Archive - The Computist Journal

March 2025

Understanding Large Language Models

What is a LLM, how do you build one, and what can you do with it.

Mar 19 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

The Shapes of Uncertainty

A Philosophical Introduction to (Some) Probability Distributions

Published on Resisting Entropy • Mar 17

From Plato to Python

Philosophy as Conceptual Engineering

Published on Resisting Entropy • Mar 13

The Insurmountable Problem of Formal Reasoning in LLMs

Or why LLMs still can't, and probably never will be able to fully reason.

Mar 3 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

February 2025

Office Hours #1

Trying out a new thing.

Feb 28 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

Welcome to The Computist Journal

Start here if you are new, or if you want to review past articles you may have missed.

Feb 27 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

An App for Voice-Based Note-Taking

Introducing "Nabu Voice Notes"

Feb 26 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

Simplifying Configuration Management in Pure Python

Feb 21 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

The Most Beautiful Algorithms Ever Designed

A very opinionated short list.

Feb 10 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

Why Artificial Neural Networks Are So Damn Powerful - Part I

The most intuitive explanation of the mathematical prowess that are neural networks

Feb 2 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

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