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Alaina Kafkes

Wordsmith & online-world-smith. Engineer. Alumna @NorthwesternU. I like long runs, literature, languages, and lemons.

Joined on May 3, 2017

Education

Northwestern University '17

Work

Software Engineer

Nov 20 '17

Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions

#regularexpressions #regex #linguistics

10 min read

Recent Comments

re: Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions Mar 8 '18

Thank you! I strive to write without assuming a lot of CS k...

re: Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions Mar 2 '18

Thank you! ☺️

re: You should follow Alaina Kafkes Feb 9 '18

Wow, I literally just found this today! Thank you so much 😍

re: Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions Jan 21 '18

Thanks for pointing this out! I couldn't figure out how to ...

re: Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions Dec 3 '17

Hi Shozo! You can translate this blog post into Japanese. P...

re: Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions Dec 3 '17

Couldn't agree more! 🎉🎉🎉

re: Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions Nov 29 '17

Wow, I do like this article! Thanks 🎉

re: Exploring the Linguistics Behind Regular Expressions Nov 21 '17

Thank you for taking the time to write out these examples! ...

Oct 23 '17

Rejection & Revision: On Improving Conference Proposals

#talks #speaking #conferences #cfp

8 min read

Oct 10 '17

What do you talk about during your one-on-one meetings with your engineering (or other) manager?

#discuss

1 min read

Aug 18 '17

Tackling Technical Writing

#technicalwriting #writing #developerevangelism #advice

4 min read

Jul 5 '17

The Goldilocks Contribution: How can someone find open source issues that challenge them just the right amount?

#discuss

1 min read

Jun 28 '17

Demystifying Dynamic Programming

#dynamicprogramming #algorithms #interviews #computerscience

15 min read

May 25 '17

How can someone prepare for their first full-time software engineering job?

#discuss #softwareengineering #advice #beginners

1 min read

May 8 '17

On Literature and Linked Lists

#softwaredevelopment #books #lifelessons

7 min read

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