Ankush Choubey’s Blog

Freelancing Tips

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:25:39 GMT

Some freelancing tips I found on internet

Useful Assumptions for Sharper Decision-Making

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:43:20 GMT

Some useful assumptions to protect against cognitive biases

AI Hackathon: Lessons Learned from Building a Zombie Survival Game

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 11:01:22 GMT

A deep dive into my experience at an AI Hackathon, where I built a playable zombie survival game using Agentic AI. Learn from my planning, execution, and the surprising power of AI in game development.

Text Templates For Trello

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:47:11 GMT

A set of thinking tools and text snippets I use to bring clarity at every stage of my workflow — from arranging ideas to asserting outcomes.

Spring Boot Performance: Automated Tests to Detect API Calls Within Database Transactions

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 18:38:16 GMT

Protect your database connections with automated tests that detect API calls inside transactions before they cause performance issues.

CI Workflow Tweaks That Skyrocketed My Developer Productivity

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:09:55 GMT

Discover how optimizing my CI workflow with real-time notifications and smart monitoring tools helped me boost productivity and stay in deep developer flow

Things that developers do other than development

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 01:17:45 GMT

Developers do a lot of stuff that are often missed. This post highlights all of them

Step-by-Step Guide: Setting Up PIT Mutation Testing in a Multi-Module Maven Project

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 20:17:15 GMT

Boost your test quality with PIT Mutation Testing! Learn how to set up PIT in a multi-module Maven project to detect untested code paths and catch hidden bugs efficiently.

Mastering the Testing Pyramid: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:04:14 GMT

Delve into the layers of the Testing Pyramid and discover how to implement a balanced testing strategy that enhances software quality and accelerates development cycles.

How short, clean and clear can we write Java?

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 20:49:37 GMT

Thoughts on making Java clear and precise

Psychological Terms and Principles I Use to Understand and Process My Emotions

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Emotional mastery isn’t just about willpower; it’s about strategy. While emotions can feel overwhelming, psychology offers practical tools to regain control and navigate them with clarity.

Writing Cleaner Test with Domain-Specific Assertions

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Domain-specific assertions can help create an extremely clean test base. Learn how to create your own manually or with LLM.

How to Choose and Name Commands for Event Sourcing or CQRS

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Explore two approaches for creating and naming commands in command-based systems, balancing domain logic with structured formats.

Everything I know about Server-Side Caching

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Boost application performance and scalability with effective caching strategies, from basic principles to advanced implementation in Spring Boot.

Create In-Memory Repository based on HashMap for Unit Tests Using Generative AI Instead of Mocking

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Increasing accuracy of your Unit Tests and making them as easy to write as Integration Tests.

Automated Backward Compatibility Testing for APIs, Libraries and Databases

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Ensuring backward compatibility through structured deprecation processes and automated testing minimizes disruptions during system updates and migrations.

How I Organize My Trello for Maximum Personal Productivity

Sun, 19 May 2024 20:52:08 GMT

A Look at Board Structure, Card Structure and Dashboard Board that Help Me Stay Organized

Decoupling DTOs from Service Layers in Transactional Systems

Sun, 05 May 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Efficient strategies for managing data transformation within Spring Boot and RDBMS environments, optimizing response handling and maintaining transactional integrity.

Blueprint for a High-Performance Redux Store

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Learn how to optimize your Redux store for peak performance with clear steps and practical tips.

Navigating Global State Management - From Singletons to Redux

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Discover the transition from singleton patterns to advanced state management with Redux. Learn why modern libraries offer superior scalability and maintainability for UI applications

Crafting Unique ID from Composite Attributes for Key-Value Pairs (Redis, Map, and even Droppable-Id in React Beautiful DnD)

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Guidelines for generating clean, unique ID fields from composite attributes to enhance application maintainability and scalability, using encapsulated functions and semantically meaningful IDs.

Event Sourcing - Good Naming Convention, File Organization and Enforcing with ArchUnit tests

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Find out a naming convention and package structure to generate clean event sourcing code.

Wisdom & Lessons from My First Read of Shreemad Bhagavad Gita

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT

The Bhagavad Gita, from the Mahabharat, shares Krishna’s wisdom to Arjun on Karma, duty, and fulfillment. A timeless Hinduism guide for self-discovery.

