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On burnout
November 25, 2025A frank conversation with my mentor, and why I decided not to go to grad school.
Sarah Hong · 5 min read ·personalresearch+1 -
Dopamine farming amidst my responsibilities
November 2, 2025Being torn between research, music, robotics, and coursework, and seeking refuge in Balatro.
Sarah Hong · 4 min read ·researchpersonal+2 -
A graph theory algorithm for designing DNA strands
October 20, 2025This problem's at least a LeetCode hard.
Sarah Hong · 3 min read ·researchcs+1 -
On catsitting, motivation, and responsibility
August 17, 2025How being responsible for feeding a cat made me come face-to-face with my void of intrinsic motivation.
Sarah Hong · 10 min read ·researchpersonal+1 -
On procrastination, and why "I deserve it"
May 20, 2025Groundbreaking revelations deserve breaks? Reflections on coding in C++, Python, ASM, and on my time in bioinformatics.
Sarah Hong · 2 min read ·personalresearch+1 -
How MOSES paints with symmetries
April 15, 2025A greedy algorithm for creating self-assembling materials applying the group theoretic notion of symmetry onto lattices.
Sarah Hong · 9 min read ·csalgorithm+1 -
A day in the life at Gang lab
February 18, 2025On office life, McKeenisms, penguins, and coloring books.
Sarah Hong · 4 min read ·personalresearch -
The DNA origami problem: Self-assembling nanoblocks
October 6, 2024Given a desired superlattice structure, how can you design its constituent blocks to self-assemble into it?
Sarah Hong · 4 min read ·researchalgorithms+2
