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Showcasing Your Best Code with GitHub Pinned Repositories

Your GitHub profile is the first thing many people see when they want to work with you. But if you’re like me, you have dozens of old, half-baked project…

The Planning Fallacy: Why Everything Takes Longer Than You Think

The Sydney Opera House was supposed to take six years to build and cost seven million dollars. It took fourteen years and cost 102 million dollars. The Sco…

Build Systems and Monorepos: Managing Large-Scale Codebases

As web projects grow, managing multiple packages, applications, and shared code becomes a significant challenge. Monorepos—single repositories containing…

Building a Portfolio: Projects Over Certificates

I’ve seen people with dozens of certificates who can’t solve a real-world problem. And I’ve seen self-taught people with amazing GitHub portfolios la…

Gradle vs Maven: Why I Switched for Some Projects

For years, I was a Maven guy. The rigid structure of Maven is comforting. You know exactly where to find things. But when I started working on a project wi…

Why I Use Cloud Source Repositories Instead of GitHub

Okay, hear me out. I love GitHub. I have a paid account. But for my work projects on GCP, I started using Cloud Source Repositories. The integration is sea…

Dubai's Sustainability Agenda: Green Business in the Desert

The irony of one of the world's largest oil and gas exporters becoming a leader in clean energy is not lost on observers, but the UAE's commitment to its e…

Why I Use Cloud Source Repositories Instead of GitHub

Okay, hear me out. I love GitHub. I have a paid account. But for my work projects on GCP, I started using Cloud Source Repositories. The integration is sea…

Neighborhood First: Why Nepal and Maldives Are Giving India a Headache

It’s a classic trope: the big brother syndrome. India’s ‘Neighborhood First’ policy sounds great on paper, but implementing it has been messy. Look…

Cloud Functions: The Duct Tape That Holds My Side Projects Together

I have a problem: I start too many side projects. But I also have a solution: Google Cloud Functions. Need a webhook? Cloud Function. Need to process an im…

I Spent $100 on GCP Credits and Built a Data Science Portfolio

I wanted to break into data science, but I didn't have any projects to show. Then I discovered that Google Cloud gives $300 in free credits to new users. I…

Cloud Functions: The Duct Tape That Holds My Side Projects Together

I have a problem: I start too many side projects. But I also have a solution: Google Cloud Functions. Need a webhook? Cloud Function. Need to process an im…

Webpack vs Vite: Choosing the Right Build Tool

The build tool landscape has evolved dramatically, and the choice between Webpack and Vite can significantly impact your development experience. Webpack ha…

I Spent $100 on GCP Credits and Built a Data Science Portfolio

I wanted to break into data science, but I didn't have any projects to show. Then I discovered that Google Cloud gives $300 in free credits to new users. I…

Building Your Portfolio as a Web Developer

Your portfolio is often the deciding factor in job applications. It needs to do more than just list skills—it should demonstrate them. Start with a clean…

Setting Up Your Environment: Python, Conda, and Virtual Environments

If you’ve ever had a project break because you updated a library, you know the pain. I’ve been there. One day your code runs, the next day you run 'pip…

Python Packaging and Dependency Management

Sharing your Python code with others, or even just managing your own projects, requires understanding packaging and dependencies. The standard way is to us…

Engineering and Construction Jobs in Dubai: The Boom Continues

Dubai has not stopped building since the 1970s and shows no sign of stopping now. The city's infrastructure pipeline includes new metro extensions, megapro…

Setting Up Your Python Development Environment

A good development environment can make your Python journey much smoother. Start by downloading the latest version of Python from python.org. During instal…

I Used Cloud Scheduler to Automate My Life (Not Just My Servers)

Cloud Scheduler is technically for triggering Cloud Functions or HTTP endpoints. But I've started using it for everything. I have a scheduler job that call…

The Golden Age of Open Source Software

Open source software has quietly become the backbone of the modern digital economy. From the Linux operating system that powers most servers to the countle…

I Used Cloud Scheduler to Automate My Life (Not Just My Servers)

