Full-time programmer, part-time writer, and lifelong learner — Bio Hey! I am a programmer, hacker, computer science engineer, and product developer from Bangalore, India. I have 16+ years of Software engineering experience across multiple technologies including High-performance web backend platforms, Cloud services deployment. These are some of the areas I have worked in: Product Development, Systems software & firmware…

Are such questions relevant? — Many such questions that might not have any real use-case are often asked during the hiring process. And you might feel — “Why should I know that? I never had to do this in my career and probably will never do.” Let’s go back a bit in time. When you…

Change is constant in Software Design as well! — Most developers at least the naive ones directly jump to write code when they are presented with a problem. The love of writing code or the eagerness to solve the problem takes over. A good design is something a developer should worry about. Design is the solution that the developer…

Endless stairs are the only way to reach this village — Cherrapunji (aka Sohra) is one of the wettest places in the world. It receives over 11,000 mm of rain every year. It is situated in the Northeastern state of Meghalaya, India. Living root bridges are a common sight in the region. There are quite a few of them. More than…

Having an observer in the application is not good — “To understand is to perceive patterns” — Isaiah Berlin Design patterns help you solve common problems and keep your code maintainable, and extensible. The observer pattern is one such pattern. A set of observers keep watching a change in an object. On any change in the object, the observers are…

They confuse the hell out of you — Successful bloggers love writing about “How I made $XXXX in a month?” or “How I gained thousands of followers on the ____ platform in a short time”. These articles are written because they catch attention and we all love to read them. They trigger the dopamine and our desire to…

But still, I feel I am on the right path — Even after writing 100 blogs, I still feel I am still a newbie. I am earning about $200–300 per month, but still have no clue what makes an article viral. I have a good understanding of how to write an article that would get curated. But that does not mean…

From Cheapest Car to Leading EV Market in India — “I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.” — Ratan Tata The story of Tata Motors reflects what their chairman, Ratan Tata once said. The transition from making average cars to acquiring JRL to making great EVs in India. The journey of the…