https://almond.org/#writing Long-form essays and field guides on quantum computing from Almond Labs. en Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://almond.org/writing/quantum-circuit-design-patterns-1 https://almond.org/writing/quantum-circuit-design-patterns-1 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT dev@almond.org (Siddharth Lalwani) Twenty-six small rewrites that contestants used in two public quantum-circuit contests, each with an animated before and after circuit, Qiskit code, its effect on Toffoli and qubit counts, and a machine-checked Lean proof. https://almond.org/writing/quantum-50 https://almond.org/writing/quantum-50 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT dev@almond.org (Siddharth Lalwani) Forty quantum companies have raised $100M+ each, about $27.3B in total. A scan of 106 GitHub repos shows the money and the code are in different places. Every company, its funding, moat, and the exact repo to start with.