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Don't start from scratch

Jan 11, 20215 min read

Last year, after reading a couple of books I thought I should try launching my own SaaS app. I planned and developed whereAmI until November. In November, I burned out and stopped doing anything outside my full-time job. The app is very simple and c...

Book Notes: On Writing Well by William Zinsser

Dec 21, 20204 min read

I read On Writing Well earlier this year which made a huge impact on my thoughts about writing. I am revisiting my book notes and highlights in the last weeks of the year and thought I should post a summary of key takeaways from each book. Zinsser ...

Nobody is working for 8 hours a day, Why?

Sep 30, 20207 min read

Recently I came across an interesting question on twitter about average working hours per day. https://twitter.com/srigokulkrish/status/1307003566763077634?s=20 A knowledge worker spends an average of only 2 to 4 hours a day on productive work. The r...

9 important lessons I learned as a developer for 7 years

Sep 18, 20208 min read

I'm working as a software developer for 7 years. You can read my background and how I got into the industry here. There are a few things I wish I learned earlier. Knowing these in advance would have made my job a lot easier. Some of this might sound...

Why the BASH shell is called BASH?

Sep 9, 20202 min read

Note: I always wanted to write posts that are useful to others. But I have a perfection problem and I am not getting shit done. To stop procrastinating in the name of perfection, I decided to post small things that are imperfect. This is one such pos...

How to set onPush as the default change detection strategy for new Angular components?

Sep 7, 20202 min read

Most angular components I create are generated using the angular CLI. Every time I had to set the change detection to onPush after the component has been created. I know there is an option to set it as the default, but I was lazy to search and set it...