Random numbers that we generate in our programming language are

Arpit Bhayani

Arpit Bhayani

Sep 19, 2022 • 1 min read


Random numbers that we generate in our programming language are not actually random, but pseudo-random.

Given the same seed value, they will spit out the exact same sequence of numbers every single time.

If you are curious, read about Pseudo-random number generators. In 2020, I wrote a detailed essay about generating PRNG using Cellular Automata. If interested, the link to the article is in the comment.

Arpit Bhayani

Principal Engineer II at Razorpay - building Agent Studio, Ex-staff engg at GCP Memorystore & Dataproc, Creator of DiceDB, ex-Amazon Fast Data, ex-Director of Engg. SRE and Data Engineering at Unacademy. I spark engineering curiosity through my no-fluff engineering videos on YouTube and my courses