Why Being on HackerNews is a SuperpowerWhen I first logged onto IRC circa 2001, the internet was a curious place, instantly connecting me to other nerd kids. Over the years, it has turned exceedingly bitter, and HackerNews is no exception. I’ve been an “active lurker” since 2008, occasion...Nov 17, 2024·2 min read
Big Data, Big Junk"You must not waste food," I was told a lot as a picky eater. And it was not just about food wastage. We got lessons each time we forgot to switch off the fan, or accidentally kept the TV on, or scribbled something unimportant in our precious noteboo...Mar 18, 2024·4 min read
What Makes for a Good Beginner's Project?You're able to create fun small scripts as described in some course. But when you want to create something "real-world," you don't know where to start. Between programs that are laughably simplistic and the ones that are gigantic monoliths, how can y...Mar 17, 2024·4 min read
Learning to Code but Not Able to Build Your Own Ideas?When a newcomer learns to code from a book, he understands what’s written, and completes all the exercises. Yet, when he sits down to build an idea, the blank screen gives him a “programmer’s block.” He’s clueless where to begin his app that “filters...Mar 17, 2024·4 min read
The Philosophy of TechnologyNew frameworks, libraries, and technologies keep getting released like a firehose of innovation. However, there's one thing that often gets neglected. It's not something that you can hold, or contain within a file, or air-gap from the rest of the wor...Feb 17, 2024·1 min read
