Daily Note: 7 November 2026

I don’t normally re-watch lectures to study, but I spent today going over half of my L314 Digital Signals Processing lectures in preparation for an upcoming test. The Cambridge terms are quite compressed, so it’s helpful going over content to help piece it all together. I’ve been reading through Digital Signal Processing by Thomas Holton to supplement the coursework, and I’m finding it quite helpful. I selected the DSP module somewhat on a whim: I wanted something that was a bit more mathematical, and I thought I’d learn a lot of useful tools to reason about physical phenomena. I was very glad to be affirmed on both counts, and the lecturer, Markus Kuhn, is fabulous. I’ve also made good progress on my second assignment for DSP, and just need to put some finishing touches on it. It’s my first time using Julia and I’m quite enjoying it (certainly moreso than MATLAB). I especially like that it’s 1) open-source 2) fast. I know some people have gripes with it’s “time to first plot” due to…

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