Welcome to lumænaut!

I'm Alberto, and this is my workshop for digital brainteasers—the kind you pick apart, turn over, and (most days) figure out.

I'm hooked on problems that feel like riddles: an algorithm that bends around a corner case, a math enigma that winks at you from a LeetCode prompt, a game mechanic that just won't click. This website is my logbook of those mind‑bogglers—the ones I'm solving, the ones that stump me, and the satisfying "aha!" moments along the way.

Expect a bit of everything from the digital riddle box: computer science challenges, mathematical curiosities, game‑dev tinkering, and the occasional STEM head‑scratcher that wanders into my orbit. I'm not here to lecture from a podium; I'm here to sit down with a good brainteaser, turn the pieces over, and scribble out the messy, fun process of making them fit.

Why lumænaut you ask?

lumænaut ( /ˈluːmɪnɔːt/ )
Etymology: From Latin lumen ("light") + Greek nautes ("sailor, traveler").
Meaning: A traveler of light.

Untangling a knotty problem feels exactly like that—chasing beams of insight, moving from the dark of not‑knowing toward the glow of an idea. (And yes, the 'æ' is just there to give a tiny spark to the name.)

Here's the terrain we'll cover:

Algorithms & Data Structures: Cracking LeetCode challenges, optimizing for elegance, and learning why the hash map always saves the day.

Mathematics: Playing with the whimsical side of numbers, proofs, and patterns—whether it's a Project Euler brain‑tickler or a geometry thought experiment.

Game Dev: Building tiny interactive enigmas and mechanics, one prototype at a time.

STEM Miscellany: Physics simulations, engineering teasers, and whatever else sparks curiosity.

This isn't a textbook. It's a journal full of rough edges, dead ends, and the occasional eureka moment scrawled in the margins.

Ready to solve something? Let's pull the first piece out of the box.

Alberto Del Valle

Coder | Indie Game Dev | Blogger