Hussein A.
CS & Geography grad. I program and write in the hopes of improving the lives of others.
Recent Posts
Attempting to Write a Flight Simulator, Part I
September 01, 2026
For a fun project to do in my free time, I decided to write an arcade-style flight simulator in Python...
It is Difficult To Be a Good Software Developer
August 28, 2026
An intrinsic thirst for knowledge and excellence is a prerequisite for high-quality work. With the acceptance of AI coding tools, new developers, including myself, will struggle to keep a real passion of understanding and developing software.
Is it possible to get accurate GPS readings using only an SDR receiver?
February 22, 2026
The answer is no, not without a transmitter. Luckily, there are no shortage of transmitters flying all around that can help us, using a format and frequency that we can capture with a simple SDR receiver.
Preliminary Thoughts on Data Complexity
January 28, 2026
Since I first learned about neural networks, what struck me was whether there exists a sort of cutoff between the efficacy of using a full-fledged NN over classical machine learning methods and vice-versa. One might argue that it depends on how the data is used; an LLM may not be needed to analyze whether a text has positive, negative, or neutral sentiment. Perhaps clustering would be sufficient for this task. But is there an equation or function that determines, even loosely, whether a certain dataset requires a neural network for accurate analysis, or whether simpler machine learning methods would suffice for little to no loss in accuracy?