Blog — Alex Gordienko

Latest — Apr 2, 2021

Computational Neural Network Model of Cholinergic Activity in the Hippocampus

This research was completed as an undergraduate independent project under the supervision of Dr. Katherine Duncan. Here, I instantiate a neural network model of cholinergic effect in the hippocampus which executes pattern separation tasks under various levels of simulated ACh activity.

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Dynamic image loading with NextJS

This short blog post is to provide an example of dynamically serving content (images in this case) in NextJS. Over the last few years, Next has seen its method of static file storage change, so figuring out how to dynamically display this content can be a bit confusing.

Aug 9, 2020 — 1 min read

Saving time with Aliasing in Unix

This is a quick post about some wonderful time-saving functionality you can add to your Linux or macOS machine (sorry Windows) when you find yourself using the terminal often. We'll take a look at creating aliases for your machine.

May 28, 2020 — 1 min read

Fixing the "Request Entity Too Large" Issue with Ghost Blogs on Digital Ocean

Recently, I ran into an issue where my Ghost build on Digital Ocean rejected some image uploads with a 413 error: Request Entity Too Large. This post goes over a few possible fixes to the problem and the solution that worked for me.

Feb 11, 2020 — 3 min read

Micro Case Study: Building Production Sites with an Extremely Fast Turnaround

Design projects, beginning from the initial client meeting and ending in the finished live product, often take anywhere from a few weeks to years to fully complete. So what happens when this methodology gets turned on its head and you have 24 hours to create an on-brand landing page and event page?

Feb 4, 2020 — 6 min read

Renaming Photos in Bulk with Python

Renaming photos individually is very time consuming - not to mention incredibly boring! So, with the help of a short python script, you can rename whole swaths of photos at once per a specific and informative naming scheme at the push of a button.

Jan 21, 2020 — 3 min read

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