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🧬 Day 11 of the Genetic Algorithms Bootcamp is here!
Today, we’re implementing a mutation operator in C#.
Learn how to add just the right amount of randomness to keep your GA evolving!
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-11-implementing-a-c-mutation-operator-for-genetic-algorithms/
🧬 Day 10 of the Genetic Algorithms Bootcamp is live!
Today we're talking mutation.
It's the tiny change that keeps your GA from getting stuck. Learn how to add it in C#!
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-10-mutation-matters-in-c-genetic-algorithms/
🧬 Day 9 of the C# Genetic Algorithms Bootcamp is live!
Today, we explore Uniform Crossover.
Each gene gets a coin flip to build more diverse offspring in your C# GA
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-9-using-genetic-algorithms-uniform-crossover-in-c/
NEW POST
Increasingly our industry favors deep specialists. But we've found our most effective colleagues have a broad-based skill that comes from spanning many specialties. Unmesh Joshi, Gitanjali Venkatraman and I write about explicitly recognizing this as a first-class skill of “Expert Generalist”.
🧬 The second week and Day 8 of the Genetic Algorithms Bootcamp is live!
Today, we’re diving into crossover.
One-point or two-point? Learn how mixing parent solutions boosts genetic diversity.
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-8-one-point-or-two-how-crossover-shapes-genetic-diversity/
What happens when tech accelerates faster than we can comprehend?
David S. Rose joins The Futurists to talk singularity, exponential change, and living at the edge of transformation.
Thanks #devsum and the organizers for another great event. Let’s a pleasure to get to Stockholm to see friends and share ideas with attendees. Hoping to come back next year. 🇸🇪💙💛
Rewriting SymCrypt in Rust to modernize Microsoft’s cryptographic library from @msftdevblogs
Day 7 is live, and Week 1 is complete!
Today we simulate your first GA cycle in .NET
Population, fitness, selection… it all comes together
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-7-putting-it-together-simulating-your-first-ga-cycle-in-net/
Week 2 starts June 16!
Trump deployed forces against American citizens to chill dissent, spark confrontation, and create an excuse to seize even more power. We won’t back down, but we need to be prepared to handle encounters with law enforcement and de-escalate tense situations.
Attend tomorrow’s “Know Your Rights” training with the ACLU to help keep No Kings protests safe and non-violent: https://act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-training-2
También disponible en Español: https://act.aclu.org/a/taller-para-conocer-sus-derechos
Day 6 of the Genetic Algorithms Bootcamp for C# devs is live!
Today, we explore selection strategies.
Roulette? Tournament? Elitism?
Let’s decide who gets to evolve!
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-6-roulette-tournaments-and-elites-exploring-selection-strategies/
My son who is almost 25 found my first business card after college in 1995. I was his age. This blows my mind since this was before Web 1.0.
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🧬 Day 5 of the Genetic Algorithms Bootcamp for C# devs is live!
Today, we’re building fitness functions.
Teach your code how to evaluate solutions and evolve the best ones.
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-5-natural-selection-in-software-implementing-fitness-functions/
@devleader We devs innovate!
@jkuemerle @peterritchie @Sempf it's in all of us
🧬 Day 4 of the Genetic Algorithms Bootcamp for C# devs is live!
Today, we’re designing your very first Chromosome class in C#
This is the backbone of evolution in code. Let’s get hands-on!
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-4-designing-your-first-chromosome-class-in-c/
🧬 Day 3 of the Genetic Algorithms Bootcamp for C# devs is live!
Today we’re mapping chromosomes, genes, and DNA… in code
Learn how evolution’s building blocks shape your app’s logic.
https://www.woodruff.dev/day-3-understanding-chromosomes-genes-and-dna-in-code/
