Faith Okamoto

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• Yes, code quality matters

  it really, really does

  By Faith Okamoto

  Posted on October 17, 2026

  I went to a seminar talk recently about the impact of LLM usage in CS education. When chatting with folks afterwards, a prof1 expressed an opinion with which I strongly disagree. Paraphrased from memory: [Read More]

  Tags:

  • readability
  • llm
  • rant

• The path of least surprise

  another minor usability update

  By Faith Okamoto

  Posted on October 3, 2026

  I come to you with yet another tale of woe, i.e. a small annoying problem that a fellow student was suffering with in silence but which wasn’t actually all that hard to fix. Let’s take a look. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • usability

• Knowing what to leave out

  this is one of my positive ones

  By Faith Okamoto

  Posted on September 26, 2026

  I spend a while complaining about what people should add to their code. (Comments. You should add comments. Also a README. Also documentation. Also… but I repeat myself.) I thought it might be interesting to look at what people should leave out. And since this is a topic that benefits... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • published-code-critique
  • gitignore

• Keeping track of results by commit

  easy and useful

  By Faith Okamoto

  Posted on September 12, 2026

  I develop, implement, and test algorithms as part of my research.1 On a day-to-day basis, that looks like a lot of fiddling. Fiddle, test, fiddle, test. How do I keep track of what’s what in my notebook? Mostly, I notate results alongside their commit hash. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • process
  • notebook

• The work is not in vain

  things I need to hear

  By Faith Okamoto

  Posted on September 7, 2026

  If you read this blog, then you know that I evangelize proper documentation with zeal more commonly associated with religious crusades1. I’m here to tell you today that I have received a sign. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • meta
  • documentation

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