Hello! I’m Daniel, a Software Engineer based in Edinburgh. This is where I note down useful things I don’t want to forget and also where I document some of the personal projects I’ve worked on.

# Blog Posts

### Issues with floating point

Floating point values normally just work, but there are a few issues with them that are useful to be aware of! My previous post discussed the representation of values, but this one will talk more about the times where things might not work quite as expected. I’m aiming for this to be a practical guide with some simple rules to follow, rather than an exhaustive study into all the issues with floating point.

### Floating point numbers: some basics

A recent discussion with a colleague about issues with floating point comparisons made me realise that my knowledge of best practices boiled down to comparing floating point values using tolerances and switching to double if issues with accuracy popped up. I figured it was time to look into it further and get a better understanding of what is actually going on.

### Python collection classes: a summary

Following on from the C++ collections post, it’s time to create a similar overview page for Python! There are more collection classes than this, but I wanted to revise the basics.

### C++ collection classes: a summary

As I work through a bunch of algorithm problems in C++, I thought it would be useful to create a summary of the collection classes built into the standard library.

### Thoughtworks Technology Radar Vol. 19: Notes

I spent a little time over the New Year catching up on some reading, giving me an opportunity to skim through the 2018 ThoughtWorks Technology Radar to get an overview of interesting developments in the field. Here are some of the things that caught my eye.

### Running a Code Jam

Recently, a number of teams at work have started to make use of Docker. To improve our Docker knowledge across the company, we organised a Code Jam. We’ve run a number of these events in the past and, after some experimentation, we’ve settled on a format that seems to work well for us.

### Docker Cheat Sheet

I’ve been playing with Docker recently, but not enough that I always remember the commands. Here’s my cheat sheet for future Docker use.

### Notes from Codility lessons

Codility has a number of lessons online to help candidates prepare for the problems on the site. I figured it might be worthwhile to make a summary of some of the algorithms from the lessons that I more easily forget.

### Setting up Jekyll for building GitHub pages

Time to resurrect the old GitHub Pages site! I haven’t really touched this for the last two years, so it’s time I brought the site up to date. One part of this is installing Jekyll locally on my Mac so I can test the site without continually uploading it to GitHub.

### Using three.js with TypeScript

I tend to modify more projects than I create, so while I can often remember APIs, I often forget the steps I used to set everything up. Therefore, this page is a future reference for me when I forgot to do all this. (If you haven’t done this before then hopefully this will serve as a good starting point!)