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Sleeping Giants

Innovation isn’t always about inventing something new. Sometimes, it’s about rediscovering something brilliant. Sleeping Giants is a daily newsletter that uncovers powerful, ready-to-use technologies from the archives of science and engineering. Each issue highlights a “sleeping giant”—a proven piece of research or code—and explores its untapped potential for building the businesses of the future.

Issue 35 - The Mapper Algorithm: The "Topological Map" That Simplifies Complex Data

Nov 21, 2025

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Issue 35 - The Mapper Algorithm: The "Topological Map" That Simplifies Complex Data

Shachia
Shachia
Issue 34 - Persistent Homology: The "Shape-Finding" Algorithm That Sees Hidden Structures in Data

Nov 20, 2025

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4 min read

Issue 34 - Persistent Homology: The "Shape-Finding" Algorithm That Sees Hidden Structures in Data

Shachia
Shachia
Issue 33 - The Command Pattern: The "Time Capsule" Object That Powers Undo/Redo

Nov 19, 2025

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5 min read

Issue 33 - The Command Pattern: The "Time Capsule" Object That Powers Undo/Redo

Shachia
Shachia
Issue 32 - Monte Carlo Tree Search: The "Imagination" Algorithm That Mastered the Game of Go

Nov 18, 2025

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Issue 32 - Monte Carlo Tree Search: The "Imagination" Algorithm That Mastered the Game of Go

Shachia
Shachia
Issue 31 - Run-Length Encoding: The Simple "Count and Say" Algorithm That Shrinks Data

Nov 17, 2025

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4 min read

Issue 31 - Run-Length Encoding: The Simple "Count and Say" Algorithm That Shrinks Data

Shachia
Shachia
Issue 30 - The Pub/Sub Pattern: The "Newspaper Delivery" Model for Scalable Apps

Nov 14, 2025

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5 min read

Issue 30 - The Pub/Sub Pattern: The "Newspaper Delivery" Model for Scalable Apps

Shachia
Shachia
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Sleeping Giants

Innovation isn’t always about inventing something new. Sometimes, it’s about rediscovering something brilliant. Sleeping Giants is a daily newsletter that uncovers powerful, ready-to-use technologies from the archives of science and engineering. Each issue highlights a “sleeping giant”—a proven piece of research or code—and explores its untapped potential for building the businesses of the future.

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