My name is Misha. Welcome to my site!
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My recent blog posts are below; you can also see them by tag or the full archive.
Custom list marker styles via CSS
Creating custom list marker styles with CSS, and figuring out browser fallbacks....
Estimating the doubling rate
If something is growing at a rate of 5% per year, how many years will it take until it doubles? Common wisdom suggests it’s approximately 70/5 = 14, but why?...
Copy-paste on the command line
How to copy and paste on the command-line in macOS and Linux....
Solving Virginia Tech Regional Math Contest problems
Sharing my solutions to the Virginia Tech Regional Math Contest problems....
Nothing Gold Can Stay
A poem by Robert Frost...
Derivation and intuition behind the quadratic formula
Let’s look at how we can solve the quadratic equation without using the memorized formula, and then derive the quadratic formula itself from scratch using our method of solving the quadratic equation....
Writing math with Hugo
Evaluation of KaTeX and MathJax, along with client-side rendering as well as static (server-side) rendering, trade-offs and feasibility, and a comparison of rendering and maintainability of the various options....
Typography, fonts, and licenses
Typography, typefaces, fonts, and their various licenses....