5 Step Implementation of Custom Clean Event Sourcing in Spring Boot (without AggregateRoot)

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Implementing event sourcing in Spring Boot from scratch is easy. You just need to understand some core concepts.

Naming Convention for Indexes [Quick Read]

Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Create a clean descriptive index name

Unhealthy Communication Styles - Passive, Passive-Aggressive and Aggressive

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Unhealthy communication styles and their negative effects along with example to help identify them.

Where does our communication styles come from?

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Understanding the origins and impact of communication styles helps navigate between healthy and unhealthy patterns, fostering productive interactions.

How to generate and enforce naming conventions for you and your team?

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Creating a good naming convention that can help you and your team maintain a clean codebase

6 Approaches to come up with good variables, methods, and class names to create a fluent codebase

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Easy approaches to help you come up with descriptive clean names

3 Important Benefits of Good Naming in Programming / Software

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 20:52:08 GMT

The Naming convention is more important than any other part of clean code. Once you nail the name, everything else fits precisely!

Efficiently Connect Components with Redux and Other Stores

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:52:08 GMT

A state management library like Redux, Recoil, etc., can help you manage application state for large applications. These come with their own set of challenges that can be eliminated with good design.

A Simple Vanilla Contract Test between Backend and Frontend

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 20:52:08 GMT

Response during unit tests can be saved in files which can be used for Testing UI.

Thinking Microservices - Don't tie yourself to one or more downstream (consumer)

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Be careful not to introduce high coupling between microservices.

Notes from "You Need to Stop Simping"

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:42:15 GMT

We need to remove all supernormal stimulus that trick us into thinking we are into a relationship when we are not. This way we can develop healthy love. And not be addicted to someone and not SIMP.

Understanding Event Sourcing

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Event Sourcing is a paradigm where the entire state of an application is derived by replaying a series of events, providing benefits such as accurate auditing and schema flexibility.

Using ApplicationContext to Debug Spring Boot Faster

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Using ApplicationContext directly can indeed be a handy approach for debugging without setting up the entire application infrastructure.

Lessons Learned From The Movie Pinocchio

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:52:08 GMT

A cartoon can teach you about importance of self-discovery, aligning with one's conscience, and facing challenges voluntarily.

5 Step Process to Planning and Building a UI DOM Efficiently with Boxes, BEM and TDD

Sat, 28 Oct 2023 20:52:08 GMT

BEM, TDD, and thoughtful design supercharge web development by streamlining UI DOM planning for maximum efficiency.

Values are 'now'. Act!

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:42:15 GMT

Give up on thinking about the outcome. Do what needs to be done. Following your values is complete in itself. The outcome is a bonus.

Why psychological work and/or therapy are important and shouldn't be ignored?

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Psychology and therapy are evidence-based approaches that can expedite problem-solving. Common misconceptions include the belief that therapy is unnecessary and that therapists solely resolve issues. Addressing these misconceptions aids in determining the need for therapy, either for yourself or someone you know.

Synchronous Request-Response over Kafka with Redis

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Each message sent by a producer would include a unique correlation-id. Once the message is received and processed by the consumer, it will publish a response message back to Kafka with the same correlation-id.

Write Cleaner UI Tests with Page Object Model Pattern

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Page Object Model can be used with any testing framework to write cleaner and simpler tests that are fast to write.

Journey Through Phase 1 Challenge of the Live Hard Program

Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Phase 1 in the second part of the live hard program after 75 Hard. I was able to do all the tasks of 75 Hard and 3 other tasks that were needed including the 8 critical taks. In this post, I share my journey and tips.

TDD example for REST API - CRUD

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Extending our Movie example creating a REST API with TDD. Scenarios covered are Create, Read, Update and Delete.

TDD example on a backend - Upsert Method

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Learn the foundation of TDD with a simple example explained in depth.

How to promote the habit of TDD within a Team

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Promoting TDD within a team requires patience, consistent effort, and a focus on creating a positive and supportive environment for learning and improvement.

7 Tips to Optimize a Microservice for Data Migration Job

Sat, 05 Aug 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Thinking in terms of exponential grow over linear growth

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:42:15 GMT

Mindsets and statergies to apply exponential progress to life, business and beyond.

