Programming in Python is fun, you can get maximum done with minimum means…for the most part. Lately, I’ve been playing around with Python’s multiprocessing module, I thought I’d use some of the long weekend time to write up this post summarizing some general patterns (potentially) for others to leverage.
Read MoreI started working as a full time software engineer when I was half way through my computer science graduate program, finished rest of the coursework as a remote student simultaneously. I've changed three jobs since then i.e., one job in every 1yr 10months on an average and, not bragging, I also got promoted at least once in each of these roles, often offered counter offers for retention which I humbly turned down. Many people including interviewers have asked me about this 'job hopping' of mine and I though I'd share my general perspective on this..
Read MoreIf you are a software engineer and not working in some tech backwaters, you must have heard the latest buzz words - containers, micro services, Docker, cloud native apps etc. - all of which essentially points to containerizing your software applications and the benefits you reap from doing so. Containers are all about efficiency - doing more with less. Most of the time your app is using only <~25% (probably even less) of the platform it’s running on, the other ~75% is a waste; unnecessary fat. Don’t believe me? here’s the data-
Read MoreFor some yet-un-known reason, I started reading “The Myth of Sisyphus” by Albert Camus and I must say, the experience so far, is - enlightening. Come to think of it, the subjects of logic, reason, rationality and so called ‘ways of the left-brain’ has always been intriguing to me, mainly because my life as an engineer (most of the world for that matter) is fueled by them.
Read MoreIf you are running a high traffic website, you know how painful referrer spam is. It messes with your analytics, wastes your server resources and brings bunch of bad stuff with it. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to solve this issue on Nginx web server
Read MoreSo, you have a kick-ass idea, you wanna build a startup with it ? Good. There are literally many ways to make it a reality - some may be relevant to you, some not. I’d like to share some thoughts on this subject from my relatively small experience dealing with ‘em.
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