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chiragbharadwaj · Dec 26, 2024 · a07bd3e · a07bd3e
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diff --git a/_assets/css/styles.css b/_assets/css/styles.css
@@ -151,8 +151,15 @@
 /* html: for overall page formatting */
 html {
   background: white;
-  margin-top: 80px;
-  margin-bottom: 80px;
+  margin-top: 1em;
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+  padding: 0em;
+  padding-bottom: 1em;
+}
+@media (min-width: 56em) {
+  html {
+    margin-top: 4em;
+  }
 }
 
 /* body: for the actual text found in pages by default */
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ body {
 
   line-height: 1.5em;
   margin: auto;
-  max-width: 68em;
+  max-width: 56em;
   width: 100%;
 }
 
@@ -255,23 +262,6 @@ img.resize {
   margin-bottom: 1em;
 }
 
-/* sidebar: for navigating back to the home page */
-.sidebar {
-  padding-bottom: 1em;
-  padding-right: 1em;
-}
-@media (max-width: 480px) {
-  html {
-    margin: 1em;
-    padding: 0em;
-  }
-}
-@media (min-width: 68em) {
-  .sidebar {
-    padding-top: 3em;
-  }
-}
-
 /* katex: for rendering equations dynamically on posts */
 .katex {
   font-size: 1.1em !important;

diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -43,31 +43,43 @@
 
   <body>
     <div class="container">
-      <div class="row">
-        <div class="col-12 col-md-1 sidebar">
-          <!-- Show a navigational sidebar, if needed. Otherwise, leave empty. -->
-            {% unless page.hide_nav %}
-              <a href="{{site.url}}">[Home]</a>
-            {% endunless %}
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="col-12 col-md-10">
-          <!-- Display the actual content on the page. -->
-          {{content}}
-
-          <!-- Generate a simple, informational footer per page (if needed). -->
-          {% unless page.hide_footer %}
-          <hr/>
-          <footer>
-            This page was generated using Jekyll, Markdown, and KaTeX.
-          </footer>
+      <!-- Show a navigational sidebar, if needed. Otherwise, leave empty. -->
+      {% unless page.hide_nav %}
+      <nav class="breadcrumbs">
+        {% assign subpaths = page.path | split: '/' %}
+        {% if subpaths.last == 'index.md' %}
+          {% assign new_length = subpaths.size | minus: 1 %}
+          {% assign subpaths = subpaths | slice: 0, new_length %}
+        {% endif %}
+
+        [ <a href="/">home</a> | 
+        {% assign curr_path = '' %}
+        {% for subpath in subpaths %}
+          {% assign path = subpath | remove: '.md' %}
+          {% if forloop.last %}
+            <b>{{ path }}</b>
+          {% else %}
+            {% assign curr_path = curr_path | append: '/' | append: subpath %}
+            <a href="{{ curr_path }}">{{ path }}</a>
+          {% endif %}
+          {% unless forloop.last %}
+            | 
           {% endunless %}
-        </div>
+        {% endfor %}
+        ]
+      </nav>
+      {% endunless %}
+
+      <!-- Display the actual content on the page. -->
+      {{content}}
 
-        <div class="col-12 col-md-1">
-          <!-- Leave empty for appearance of centering. -->
-        </div>
-      </div>
+      <!-- Generate a simple, informational footer per page (if needed). -->
+      {% unless page.hide_footer %}
+      <hr/>
+      <footer>
+        This page was generated using Jekyll, Markdown, and KaTeX.
+      </footer>
+      {% endunless %}
     </div>
 