How we implemented OData for MongoDB and use it in OpenAPI

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 20:42:15 GMT

Implementing OData, Utilizing Specifications, and Enhancing API Flexibility.

Keep your business logic in the backend. Not frontend.

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Making your application secure, high performance and maintanable.

Efficient Standups - Achieving Clarity through Walk-The-Board Standups

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 20:52:08 GMT

I believe walking the board is an important step towards facilitating Continuous Delivery. The standup format facilitates perfection in updates, focused on one card at a time which is closer to completion and takes less time to complete.

My 75 Hard Challenge Experience: Discipline, Fitness & Growth

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 20:52:08 GMT

The 75 Hard challenge tests mental toughness with 2 daily workouts, diet, 1 gallon of water, & 10 page reading. I completed it & share my journey & tips.

Make yourself do it

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:52:08 GMT

How do you exercise discipline? What stops it? It's emotions. How do you overcome your emotions and short-term impulses?

Fix your security bugs even if it doesn’t affect you

Wed, 31 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Keep your Karma Ledger clean

Wed, 24 May 2023 20:42:15 GMT

We should not avoid good action. Good action has good results in the long term. It may seem easy to avoid good action in the short term. But good action is the only path to the best outcome.

Why should you be internally disciplined?

Mon, 22 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Internal discipline is an antifragile source of motivation that gets the job done, eliminates the need for "how" questions, makes you stronger, and allows you to focus on achieving your goals without relying on external systems or motivators.

Core Values are Not Optional

Wed, 17 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Automate Validation of Your Configuration

Tue, 16 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

With TDD, you don't find any logical bugs. The remaining types of bugs are data bugs and configuration bugs. This article discusses configuration validations to find and fix config bugs.

Let the world do what it wants to do, you follow your core values

Sat, 06 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Let other people see your values

Sat, 06 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Remind yourself of your core values at all times.

Sat, 06 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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You can’t logic your way out of depression.

Sat, 06 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Notes from HealthyGamerGG podcast. Use emotions to solve emotional problems first only then apply logic. (Pathos first; Logos later).

Truthful Optimistic approach to bouncing back from major loss

Sat, 06 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Instead of seeing failure as a personal flaw or a permanent setback, see it as an opportunity for growth and improvement. Focus on learning from your mistakes and using them to become better in the future.

Notes on Here's Why Trauma Is So Common (A Deep Dive Into Understanding Trauma)

Sat, 06 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Notes from HealthyGamerGG podcast. If there is one thing we need to learn about how to play the game of life well, understand trauma.

Stepping aside from the game of “success” and comparison

Mon, 01 May 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Why comparison with others is stupid and why the only person you should compare to is who you were yesterday

Decoding the difference between healthy love and unhealthy attachment, and choosing healthy love.

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:42:15 GMT

Love is a selfless emotion that focuses on the well-being of the other person, while attachment is a selfish emotion that centers on our own well-being. It's essential to catch ourselves when we act out of attachment and try to shift our focus to acting out of love

Karma and Karmafal - An Introduction

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:42:15 GMT

Karma is the action we take, while Karmafal is the result of our actions, and by detaching ourselves from the outcome, we can focus on doing our best and live a more empowered life.

The many ways of using Ethos Pathos Logos

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Ethos, Pathos and Logos are techniques of persuasion. But are applications of it in making clear decisions and better interpersonal dynamics, especially in high-emotion situations.

Immutable Configuration and Infrastructure - What they are and Where Can You Build Your Own

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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GraphQL - Understanding its Advantages, Query Types, and Technical Functioning

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:42:15 GMT

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Release and Development Snapshot Version Semantic Versioning with Maven

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Manage Configuration Better By Avoiding Deleting or Making it Last Step

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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7 Tools To Make Good Love Choices

Sat, 25 Mar 2023 20:42:15 GMT

कर्म करो और फल की चिंता मत करो

Implementing an OAuth Server Manually

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Implementing OAuth server is easier than it looks and it saves money in the long run.

BDD vs UI/UX/TDD - Understanding the Key Differences for Customer-Centric Problem Solving

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

BDD focuses on solving customer problems, not implementation details like UI. Those are addressed in other activities like wireframing and TDD.

Have better variable and method names for technical layer by copying others

Sat, 18 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Stating the Truth When It Could Hurt

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Why we should use the vocabulary 'stating'. And how can we state the truth.

