Day 3 of Change: Quantum & YouTube

Nothing major happened today, but it was still a productive one.

🚀 Started a New YouTube Channel

I finally launched a new YouTube channel and uploaded a short AI-generated video with my voice-over. Here's the video link (feel free to replace with actual link).
It’s not super professional, but it’s also not unbearable — somewhere in between. 😅

In the past, I created many channels but stopped after uploading just 1 or 2 videos. Let’s see how far this one goes.

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✅ Daily To-Do List

Here’s my usual to-do list:

• ⏱ 30 mins video editing

• ✍ Write some articles

• ⚛ Qiskit + The Bible of Quantum Computing (10th Anniversary Edition)

• 🤖 Kaggle ML

• 🏃 Jogging

• 📚 DSA

• 💻 C++

• 🌐 FreeCodeCamp Full Stack Course

Yesterday, I completed only 2 tasks.
Today, I did 4:

1. Created and uploaded a video

2. Wrote this article

3. Studied quantum computing

4. Jogged

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🧠 Quantum Computing Journey

I officially started learning quantum computing this month. Though I didn’t do much until now, today marked real progress.

I plan to complete quantum computing basics before August, then dive into Post-Quantum Cryptography research.
To prepare, I enrolled in Qiskit Summer School 2025 and chose two primary learning sources:

• Qiskit Textbook

• The Bible of Quantum Computing (10th Anniversary Edition)

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📖 Quantum History — A Fun Summary

Let me share a short, fun version of the history of quantum computing:

In the early 1900s, classical physics had a breakdown — predicting absurd things like infinite energy from toasters.
To fix this mess, scientists invented quantum mechanics, but even Einstein hated it, saying:
"God doesn't play dice." 🎲

For decades, it was a magical theory that worked but made no sense. Then in 1985, David Deutsch asked:
"What if we built computers using quantum weirdness instead of fighting it?"

In 1994, Peter Shor proved that quantum computers could break internet encryption — and global cybersecurity had a panic attack.

But quantum also gave us quantum cryptography, which is protected by the laws of physics themselves.

Today, quantum computers are like infants that can barely do a few tricks, while entanglement continues to be the ultimate long-distance relationship. 💘🌀

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📘 What I Learned Today

From IBM Quantum’s learning platform, I studied:

• Dirac Notation (Bra-Ket Notation)

• Unitary transformations in single quantum systems

Link to course: IBM Basics of Quantum Information – Single Systems

🔧 One issue: IBM used to provide downloadable PPTs for each section, but after recent updates, they removed them. That was frustrating. I even thought about emailing them, but forgot. Maybe tomorrow. 😅

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🔚 Wrapping Up

That’s it for today!
Let’s catch up in tomorrow’s article with new insights, progress, and hopefully some surprises.

Until then, keep learning, keep building. 👨‍💻⚛

Note: The Bible of Quantum Computing is not the actual name of the book. The book I’m referring to is titled “Quantum Computation and Quantum Information” by Nielsen and Chuang, which is widely considered the bible of quantum computing.

📄 Bonus:
I've created a typed PDF of my notes on the history of quantum computing — a fun and simplified version from my own perspective.
If you're curious or just starting out in quantum, feel free to check it out!

👉 Download My Quantum History Notes (PDF)