Monthly Recap - May 2023

A brief review of the latest posts and notes from Mostly Harmless Ideas.

Hey, folks! This is a short and friendly recap post to share with you some of my latest posts, notes, and news about the substack. You can subscribe to Mostly Harmless Ideas to access all previous and future posts for free, forever.

Latest posts

We started May with a technical writing guide. In this post, I shared my workflow for brainstorming, outlining, writing, and editing technical articles, plus some tips to avoid writer’s block and stay on schedule.

Then, a short essay on the two main paradigms for designing learning experiences, from tutorials to courses to full-blown college curricula.

And we crowned the month with my first collaboration, this time with

Alberto Gonzalez Rosales

, my go-to expert in algorithmic and competitive programming. This essay discusses the merits and limitations of the competitive mindset in computer science education.

Notes on Computer Science

Occasionally, I also like to explore topics in a lighter tone. Here are some of the thoughts I’ve shared recently on Notes.

On generative AI and creativity.

On the often misinterpreted Turing test.

And on the apparently contradictory function of human reasoning.

Work in progress

And that was it for May. I’m working on a few mid-sized posts for June that I think you’ll love. One is a comprehensive introduction to Computer Science, summarizing its main fields and concepts. Another is an introduction to Artificial Intelligence to show you how it’s not all about neural networks and chatbots. And there’s more, but those are surprises. Feel free to subscribe if you find these topics exciting!

Also, feel free to reply or comment in this post about your favorite topics and suggest any ideas you’d like me to write about :)