This is a thread about the CORDIC algorithm, and why it's been living rent-free in my brain for the last couple of weeks 🧵 CORDIC is an algorithm for computing trig functions like sin, cos, tan etc on low powered hardware, without an FPU or expensive lookup tables. In fact, it reduces these complex functions to simple additions and bit shifts.

Seeing the HBO email mishap got me thinking about about the fuck up I once made that I still think about to this day.

A 🧵 that I hope will illustrate some of the factors that can go into these kinds of events. I'm keeping everything, including the companies, anonymised. I know some people on here know me personally, and may have even worked with me on these project, and I'd ask you not to name any names either.