Richard Gichuki

@ChadGichuki

Graduate Civil Engineer | Self taught Programmer

Nairobi, KenyaJoined March 2022

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I am a young graduate from Nairobi, Kenya on the journey to becoming a Full stack developer. You can support my blog on https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chadgichuki

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5 Months in 5 Minutes

Sometimes I think of this blog as a litmus for how clear my understanding of a particular topic is. At other times I see it as a tiny peephole for tech-curious folks to catch a glimpse of the 'scary' stuff standing on the other side of the door. Toda...

Sep 17, 20222 min read

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Episode 7: Python: The Slow, Bulky But Formidable Predator

DID YOU KNOW? A python's prey dies from suffocation or cardiac arrest. When a python coils around its prey it doesn't kill it by crushing its bones. It tightens the coil every time the prey exhales effectively suffocating it. The snake can apparent...

May 6, 20225 min read

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Episode 6: Structural Engineering (But It's Data)

Picture any structure you can think of: A maisonette, a bungalow, a cottage, a cowshed, a skyscraper, a dormitory, a cathedral, a mosque, an apartment, a barn, a silo, a warehouse, a mall, even a small camping tent. They are all just arrangements of...

May 3, 20224 min read

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Episode 5: Are Computers Female?

I bet you've heard that women's brains are wired to have more interconnection across the 2 hemispheres which makes them better at multitasking and causes them to think of issues not in isolation but rather in relation to everything else. Our plastic ...

Apr 20, 20224 min read

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Episode 4: Wet Fry Chicken Algorithm

At the risk of being simplistic let me give my best analogy of what an algorithm is: Mercy's Algorithm: When Mercy prepares Wet Fry Chicken she: Washes the chicken -> boils it in a pot under medium heat with garlic and ginger -> chops ALL the other i...

Apr 8, 20224 min read

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5 Months in 5 Minutes

Episode 7: Python: The Slow, Bulky But Formidable Predator

Episode 6: Structural Engineering (But It's Data)

Episode 5: Are Computers Female?

Episode 4: Wet Fry Chicken Algorithm

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Richard Gichuki

About

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Richard Gichuki's blogs

Recently published

5 Months in 5 Minutes

Episode 7: Python: The Slow, Bulky But Formidable Predator

Episode 6: Structural Engineering (But It's Data)

Episode 5: Are Computers Female?

Episode 4: Wet Fry Chicken Algorithm