     {% if page.katex %}

diff --git a/_layouts/landing.html b/_layouts/landing.html
diff --git a/blogs/art/index.md b/blogs/art/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: blogs | art
+---
+
+# Drawings and paintings
+
+----
+
+![construction][]
+
+[construction]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/images/construction.png
diff --git a/blogs/chinese/index.md b/blogs/chinese/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: blogs | chinese
+---
+
+# Chinese language and literature
+
+----
+
+![construction][]
+
+[construction]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/images/construction.png
diff --git a/blogs/finance/index.md b/blogs/finance/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: blogs | finance
+---
+
+# Personal finance and early retirement
+
+----
+
+![construction][]
+
+[construction]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/images/construction.png
diff --git a/blogs/index.md b/blogs/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: blogs
+---
+
+# Blogs
+
+----
+
+Here are some of my personal blogs. They focus on my hobbies and interests as of now; if I develop any new avocations (e.g. pottery), then I'll be sure to add it to the list below. My goal with these blogs is to track my progress and skillset in a variety of areas.
+
+Please join me on my journey to the modern Renaissance!
+
+|Page|Title|Description|
+|---|---|---|
+||||
+|[[link]][finance]|*Personal finance*|Some koans around managing one's finances effectively towards early retirement.|
+||||
+|[[link]][shogi]|*Shogi tactics*|Lessons on shogi strategies: openings, josekis, attacks, defenses, drops, endings.|
+||||
+|[[link]][chinese]|*Chinese language*|Documenting proficiency in a foreign language. Focus on writing and speaking.|
+||||
+|[[link]][piano]|*Piano performances*|Trying to re-teach myself piano from scratch. Recordings and analyses.|
+||||
+|[[link]][art]|*Drawings and paintings*|A loose collection of my artwork. Mostly just tracking progress.|
+
+[finance]: {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/finance/
+[shogi]:   {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/shogi/
+[chinese]: {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/chinese/
+[piano]:   {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/piano/
+[art]:     {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/art/
diff --git a/blogs/piano/index.md b/blogs/piano/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: blogs | piano
+---
+
+# Piano performances and analyses
+
+----
+
+![construction][]
+
+[construction]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/images/construction.png
diff --git a/blogs/shogi/index.md b/blogs/shogi/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: blogs | shogi
+---
+
+# Shogi tactics
+
+----
+
+![construction][]
+
+[construction]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/images/construction.png
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
@@ -39,21 +39,31 @@ I work in machine learning, primarily in the recommendations space. A lot of my
 
 ## Various writings
 
-This site exists primarily to document my thoughts about mathematics, machine learning, and data engineering. My hope is that these musings and treatises can also serve as a valuable pedagogical tool for other ML practitioners.
+This site exists primarily to document my thoughts about mathematics, statistics, and machine learning. My hope is that these musings and treatises can also serve as a valuable pedagogical tool for other ML practitioners.
 
 ### Pedagogical expositions
 
-- Axiomatic motivation of calculus
-- Machine learning from scratch
-- Practical lessons in ML
-- Some solution sketches
+- [[link]][calculus] &thinsp; Axiomatic motivation of calculus 
+- [[link]][ml]       &thinsp; Machine learning from scratch
+- [[link]][sketches] &thinsp; Some solution sketches
 
 I also track my progress with my hobbies and interests on some associated blogs.
 
 ### Personal blogs
 
-- Personal finance
-- Shogi tactics
-- Chinese language/literature
-- Piano performances
-- Drawings and paintings
+- [[link]][finance] &thinsp; Personal finance
+- [[link]][shogi]   &thinsp; Shogi tactics
+- [[link]][chinese] &thinsp; Chinese language/literature
+- [[link]][piano]   &thinsp; Piano performances
+- [[link]][art]     &thinsp; Drawings and paintings
+
+
+[calculus]: {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/math/
+[ml]:       {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/ml/
+[sketches]: {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/
+
+[finance]:  {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/finance/
+[shogi]:    {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/shogi/
+[chinese]:  {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/chinese/
+[piano]:    {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/piano/
+[art]:      {{site.baseurl}}/blogs/art/
diff --git a/lectures/books/index.md b/lectures/books/index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
-layout: landing
+layout: default
+title: books
 ---
 
 # Solution sketches to various texts
@@ -12,44 +13,61 @@ Here are some solutions to selected problems from several foundational texts in
 
 ||Name of work|Author|Solution sketches|
 |---|---|---|
-|![][pugh]{:.resize}|_Real Mathematical Analysis_|Charles Pugh|Forthcoming|
-|![][rudin]{:.resize}|_Principles of Mathematical Analysis_|Walter Rudin|Forthcoming|
-|![][spivak]{:.resize}|_Calculus on Manifolds_|Michael Spivak|Forthcoming|
-|![][sheldon]{:.resize}|_Measure, Integration, and Real Analysis_|Sheldon Axler|Forthcoming|
+|![][pugh]{:.resize}|_Real Mathematical Analysis_|Charles Pugh|[[link]][pugh-book]|
+|![][rudin]{:.resize}|_Principles of Mathematical Analysis_|Walter Rudin|[[link]][rudin-book]|
+|![][spivak]{:.resize}|_Calculus on Manifolds_|Michael Spivak|[[link]][spivak-book]|
+|![][sheldon]{:.resize}|_Measure, Integration, and Real Analysis_|Sheldon Axler|[[link]][sheldon-book]|
 
