2025 Oct 16 – The Search for the Best Base Part 3 – Evaluating the Bases The third part of an article documenting the search for the best way to write numbers. Part 3 goes through all the bases we identified in part 2, plus some honourary mentions, one by one, checking them against the criteria in part 2 plus some other stuff. Then I make my decision on what the best base is.
2025 Aug 15 – The Search for the Best Base Part 1 – Understanding the Problem An extensively long first part of a 3-part article documenting the search for the best way to write numbers. Part 1 explains what the difference between the different ways even is, and why it matters.
2025 Aug 15 – The Search for the Best Base Part 2 – Base Evaluation Criteria The second part of an article documenting the search for the best way to write numbers. Part 2 uses everything we’ve found in part 1 to narrow down the infinite search and create criteria for finding the best system.
