Ryan Gibson

Thoughts on optimizing paid time off and a simple toy model of burnout.

Analyzing commute trends in Charlotte, NC using Google Maps traffic data.

A mathematical animation explaining the Nobel Prize-winning Black-Scholes formula for a general audience.

A collection of asset allocation rules for every age, implied by Vanguard’s target date retirement funds.

A short discussion of the performance cost of printing to a terminal. They are far more expensive than most junior developers realize.

A straightforward derivation of the famous option pricing formula using only basic probability and statistics. No stochastic calculus required!