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I really hate waiting for slow programs

Tip: in Matlab, whenever you’re having speed issues, the usual solution is to reduce the number of statements within your loops. You’ll usually see a dramatic improvement. Normally I don’t post much about work, but I just had a great moment and had to write about it. It all started while I was making a script to [...]

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HDF5: Database for Scientists

So now that I have the ability to download massive quantities of data while I sleep, I am going to need a safe and organized place to store it all in a way that I can access it easily when the need arises. To do this, I will be needing a database solution. I’ve spent [...]

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In programming, “kind of” working is never acceptable.

I got a really big feature done last week that involves finally getting streaming data into Matlab through a socket connection.  It works – kind of.  Too bad “kind of working” isn’t enough to anything, since the goal is automation and reliability.  Today I found all sorts of holes in it that will be driving [...]

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I’m coding it up in June.

Today I finally finished a barebones prototype of the model I’ve been working on for the last few days.  I was getting really stuck while trying to work from someone else’s code, and eventually decided it would be much faster to first cut out all the parts I didn’t fully understand then go on from [...]

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