Hi! This is Nico, big nerd with a math background. I’ll write irregularly on topics that interest me, mostly math and programming (duh).

Here’s my GitHub page in case you’re in for a deep dive. You’ll also find the sources of this blog.

Recent Posts

The State of Math in Markdown

3 minute read

TLDR: Markdown + math is hard. GitHub is bad, Gitea better, GitLab best. Backticked syntax trumps $-syntax.

Math on GitHub: Following up

4 minute read

About six weeks ago, on May 19, 2022, GitHub released Math support on Markdown. At the time of the release, it received criticism for being ill-designed and ...

Math on GitHub: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

6 minute read

Finally! On May 19, 2022, GitHub released one of its most requested features: Math support on Markdown! Many had been anticipating this for years, including ...