Tagged “optimization”
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3D Bin Packing Algorithm Visualized
A 3D visualization of a bin packing algorithm that shows boxes being arranged into containers, making a classic logistic…
3D Packing for 3D Printing
A write-up on a program that packs many 3D models into the smallest possible volume for 3D printing, with images of the…
Algorithms Books
Three MIT Press textbooks by Mykel Kochenderfer and coauthors on optimization, decision making and validation, with full…
Better Seater
A browser tool that works out a wedding seating chart for you, assigning guests to tables so everyone ends up near the r…
Compressor.io
A free online image optimizer that compresses JPEG, PNG, SVG, GIF, and WEBP files, with lossy and lossless options plus…
How Does Gradient Descent Work?
An illustrated, animated companion to an ICLR paper that shows what gradient descent actually does on a bumpy loss lands…
Korea TSPs
Waterloo's record-setting traveling salesman tour that visits 81,998 bars in South Korea, with maps, data and explanatio…
LoL Math
A League of Legends item optimizer and build calculator that weighs runes, enemy team composition and playstyle to find…
Making Perlin Noise 30% Faster
A write-up on optimizing Perlin noise generation to run 30 percent faster, walking through the changes made to squeeze o…
Routora
A route optimization tool powered by Google Maps that reorders multiple stops into the fastest possible order, handy for…
shapez
A Factorio-inspired automation game about mining, combining and producing ever more complex shapes, with the free demo p…
Simulating 20,000,000 Particles in JavaScript
A performance deep dive into simulating millions of particles in plain JavaScript at 60 fps on a phone using only the CP…
Song Pong
A creative-coding write-up on making a game of Pong whose bounces land exactly on the beats of a song, solved with const…
Squoosh
An in-browser image compressor that lets you drag a slider to compare quality side by side while shrinking photo file si…
The Gold Standard of Optimization: RollerCoaster Tycoon
A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon and the assembly-level tricks that let one developer make the classic park…
TinyPNG
A one-click image compressor that shrinks PNG and JPEG file sizes by up to 80 percent while keeping the picture visually…
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