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Pravesh Koirala
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Pravesh Koirala's personal blog at praveshkoirala.com covers philosophy, ai and writing. Since 2021, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 26 times, most often “A Non-Mathematical Introduction to Kalman Filters for Programmers”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a non-mathematical explanation of the Kalman filter, which one commenter calls simple and another suggests as a read. It is also cited on collective narcissism and disinformation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I’m currently a Graduate Research Assistant at the LAINE Laboratories of Vanderbilt University, where I also study as a CS PhD Student. I did both my Masters in Computer Science and Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Pulchowk Engineering Campus, Nepal. I have worked in the private software indus
Most-linked posts?
- A Non-Mathematical Introduction to Kalman Filters for Programmers3 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2023-06-18
- Combating disinformation with humility2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-04
- Surely you're publishing, Mr. Feynman!2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-03
What Hacker News says?
I enjoyed the simplicity of this explanation as well: https://praveshkoirala.com/2023/06/13/a-non-mathematical-int... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36971975
Comment linking /2023/06/13/a-non-mathematical-introduction-to-kalman-filters-for-programmers/
on “Kalman Filter Explained Simply”Submitted PageRank explained as a story · 148 points
HN discussionReminds me of something I wrote a year ago https://praveshkoirala.com/2024/11/21/the-democratization-of...
Comment linking /2024/11/21/the-democratization-of-education/
on “CS234: Reinforcement Learning Winter 2025”Submitted Combating disinformation with humility as a story · 76 points
HN discussionProbably found in the difference between being humiliated and being humbled. https://praveshkoirala.com/2021/11/03/combating-disinformati... https://harpers.org/archive/2021/10/put-on-the-diamonds-note... (Both previously posted on HN.)
Comment linking /2021/11/03/combating-disinformation-with-humility/
on “What collective narcissism does to society”Submitted Solving the Nerd-Sniping Problem: When Electronics Meets Heat Equations as a story · 64 points
HN discussionIf you think about it, teenage rebellion makes sense from an evolutionary perspective as it encourages a subgroup (teenagers) to explore outside whatever's the norm (aka adults). I wrote more about it in my blog post: https://praveshkoirala.com/2023/05/31/teenage-rebellion-is-j...
Comment linking /2023/05/31/teenage-rebellion-is-just-wind/
on “Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids”Submitted A Non-Mathematical Introduction to Kalman Filters for Programmers as a story · 16 points
HN discussionTry this one: https://praveshkoirala.com/2023/06/13/a-non-mathematical-int...
Comment linking /2023/06/13/a-non-mathematical-introduction-to-kalman-filters-for-programmers/
on “Kalman Filter Tutorial: Kalman Filter from the Ground Up”Submitted Hundred Pages vs. 11 Words as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Solving the Nerd-Sniping problem: when Electronics meets Heat as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Non-Mathematical Introduction to Kalman Filters for Programmers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Surely you're publishing, Mr. Feynman! as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do you understand what I'm saying? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Solving the Nerd-Sniping Problem: When Electronics Meets Heat Equations as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Non-Mathematical Introduction to Kalman Filters for Programmers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Surely you're publishing, Mr. Feynman as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mindblowing Loneliness as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Non-Mathematical Introduction to Kalman Filters for Programmers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Avg, Mean, and Average as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can God create square circles? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Artificial in Artificial Intelligence as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Artificial in AI as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted On the opposite end of the Imposter Syndrome as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Avg, Mean, and Average as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Catch-22 of Democracy as a story · 1 points
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