And why you should learn it — Like any C++ programmer, I spend at least half my time dealing with (and worrying about) memory management issues. Although great strides have been made since C++11 (just think of smart pointers or the RAII principle), most C++ developers, even the most experienced ones, have to surrender to the idea…

The differences between the Stack and the Heap and why they are still important to understand — Memory management in C++ is really powerful for optimizing performance, especially for large and distributed software. Unlike some other languages like Java, C++ does not have an automatic garbage collector that automatically manages memory for the programmer. This can be seen as a disadvantage, as it requires the programmer to…

A practical Python project with real-world datasets — Some math concepts look like magic. Benford’s law is one of them. Given almost any naturally occurring numerical datasets, Benford’s law says that the distribution of the first digits of each value in the dataset will follow a well-defined pattern, i.e., …

And no fear of making mistakes, confronting and challenging oneself — I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good programmer with great habits. Kent Beck Programming is easy. Anyone can do it. But becoming a competent programmer takes time, effort, and dedication: in one word perseverance. Perseverance is the ability to keep going even when faced with obstacles, setbacks, and…

Symptoms to detect something in your code is wrong — Developing complex software in a large team is amazing, a continuous professional challenge that can only be good for a developer’s personal growth. …

We are inside a revolution without realizing it Blockchain technology has the potential to increase efficiency, reduce costs, increase transparency, and provide greater freedom and control to individuals in various aspects of their daily lives. …

A real-time web tool using face-api.js to scroll through a PDF document in the browser using head movements. — Face Landmark Detection has many useful applications in Computer Vision such as face swapping, blink detection, face alignment, emotions recognition and head pose estimation. In this article, I will show you my project “FacePDFViewer”. I have built a simple tool that allows you to move through a PDF document on…