S2:E7 - "Logarithm is gonna get you"

What does it mean for an algorithm to be logarithmic? We revisit Big O notation, this time in the context of binary search. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Looking For The Logic Behind Logarithms". A huge thank you to Twilio and Digital Ocean for sponsoring this season of the show!

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Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)

Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science.

Saron Yitbarek (co-host)

Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast.

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