 ## Abstract and linear algebra
 
 ||Name of work|Author|Solution sketches|
 |---|---|---|
-|![][artin]{:.resize}|_Algebra_|Michael Artin|Forthcoming|
-|![][axler]{:.resize}|_Linear Algebra Done Right_|Sheldon Axler|Forthcoming|
-|![][cookbook]{:.resize}|_The Matrix Cookbook_|Kaare Petersen, Michael Pedersen|Forthcoming|
+|![][artin]{:.resize}|_Algebra_|Michael Artin|[[link]][artin-book]|
+|![][axler]{:.resize}|_Linear Algebra Done Right_|Sheldon Axler|[[link]][axler-book]|
+|![][cookbook]{:.resize}|_The Matrix Cookbook_|K. Petersen, M. Pedersen|[[link]][cookbook-book]|
 
 ## Probability and statistics
 
 ||Name of work|Author|Solution sketches|
 |---|---|---|
-|![][statsci]{:.resize}|_Probability and Statistics_|Ronald Walpole, Raymond Myers|Forthcoming|
-|![][esl]{:.resize}|_Elements of Statistical Learning_|Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani,<br> Jerome Friedman|Forthcoming|
+|![][statsci]{:.resize}|_Probability and Statistics_|R. Walpole, R. Myers|[[link]][statsci-book]|
+|![][esl]{:.resize}|_Elements of Statistical Learning_|T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, J. Friedman|[[link]][esl-book]|
 
 ## Machine learning
 
 ||Name of work|Author|Solution sketches|
 |---|---|---|
-|![][mlapp]{:.resize}|_Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective_|Kevin Murphy|Forthcoming|
-|![][bishop]{:.resize}|_Deep Learning: Foundations and Concepts_|Christopher Bishop|Forthcoming|
+|![][mlapp]{:.resize}|_Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective_|Kevin Murphy|[[link]][mlapp-book]|
+|![][bishop]{:.resize}|_Deep Learning: Foundations and Concepts_|Christopher Bishop|[[link]][bishop-book]|
 
-[pugh]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/pugh/cover.jpg
-[rudin]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/rudin/cover.jpg
-[spivak]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/spivak/cover.jpg
-[sheldon]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/sheldon/cover.jpg
 
-[artin]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/artin/cover.jpg
-[axler]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/axler/cover.jpg
-[cookbook]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/cookbook/cover.png
+[pugh]:          {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/pugh/cover.jpg
+[rudin]:         {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/rudin/cover.jpg
+[spivak]:        {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/spivak/cover.jpg
+[sheldon]:       {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/sheldon/cover.jpg
 
-[statsci]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/statsci/cover.jpg
-[esl]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/esl/cover.jpg
+[artin]:         {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/artin/cover.jpg
+[axler]:         {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/axler/cover.jpg
+[cookbook]:      {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/cookbook/cover.png
 
-[mlapp]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/mlapp/cover.jpg
-[bishop]: {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/bishop/cover.jpg
+[statsci]:       {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/statsci/cover.jpg
+[esl]:           {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/esl/cover.jpg
+
+[mlapp]:         {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/mlapp/cover.jpg
+[bishop]:        {{site.baseurl}}/_data/books/bishop/cover.jpg
+
+
+[pugh-book]:     {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/pugh/
+[rudin-book]:    {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/rudin/
+[spivak-book]:   {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/spivak/
+[sheldon-book]:  {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/sheldon/
+
+[artin-book]:    {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/artin/
+[axler-book]:    {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/axler/
+[cookbook-book]: {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/cookbook/
+
+[statsci-book]:  {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/statsci/
+[esl-book]:      {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/esl/
+
+[mlapp-book]:    {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/mlapp/
+[bishop-book]:   {{site.baseurl}}/lectures/books/bishop/