold War era, when Soviets and Yanks were racing with eachother, each doing their own strategy, based on their own unique mindsets!

Yes. A USA vs. USSR tale FOR YOU! 🥰 🥰 🥰

keywords: heavy data structures vs. pure functions, stack, queue, injection, surjection, bijection, permutations, parallelization, function growth, big O, big Theta, big Omega

See the full story on Github Pages!

Disclaimer:

Dev.to does NOT allow JS. I need JS for page flipping.
It is NOT optimized for Mobile Devices.
It is NOT optimized for Figma Design Courses.
I'm now trying a more friendlier tone. But, just in case Dev.to Gods decide to delete my work again without prior notice or post-mortem explanation, I'm using Github Pages.

Tales of the Algorhymer: The Conniving Carnie

algorhymer — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:05:36 +0000

It is time for another Computer Science story with a soundtrack!

Last time we saw a fairy tale about Nessie from Loch Ness.

This time the carnivale is in town! With games and prizes!

Yes! A game FOR YOU! 🥰 🥰 🥰

But beware: There's something REALLY WRONG about this carnivale game...

keywords: isomorphism, model simplification, problem reduction

See the full story on Github Pages!

Disclaimer:

Dev.to does NOT allow JS. I need JS for page flipping.
It is NOT optimized for Mobile Devices.
It is NOT optimized for Figma Design Courses.
I'm now trying a more friendlier tone. But, just in case Dev.to Gods decide to delete my work again without prior notice or post-mortem explanation, I'm using Github Pages.

Tales of the Algorhymer: Searching for Nessie

algorhymer — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:06:12 +0000

Another Computer Science flipbook with a soundtrack!

Last time we did a time traveling Action Movie with a cold opening.

So it is only fair that this time...

...we are going way back to...

OUR CHILDHOOD! 🥰 🥰 🥰

Yes! Fairy tales and nursery rhymes!

keywords: divide and conquer, problem decomposition, recursion, closed form solution, floor division

See the full story on Github Pages!

Disclaimer:

Dev.to does NOT allow JS. I need JS for page flipping.
It is NOT optimized for Mobile Devices.
It is NOT optimized for Figma Design Courses.
I'm now trying a more friendlier tone. But, just in case Dev.to Gods decide to delete my work again without prior notice or post-mortem explanation, I'm using Github Pages.

Tales of the Algorhymer: Red-Nosed Reports

algorhymer — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:50:06 +0000

A Computer Science flipbook with a soundtrack!

For YOU! 🥰 🥰 🥰

keywords: prefix sum, suffix sum, scan lemma, time-space complexity optimization, array indexing safety, proof sketching

See the full story on Github Pages!

Disclaimer:

Dev.to does NOT allow JS. I need JS for page flipping.
It is NOT optimized for Mobile Devices.
It is NOT optimized for Figma Design Courses.
I'm now trying a more friendlier tone. But, just in case Dev.to Gods decide to delete my work again without prior notice or post-mortem explanation, I'm using Github Pages.