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Vibe coding enables one to program in plain English. However, it means speed over code review and rigor. Code quality may be inconsistent. Vibe coding has become the new must-do in technology shops.

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Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number and double the other. After crossing out rows with ...

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