I’m launching an email list for my book-in-progress, which is tentatively titled, “A Programmer’s Introduction to Mathematics.”
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This will probably end up being a monthly or once-every-two-months newsletter with my progress updates. I’ll probably also use this email list to send out sneak peeks of certain chapters and ask for feedback. A lot about the book is still up in the air, but now that the excitement of my PhD defense has passed, I can focus deeply on the book.
A short description of the intended audience (from the comments on this post)
My target audience is a programmer who has gotten through the standard CS education, but never felt they deeply understood math. Think of it as a step up from Kalid’s Better Explained blog (I won’t explain the basics of exponents or trigonometry), but a big step below the hard posts on this blog. I’ll emphasize connections and analogies between math and programming. Think of it as a coherent, linear version of the introductory posts on this blog with cool and nontrivial applications. I will also focus on building the skills and mindset that allows one to pick up other math books and continue learning.
More than anything, I want to keep this blog free of too much non-math, so this will be my last plug for the book until the day it’s released.

A mock cover. Look closely and you’ll see it’s got 95 pages so far.
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