Oli Guei

A collection of 44 posts

My 2018 reading list

This year's reading list is steadily growing. As usual, I go with recommendations from family and friends as well as other sources like Business Insider. I'm lucky to follow some amazing folks on social and I've received some interesting book

Voice-first app idea for the Airpods users

I see more people using wireless headphones like AirPods and various over-the-ear headsets lately. I also think Apple's removal of the headphone jack is an interesting indication that we might be transitioning towards a future with voice-controlled interfaces. However, AI

Check for a palindrome using Javascript

What is a palindrome? Oxford Dictionary defines a palindrome as a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards, e.g. madam or nurses run. Let's use Javascript to check if a word is a palindrome Function

Project Euler problems solved with Python - Part two

Background: Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming

How I improved my reading habit in 2016

By the end of the year 2015, I had read five books from a collection of twelve books purchased that year. I didn’t want to become somebody who collects books and never reads them so I devised a simple