Matt Might's blog

In theory, behavior change should be easy.

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjournery are able to replicate (and often exceed) human-like performance on tasks like taking exams, generating text and making art.

Compared to prior versions, GPT-4 is more capable at writing fiction.

I recently wrote about completing Advent of Code 2022 using a different programming language (or two) every day for 25 days.

Since making a sudden leap from computer science to academic medicine about seven years ago, I haven’t programmed as much.

The ability to avoid temptation is a modern superpower.

Why is self-control so hard?

Even before I got tenure, folks have told me they’re “looking forward to an academic advice post on tenure.”

The birthday paradox observes that in a room of 23 people, the odds that at least two people share a birthday is 50% The same logic that drives matching birthdays also drives the probability that one can find collisions with a hash function.

It’s important for programmers to continuously challenge themselves in order to avoid creative and technical stagnation.