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Deep-dive computer science essays, algorithmic complexity, distributed systems architectures, and formal computation by Kristian Rickert.

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Computer Science Aug 27, 2026 6 min read

The Architecture of Computation: Why Computer Science is a Superset of Data Science

Moving beyond empirical curve fitting to the fundamental limits of state, decidability, and distributed systems.

A deep dive into why data science is an applied sub-discipline of computer science, and why foundational understanding of state machines, complexity classes, and consensus matters more than ever.

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