Luis Espinal's CS Voodoo Blog

The SEC, Netflix, and The Age of Social Media

December 7, 2012

Be mindful what you post. The internet is a dangerous series of tubes.

Posted in: digital media, Humor, law, learning, Netflix, politics, software companies, technology, world

December 4, 2012

Python can really shine in the realm of shell scripting.

Posted in: best practices, computer science, devops, programming languages, Python, software

December 3, 2012

A comparison between Scala's and GNU Octave's fundamental syntax quirks for functional programming.

Posted in: computational mathematics, computer science, coursera, functional programming, Octave, scala

November 19, 2012

Richard Mitchell and Jim McKim book on DbC is a true life-changing software development book (for those who care about software quality, that is)

Posted in: best practices, Design by Contract, engineering, Modeling, programming, quality, software, SOLID

November 12, 2012

And the happy battle with diapers and MOOCs continues

Posted in: coursera, education, family, MOOC

October 23, 2012

My wife and I are getting ready for a new arrival to our family. And with that, I have to adjust the amount of time I put on studying.

Posted in: computer science, coursera, family, MOOC, personal

September 13, 2012

Coursera courses are extremely rewarding, but it requires discipline to truly learn the material.

Posted in: coursera, education, engineering, MOOC, Project Euler, technology