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Solving N-Queens (… sort of)

When given an n by n matrix, the goal of the n-queens problem is to place n queens on the board such that none of them are attacking each…

5 min readApr 24, 2021

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Solving N-Queens (… sort of)

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JavaScript in Plain English

Randomness: LFSR and Cryptography in JavaScript

This article will focus on Linear Feedback Shift Registers.

5 min readApr 16, 2021

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Randomness: LFSR and Cryptography in JavaScript

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Merging security requirements into your agile framework

There are many models for capturing functional requirements and many less for non-functional requirements. We need to adapt those that…

3 min readApr 12, 2021

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Seeking a Type Safe Sanctuary in JavaScript

There is a growing community of strongly typed scripting languages that transpile into JavaScript, with Typescript leading the way. The…

4 min readApr 3, 2021

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Symmetric Cryptography: Stream Ciphers in JavaScipt

Symmetric Cryptography, in particular encryption, has a requirement that a message is both encrypted and decrypted with the same key…

5 min readMar 29, 2021

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Symmetric Cryptography: Stream Ciphers in JavaScipt

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OC: Original Cipher (Shift Cipher aka Caesar Cipher)

I am deepening my understanding of cryptography. While I probably should have started this 20 years ago (or even in 2014 as Bit Coin…

3 min readMar 25, 2021

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JavaScript in Plain English

Solving 8 Puzzle: Exploring Search Options

In my prior post I laid out the problem of the eight-puzzle. In this post, I want to examine finding a solution using search techniques.

9 min readMar 25, 2021

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Solving 8 Puzzle: Exploring Search Options

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Solving 8 puzzle with search

I am starting my journey into AI and it seems like a study of search is a primary requisite for the space. The initial coming of age…

5 min readMar 21, 2021

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Solving 8 puzzle with search

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Todd Brown

Delivering Digital Analytics Through Auto-Capture

Over recent years I have managed a team that implements digital analytics solutions by integrating third party tooling within the browser…

5 min readJan 4, 2021

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What the Blub: Java vs JavaScript

Two popular languages for lightweight services are Java versus JavaScript. The choice is a debate or battleground. I have seen many…

8 min readOct 5, 2019

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What the Blub: Java vs JavaScript

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Todd Brown

Todd Brown

A 25 year software industry veteran with a passion for functional programming, architecture, mentoring / team development, xp/agile and doing the right thing.

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