Michael Nakayama

Developer / Manager / Designer / Entreprenuer

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Code Building AI

Google recently released an article outlining the work they have done in discovering Alpha Evolve, an AI that 'verifies, runs and scores ... proposed programs using automated evaluation metrics'.

5 MIN READ (05/20/2025)

JOB HUNTING

On Interviewing

Most non-coding interviews end up being broken into two parts - a series of STAR questions and an opportunity for you to ask questions. I've put together a list of a few of the questions I commonly see and some of my favorites to ask the interviewer.

5 MIN READ (12/11/2024)

CODE STYLE

Some Random Nits

I don't think of my self as particularly nit picky, but there are a few things that I think are easy wins that can help you save time in the long run. Let's go over a couple of them.

5 MIN READ (12/11/2024)

JOB HUNTING

Who do you know?

If you're looking for the short version, this is just me ranting about how the job search process is never about how good you are on paper. It's about who you know.

2 MIN READ (12/12/2024)

RFC

Evaluating Random Forest Classifiers

In the current AI-driven landscape, much of the buzz revolves around large language models (LLMs). While these are powerful tools, they’re not the only way to build AI-enhanced products

3 MIN READ (11/25/2024)

RESUMES

Updating My Resume

So I decided to update my resume recently and now we can get some A/B testing done on resume formats!

3 MIN READ

RUST

Rust on Arduino Uno

Rust focuses on balancing ease of use for developers with being a power and fast low level programming language.

3 MIN READ

GOLANG

What Makes Go Special?

So let's talk about Go. Learning about this language is incredibly valuable because it took the experiences of a large scale organization (Google) and identified key tenets of good software engineering.

3 MIN READ

GOLANG

Foray into Go

AKA how many projects can I work on concurrently? 🙃 I don't know anyone who doesn't go through phases.

2 MIN READ

JAVASCRIPT

Yarn Resolutions

TIL about yarn resolutions. Phew it's early. Resolutions are a relatively simple concept that allows you to manage sub dependencies of a project.

1 MIN READ