Jeremy Grifski

Engineering Education PhD student interested in challenging cultural issues in the tech community.

Columbus, Ohio Joined on Apr 30, 2018 jeremy.grifski@therenegadecoder.com https://therenegadecoder.com/

Education

B.S. in CE from CWRU 2016; M.S. in CSE from OSU 2020

Work

PhD Student at The Ohio State University

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Mar 3 '20

8 Coolest Python Programming Language Features

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Jan 29 '20

71 Python Code Snippets for Everyday Problems

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Aug 23 '19

5 Great Strategies for Learning to Code

#motivation #career #writing #beginners

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Jul 13 '19

Understanding the Number Theory Behind RSA Encryption

#computerscience #python #java #arithmetic

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Apr 3 '19

The Coolest Programming Language Features

#programming #computerscience #coding #learning

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Oct 8 '21

Support The Sample Programs Repo This Hacktoberfest

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Support The Sample Programs Repo This Hacktoberfest

Of course! Just need to make sure they still pass testing.

Oct 9 '21

What was your win this week?

I just have to brag about the Sample Programs repo which got ...

May 21 '21

Watery: A New Theme

True! There is an existing structure there already. That said...

Nov 2 '20

Watery: A New Theme

How can I use this with GitHub pages? I'd love for something ...

Nov 2 '20

Python | Hamming Problem

Both are great! But, it feels weird to create and throw away ...

Jul 28 '20

How I Built A Self-Updating README On My Github Profile

Yup! It looks like they're missing a piece of the URL (/blog/...

Jul 15 '20

How to Invert a Dictionary in Python: Comprehensions, Defaultdict, and More

Good point! I always hesitate with this solution because it’s...

Jul 5 '20

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Jeremy Grifski

Jun 21 '21

How to Get Better at Programming: Lessons from Blogging

#beginners #programming #computerscience

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May 19 '21

What Are Some Tech Questions You're Too Afraid to Ask?

#discuss

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May 4 '21

How to Get Better at Programming: Lessons from Competitive Shooter Games

#beginners #programming #computerscience

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Mar 12 '21

How to Get Better at Programming: Lessons From Music

#beginners #programming #computerscience

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Nov 3 '20

Can We Fit Rock Paper Scissors in Python in a Tweet?

#python #coding

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Oct 1 '20

Does Anyone Still Code Golf? The 280 Character Challenge

#showdev #python

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Sep 21 '20

The Sample Programs Repos Are Ready for Hacktoberfest 2020

#algorithms #opensource #github #hacktoberfest

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Jul 26 '20

How to Add an Item to a List in Python: Append, Slice Assignment, and More

#challenge #python #performance

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Jun 26 '20

How to Check if a String Contains a Substring in Python: In, Index, and More

#performance #python #testing #beginners

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Jun 23 '20

How to Perform a Reverse Dictionary Lookup in Python: Generator Expressions and More

#performance #testing #python

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Jun 23 '20

How to Performance Test Python Code: timeit, cProfile, and More

#performance #python #testing

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Jun 16 '20

What Python Questions Are You Always Asking?

#discuss #python #showdev

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May 29 '20

How to Approach Python From a Java Perspective

#java #python #beginners #learning

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May 26 '20

Make Python Social Again

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May 14 '20

Create Perfectly Sized Cover Images for Dev.to

#showdev #python #wordpress #meta

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May 14 '20

How to Compare Strings in Python: Equality and Identity

#python #beginners #tutorial #computerscience

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Apr 19 '20

How to Complete a Programming Project From Scratch

#java #beginners #programming #computerscience

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Dec 20 '19

Reflecting on My Fourth Semester of Teaching

#computerscience #career #java #mentalhealth

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Dec 19 '19

How to Improve Coding Comprehension Using Peer Instruction

#career #computerscience

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Dec 2 '19

I Created a Portfolio Site

#career #wordpress

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Nov 18 '19

Sample Programs 100 Article Release

#showdev #hacktoberfest #github #opensource

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Nov 14 '19

How to Nuke Your RSS Feed

#java #wordpress #writing

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Nov 11 '19

Python String Formatting Techniques

#python #programming

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Nov 8 '19

The Controversy Behind The Walrus Operator in Python

#python #codequality #programming

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Oct 25 '19

8 Articles About Python Lists (+ 2 Videos)

#showdev #python #tutorial

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Oct 10 '19

Help! Hacktoberfest Is Overwhelming

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Sep 30 '19

My Favorite Python Feature: List Comprehensions

#python #tutorial

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Sep 13 '19

How to Print on the Same Line in Python: Print and Write

#python #beginners #testing #programming

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Nov 5 '19

The Lisp Programming Language: Interpreter Design

#lisp #computerscience #functional

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Nov 5 '19

How to Format a String in Python: Interpolation, Concatenation, and More

#python #beginners #tutorial

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Sep 5 '19

Yet Another Python Tutorial

#python #tutorial #computerscience

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Nov 4 '19

Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithms

#computerscience

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Aug 26 '19

Yet Another Way to Learn Recursion

#python #computerscience #recursion

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Oct 14 '19

Looking Back on My First Year of Teaching

#java #teaching #leadership #computerscience

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Aug 18 '19

I Did Something Scary

#python #motivation #mentalhealth #tutorial

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Oct 3 '19

Reflecting on My Third Semester of Teaching

#java #teaching #leadership #computerscience

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Aug 14 '19

Primitive Types and Variables in Java

#java #beginners #computerscience

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Oct 20 '19

The 8 Primitive Types in Java

#java #beginners

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Aug 12 '19

That Time I Shipped Insecure Code

#security #python #career #codequality

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Aug 8 '19

Distributed Mutual Exclusion Using Logical Clocks

#computerscience #concurrency #architecture

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Oct 3 '19

Patreon Welcomes The Renegade Coder Again

#showdev #personalnews

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Aug 1 '19

How I Almost Built a Twitter Bot

#python #webdev #twitter

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Jul 27 '19

Solutions to the Producers-Consumers Problem

#computerscience #python #architecture #concurrency

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Jul 23 '19

Solutions to the Readers-Writers Problem

#computerscience #python #architecture #concurrency

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Jul 18 '19

Understanding Process Synchronization

#computerscience #python #architecture #concurrency

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Jul 9 '19

What is a Programming Language?

#healthydebate #css #html #gatekeeping

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Jul 5 '19

Preparing for the Qualifying Exam

#computerscience #gradschool #algorithms #personalnews

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Jul 1 '19

The Difference Between Statements and Expressions

#java #computerscience #functional #grammar

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Jun 27 '19

How to Initialize an ArrayList in Kotlin

#kotlin #java #android #beginners

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Jun 21 '19

It’s Okay to Test Private Methods

#healthydebate #java #testing #codequality

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Jun 18 '19

Taking Kotlin for a Spin

#java #kotlin #coding #mobile

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Jun 13 '19

Why I Urge My Students to Use DrJava

#java #beginners #computerscience #teaching

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Jun 8 '19

How to Merge Two Dictionaries in Python

#python #beginners #testing #tutorial

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Jun 4 '19

Java Number Exploration Lab

#java #beginners #tutorial #computerscience

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May 31 '19

Image Titler 1.4.1 Features Borders

#showdev #github #python #opensource

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May 27 '19

Reflecting on My Second Semester of Teaching

#java #leadership #teaching #computerscience

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May 22 '19

Fibonacci in Every Language

#challenge #polyglot #beginners #opensource

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May 18 '19

How to Teach Arrays in Computer Science

#teaching #education #computerscience #programming

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May 12 '19

How I Automated My Grading Responsibilities

#teaching #java #testing #python

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