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A faster way to calculate the day of the week

https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-day-of-week
18•gavide•3d ago

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balgg•3d ago
My comment isn't really about the content itself but... this is what I want the web to be. Documents that take advantage being on the web (visualizations, interactivity) while still remaining structured and simple. I really like the overall visual style too, incredible work. /glaze
benjoffe•2d ago
Thanks! I'm pretty sure with this one I spent more time working on the blog post than I did developing the algorithms.

I would not normally spend such effort, but in this case I felt that the functions were too hard to understand without the visual aid, and too difficult to customise without the Function Explorer.

Then I think I just got a bit carried away with the detail.

eru•10m ago
Thanks for putting in the effort.

You might also https://www.redblobgames.com/ and learn a lot from how they do their presentations.

jph•11m ago
Seconded. Ben, you have a great teaching style, thank you for sharing this.

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A faster way to calculate the day of the week

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