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I’ve consolidated the best of my articles for easy reference. Enjoy!

Programming (aka making the computer do what you want)

  • Write code that helps write code
  • Debug like a CSI
  • Mathematicians make better programmers

Learning C# series

  • Boring Hello World
  • Variables and operations
  • Precision and control
  • Loops and increments
  • Arrays and iterations
  • Formatting output
  • Reading input and writing output

Surviving in the office

  • Multitasking is a fallacy
  • 5 reasons why you need polymath programmers on your team
  • Order in chaos
  • Public speaking for programmers
  • Zip up or shut up
  • Applying squeeze theorem to software project management
  • It’s not about you. It’s about results.
  • We should call them improvement reports
  • Just say hi
  • Let your phone ring at least twice

Mathematics

  • Reverse engineering Bezier curves
  • Rapidly calculating Bezier points

Thought provokers

  • Doing one thing well isn’t enough
  • Dementors, Patronuses and their Muggle equivalents
  • The 2nd best theory
  • The 2nd best theory – Finding balance
  • The 2nd best theory – Overbalancing

Real Business, Programmer Perspective

Because you prefer making your business sustainable now (even if it's just $100 per month) than a possible 1 billion dollar valuation down the uncertain future.

I made these

Spreadsheet software library SpreadsheetLight - Open XML spreadsheet software library Do you find existing libraries hard to use? Shouldn't the code be as intuitive as using the Excel software? Click here to find out more about SpreadsheetLight

Programming guide on Open XML spreadsheets Spreadsheet Open XML From Scratch Because you're hardcore and want to write the code from scratch yourself. Click here to find out more about Spreadsheet Open XML From Scratch

Vincent Tan

Vincent Tan I write about maths, programming, entrepreneurship and business stuff. I also make videos.

New to Polymath Programmer?

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  1. Cartesian coordinates and transformation matrices
  2. Percentage calculation with negative numbers
  3. Reverse engineering Bezier curves
  4. Image rotation with bilinear interpolation
  5. Custom column widths in Excel Open XML
SpreadsheetLight - An Open XML spreadsheet software library
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Code license

Any code published on this blog, unless otherwise stated (say it's by another person, or that I'm selling my code), is licensed under the MIT License.
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