Cloud Scheduler is technically for triggering Cloud Functions or HTTP endpoints. But I've started using it for everything. I have a scheduler job that call…

I Used GCP to Host a Family Reunion Website (And My Grandma Was Impressed)

My family wanted a website for our reunion. Photos, RSVP, schedule, updates. I built it in a weekend. Frontend on Firebase Hosting. A Cloud Function to han…

I Used GCP to Host a Family Reunion Website (And My Grandma Was Impressed)

My family wanted a website for our reunion. Photos, RSVP, schedule, updates. I built it in a weekend. Frontend on Firebase Hosting. A Cloud Function to han…

Bun vs Node.js: The JavaScript Runtime Showdown

Bun has emerged as a serious competitor to Node.js, promising dramatically faster performance for JavaScript and TypeScript development. Built on JavaScrip…

How to Choose Between Claude, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Grok

With so many AI options, choosing can be overwhelming. Here is my practical guide. Choose Claude if you need large context windows, excellent documentation…

Object-Oriented Programming in Python

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a paradigm that organizes code around objects rather than functions. Python is an OOP language from the ground up. A c…

The Privacy Trade-Off in AI Coding Assistants

Using AI coding assistants often means sharing your code with third-party servers. This privacy trade-off deserves more attention. For open-source projects…

Functions: Writing Reusable Code

Functions are the building blocks of any non-trivial Python program. They allow you to encapsulate a piece of logic and reuse it without copying and pastin…

Building a Chrome Extension with Claude: Step by Step

I wanted to learn Chrome extension development, so I asked Claude to guide me through building a simple productivity extension. It broke down the manifest…

Getting Started with Node.js and NPM

JavaScript used to be confined to the browser. Then Node.js came along and allowed us to run JavaScript on the server. For a beginner, installing Node also…

Learning by Doing: My Favorite Kaggle Competitions for Beginners

I spent months reading textbooks, but I didn’t really learn ML until I started doing Kaggle competitions. There’s something about the pressure of a lea…

Understanding SAGAR: India’s Vision for the Indo-Pacific

If you’ve been following Indian foreign policy, you’ve heard the term ‘SAGAR’—Security and Growth for All in the Region. It’s meant to be India…

How Claude Handles Long Conversations: Staying on Track

One of the practical challenges with AI assistants is staying coherent over long, complex conversations. Anyone who's had the experience of an AI suddenly…

Legal Jobs in Dubai: Working in the Gulf's Legal Capital

Dubai's legal market is centred predominantly on DIFC, where the English common law courts have created an environment in which international law firms can…

In-Demand Jobs in Dubai 2025: Where the Opportunities Really Are

Dubai's economy has diversified significantly over the past decade, and the sectors with the greatest appetite for talent in 2025 reflect that diversificat…

The New Deal: When America Reinvented Its Government

By March 4, 1933, the day Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated as the thirty-second president of the United States, the American economy was in a stat…

Aerospace and Defense: Reaching for the Stars

Growing up in Florida, I always watched rockets launch from Cape Canaveral. I never thought I’d be part of that world. But after getting an associate deg…

Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why We Throw Good Money After Bad

You have been watching a film for forty-five minutes and you are not enjoying it. You paid for the ticket. Do you leave, or do you sit through the remainin…

Construction Management: Building America

I started as a laborer on a construction site right out of high school. I worked my way up, learned the ropes, and went back to school for construction man…

Running a Kubernetes Cluster for $0.10 a Day with GKE Autopilot

Kubernetes is powerful but scary. It's also expensive if you run it wrong. I had a small app that needed a database, a cache, and an API. Running this on s…

Claude for Education: How Students and Teachers Are Using It

Education might be one of the domains where Claude is having the most interesting impact — and also one of the most debated. Here's how students and teac…

Claude for Coding: How Developers Are Using It in Real Projects

Developers have been integrating Claude into their workflows in ways that go well beyond 'generate a function.' The ways Claude gets used in real engineeri…

GitHub Sponsors: Turning Open Source into a Side Hustle

I maintain a small open-source library that I use for my own projects. It was just a hobby. Then a user opened an issue and asked if I had a GitHub Sponsor…

