Shehab Yasser

Shehab Yasser

Jan
28
500 Days of Summer and Attachment Theory

500 Days of Summer and Attachment Theory

“500 Days of Summer” featured a whirly non-love story between the protagonist Tom and Summer. In this article, we try to explain emotional compatibility using Attachment Theory projecting on 500 Days of Summer.
8 min read
Jan
08
A Primer to Big Complex Distributed Systems

A Primer to Big Complex Distributed Systems

Building complex systems is an exciting endeavor. There are many aspects to designing such systems, like availability, reliability, scalability, and the tradeoffs that go into them. Scalability itself has many interesting elements worth discussing, like partitioning, replication, and consensus.
12 min read
Oct
12
Aliens, The Fermi Paradox, And The Dark Forest Theory

Aliens, The Fermi Paradox, And The Dark Forest Theory

Why haven't we found aliens?
9 min read
May
12
A Brief History Of Reinforcement Learning In Game Play

A Brief History Of Reinforcement Learning In Game Play

Humans are obsessed with gameplay, be it video games or board games. Yet gameplay problems were unflagging for decades until reinforcement learning overcame the impasse.
12 min read
Mar
12
The Only Game in Town: Beyond Central Banks' New Playbook

The Only Game in Town: Beyond Central Banks' New Playbook

For over a decade, central banks have kept the markets bullish. This caused us to mistake economic value for financial growth. How much longer can the status quo last amid policy failure and rising inequality?
8 min read
Feb
21
The Great Gatsby and the Demise of the American Dream

The Great Gatsby and the Demise of the American Dream

America had long promised the ideals of liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the equality of opportunity. In this article, we discuss whether she has kept her promises.
5 min read
Feb
04
What is Project Nash?

What is Project Nash?

But really, what is Project Nash?
7 min read