Unlocking Python’s Power with the DRI
Read moreBy Annapia Borraccino DRI Participant, Winter 2024 “Coding can’t be that hard, you just need to practice it.” This was my mantra before I chose to move all the way from Italy to New York City to pursue a career in Computational Linguistics. However, my perspective shifted during the...
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Digital Women: Commemorating Women’s History Month
Read moreMarch is Women’s History Month and I want to bring that to the digital fellows’ blog. First, I want to say that when I mention women, I am including cis and trans women (I wish soon this would be too obvious to have to clarify it!). In line with...
10 Useful Extensions for VSCode
Read moreAs a Digital Fellow, I often teach workshops that utilize the text editor VSCode. During these workshops, I almost always find myself recommending that the participants install extensions to the editor. Extensions are, as the name implies, tools that the VSCode community of developers have created to extend the...
The smartwatch dilemma
Read moreI started to think about purchasing a smartwatch amid a strong need to improve my health. Could this tool keep health information that would help me understand how to improve certain practices? Could it support me in my goals or tasks? More generally, how could it contribute to my...
Think Like a Coder: Introduction to Algorithms Part 2
Read moreThis a continuation of Think Like a Coder: Introduction to Algorithms Part 1. Be sure to also check out this semester’s Think Like a Coder workshop. Introduction Last time, we considered a simple program that was merely searching for a target element in a list. Now imagine a program...
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