The Irregular Journal of a Pseudo-Random Software Engineer
After 4 years of resisting a good deal, I finally gave in. The new Mac mini is such a beast at a sweet price point that it was hard to avoid, especially with my laptop now more than two years old. Abiding by my GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) avoidance strategy, I have decided to sell […]
The 8th edition of my weekly newsletter is out – a collection of interesting things I learned (or realized) last week (roughly) – in a quick-read package. Today I Learned (TIL) is a weekly newsletter where I share interesting insights I learned last week from podcasts, books, and self-realization. I aim to share 7 insights, […]
This is a book about becoming a 2x or 3x version of yourself sustainably – without artificial means such as performance-enhancing drugs.
Chasing grand goals relies on lucky breaks or circumstances outside of our control. An effective antidote is lifestyle-centric planning – defining a master narrative and then working backward to fulfill it.
The higher-level APIs provided an abstraction over the low-level stuff and were supposed to be cross-platform and easy to use. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out to be that easy to use.
The sixth edition of my weekly newsletter is out – a collection of interesting things I learned (or realized) last week – in a quick-read package. Today I Learned (TIL) is a weekly newsletter where I share interesting insights I learned last week from podcasts, books, and self-realization. I aim to share 7 insights, one […]
Automated a11y testing tools like aXe will cover only up to 57% of all accessibility issues. To spot the remaining 43% issues, manual testing is required.
This edition covers cool productivity tips to boost performance, thoughts about Indian sports and women leaders, and coding tidbits related to jQuery and Java.
Lenny Primak made a pretty convincing argument in favor of Java – modern features, speed, and more concise syntax. It’s still one of the top programming languages as per various indices.
Today I Learned (TIL) is a weekly newsletter where I share interesting insights I learned last week from podcasts, books, and self-realization. I aim to share 7 insights, one from each day of the week, but that’s not always the case especially when I am traveling. The fourth edition went out yesterday where I talked […]