Data-Science

I processed a large fraction of the Internet on a single machine, trying to find some valuable but forgotten domain names to buy (probably 25 years too late). Here’s the story of what I found and how I did it, and not the story of why I decided to try, because I don’t know myself. Spoiler alert: If you just want to know whether there is indeed something, and you should scramble to scoop it up to become a domain-flipper billionaire, hold your horses: I believe there isn’t much. The following sections are more focused on the engineering side, so if you only care about the conclusion, skip to Results. ...

This is the story of me trying to win a game of chess against my brother. A single freaking game. What’s so special about it? Am I good at chess? Not at all. Did I improve at my game in the process? Also no. Is it a story about “the journey rather than the destination”? Not really. Did I at least have fun in the process? Not so sure. This is the story of me trying to be unconventional at probably the most studied game in existence and using my software engineering background for something that probably doesn’t need it. ...