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Sam Estep
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@sgestep

Sam Estep

@sgestep
SE PhD student @S3DatCMU | 10x pun engineer | he/him
Pittsburgh, PA
samestep.com
Joined September 2020
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  • @sgestep
    Sam Estep
    @sgestep
    Jun 23, 2025
    how well do you understand how your computer's cache hierarchy affects your programs' performance? samestep.com/blog/random-ac…
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  • @sgestep
    Sam Estep
    @sgestep
    Apr 3, 2025
    My collaborator Troels (creator of the Futhark programming language) published a really nice blog post today about a benchmark suite we've been developing for automatic differentiation; the project makes some cool design decisions, check it out! sigkill.dk/blog/2025-04-0…
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  • @sgestep
    Sam Estep
    @sgestep
    Oct 20, 2024
    your computer uses binary to represent numbers, including random ones! but have you ever wondered how it can simulate a fair die whose number of faces is not a power of two? samestep.com/blog/random-in…
  • @sgestep
    Sam Estep
    @sgestep
    Sep 14, 2024
    generally?
    yes
    80%
    no
    20%
    5 votesFinal results
  • @sgestep
    Sam Estep
    @sgestep
    Apr 29, 2024
    want consistent math formatting across github and vscode? give this issue an upvote!
    Support GitHub-style backtick math syntax in Markdown · Issue #208430 · microsoft/vscode
    From github.com