I wonder if there are any programmers who have never thought of writing a game AI. Often, Tic-Tac-Toe is one of those first games that come to mind. So, it was for me too. Today, am so grateful to say that, i finally had my dream come true. I wrote an AI that plays Tic-Tac-Toe. And it works ! It can be found at github.com/jjkavalam/tic-tac-toe A few notes: It is written in Golang ! Golang is great ! Thank you Zendesk for making me learn it. The algorithm uses Minimax. The heart of the algorithm is documented in logic.go The implementation of minimax can be different and perhaps more elegant. Refer to this project for a different take on it.

(That’s what I renamed my good old electrokavalam blog to. However, I felt that it’s better to continue posting here rather than on blogspot.) Who is this JVM Lover ? Well, I mean myself. And I hope you are one too. Being an software lover, I could expose myself to a good deal of the software engineering discourse over the past few years. What stands out the most to me, besides the actual content of those discussions, is simply just how busy this space is. Innovation is happening at a break-neck speed and change is incessant and new things are constantly coming out. ...

// some F# code // Hopefully syntax highlighted type A = B | C I can add text, code and simple diagrams. Great to get started !

The world of software is vibrant than ever; innovation is the norm and the quality bar that today’s software has to meet is placed high indeed. However, for the programmer this poses a tremendous challenge. It’s no more possible to feel comfortable with the language or framework that one uses; because there are numerous quality alternatives out there. This in my own experience can be the cause of quite some anxiety and even exhaustion from trying to keep up. I believe this is a sentiment that many others would share too. ...