The Myanmar Crisis: India’s Dilemma of Democracy vs. Stability

Myanmar is India’s gateway to Southeast Asia. But the 2021 military coup put us in a bind. On one hand, India is the world’s largest democracy and mora…

Why Claude's Large Context Window Changed My Workflow

Claude's ability to handle massive context windows up to 200,000 tokens is not just a marketing gimmick. I regularly paste entire codebases, lengthy resear…

Artifact Registry: Where My Containers Go to Be Safe

I used Docker Hub for a while. It was fine until I had a private image that I didn't want public. Then I discovered Artifact Registry on GCP. It's a privat…

Running a Kubernetes Cluster for $0.10 a Day with GKE Autopilot

Kubernetes is powerful but scary. It's also expensive if you run it wrong. I had a small app that needed a database, a cache, and an API. Running this on s…

Cloud IAM: The One Thing You Must Get Right (And How I Messed It Up)

I gave a service account the 'Owner' role. I know. I'm ashamed. It was my first week on GCP. I wanted everything to just work. It did work. Too well. One d…

Understanding the GitHub Flow: A Simple Workflow for Humans

When I first started with Git, the tutorials were overwhelming. Merge, rebase, cherry-pick—it felt like learning a new language. Then I discovered the Gi…

Immigration and the Making of American Power

Between 1880 and 1920, approximately twenty-five million immigrants arrived in the United States. They came from Southern and Eastern Europe — Italy, Pol…

Artifact Registry: Where My Containers Go to Be Safe

I used Docker Hub for a while. It was fine until I had a private image that I didn't want public. Then I discovered Artifact Registry on GCP. It's a privat…

Unlocking Creativity: Using AI for Art, Music, and Writing

For a long time, we thought creativity was the final frontier that machines could never conquer. But AI has proven us wrong, not by replacing human artists…

Cloud IAM: The One Thing You Must Get Right (And How I Messed It Up)

I gave a service account the 'Owner' role. I know. I'm ashamed. It was my first week on GCP. I wanted everything to just work. It did work. Too well. One d…

GitHub Pages: Your Free, No-Excuse Portfolio

Micro Frontends: Scaling Frontend Development

As frontend applications grow beyond what a single team can manage, micro frontends offer an architectural solution. The idea is simple: break your monolit…

My First Month on GCP: A Complete Beginner's Journey

I came into GCP knowing nothing. No cloud experience. No infrastructure background. Just a developer who wanted to deploy an app. Month one was chaotic. I…

My First Month on GCP: A Complete Beginner's Journey

I came into GCP knowing nothing. No cloud experience. No infrastructure background. Just a developer who wanted to deploy an app. Month one was chaotic. I…

Tailwind CSS: Utility-First Styling That Changes How You Build

Tailwind CSS has sparked a revolution in how developers approach styling. Instead of writing custom CSS in separate files, you apply pre-existing utility c…

Animal (2023): Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Dark, Intense Family Drama

Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal is perhaps the most polarizing film of 2023. It's a dark, unflinching exploration of toxic masculinity, father-son dynamics, a…

Motion Design on the Web: Framer Motion and Advanced Animation

Motion design elevates web experiences from functional to delightful. Framer Motion has become the standard for React animations, providing a declarative A…

Web Components: Building Reusable Custom Elements

Web Components are a set of browser standards that allow developers to create custom, reusable HTML elements that work across any framework. The suite incl…

Microsoft's Secret Weapon That You Have Never Heard Of

Everyone knows Windows. Everyone knows Office. But Microsoft has a hidden gem. GitHub. They bought it for 7.5 billion dollars in 2018. At the time, develop…

Building Your First API with Node.js and Express

Creating your own API is a milestone for any web developer, and Node.js with Express makes it surprisingly approachable. Start by initializing a project wi…

Why China’s Economy Is Slowing Down (And India’s Isn’t)

I’ve been following economic news for years, and one thing is clear: the China dream is facing a reality check. Real estate crisis. Youth unemployment…