You are really doing BDD when

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Economic Systems and Macroeconomics - Crash Course Economics - 3

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:42:15 GMT

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Separating Connectors and Service (Business Logic) - A Key Principle for Service Reusability

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Separating connectors from business logic in a service-oriented architecture promotes reusability and single responsibility.

Intro to Economics - Crash Course Econ 1

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 20:42:15 GMT

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Specialization and Trade - Crash Course Economics - 2

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 20:42:15 GMT

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Migrating DB smoothly with a migration script

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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The only differences between external_apps and internal_features in a plugin architecture

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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My Core Beliefs from Feb 2023

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 20:52:08 GMT

The fundamental operating system

My Core Values Summary from Feb 2023

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 20:52:08 GMT

The fundamental operating system

Defining Scopes for your OAuth Service

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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RSA Algorithm

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Nihilism of The Modern Age. And Traditional Roles to the Rescue.

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Why traditional roles of men and women are relevant?

Desk Setup

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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How I use ChatGPT as an AI Assist?

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Need for Optimizing Inputs in the Modern World

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

How Our Needs, Environment, and Choices Shape Our Lives

How to plan mid-day?

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Start your project with Continuous Delivery till 'PROD'

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

How Zero-To-One is relevant in software development, why you should make Deployment&Delivery Pipeline first and how to make releases un-cool.

Developing Healthy Habits for Data-Driven Kanban Board

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

My experience implementing Kanban Principles.

Template for Gherkin Specs

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

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Observability For Developers

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 20:52:08 GMT

Fix bugs before your user reports

Implement Zero Trust in Real Life

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Catching lies, liars and protecting yourself

Why we should strive to tell the truth always?

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Code Review Checklist

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Pre-save Data Validation

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Data validation at various stages minimizes bugs and unnecessary overhead, ensuring consistent and accurate information flow.

Creating Systems To Automate Goal Achievement

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Productive use of time

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Actually solve the problem.

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

And escape it. It's a more empowering path and maybe the only path.

Designing and implementing a Morning and Night Rituals for optimal life

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Why morning and night rituals are essential? Why they aren’t replaceable by mid-day activity? And how to plan them optimally for 500x return on investment?

Living a truthful life

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Writing Meaningful Log Messages

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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My experience working with MongoDB

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Keep messages unread

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Subtle art of not giving a fuck about stupid things

Why do I write?

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Adapting to Project Reactor / Webflux Mindset

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Implementation GDPR - Download and Delete A Users Data in Microservice World

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Ownership

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

The more personal responsibility you take on and fullfil, the more incontrol you’ll feel. This will give you strength and power.

Developing better self-awareness with QuantifiedSelf - Observability for personal life.

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Why do you need to have personal metrics? And how can they help you make informed decisions and stay on the path?

Why do microservices need an API client sdk for HTTP and Messaging?

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Keeping database simple

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 20:42:15 GMT

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Core Attributes

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Developing better instinctive reactions to unknown situations

The Prometheus Cheatsheet

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

The monitoring and time series database

Getting out of the house is the way you become a responsible ball of energy.

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Thoughts & Notes on User Stories

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Details about breaking user story added

Fixing Tools - IDE, Code Editors, Etc.

Sun, 20 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Blind 75 - Invert Binary Tree

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Swap left and right. Then repeat for those nodes.

Blind 75 - Linked List Cycle

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Have a fast pointer and a slow pointer. fast increases by 2. slow increases by 1. if both become the same then the cycle exists. if fast one reaches end then no cycle exists.

Blind 75 - Maximum Depth of Binary Tree

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

go to each depth, incrementing a depth counter by 1. return max of it.

Blind 75 - Merge Two-Sorted Lists

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Iterate over both and store minimum one in current; Increment in the list from where minimum came. Once one of the lists is empty, empty the other one.

Blind 75 - Number of 1 Bits

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Check if the last bit is 1 by (n&1). Do the right unsigned shift (logical shift >>>). Loop.

Blind 75 - Reverse Bits

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Get the last bit of value from the original. append to the reverse one. shift reverse one to the left. instead of adding, you can do `or` because after the shift last value will be 0. Imp - iterate 32 times only.

Blind 75 - Reverse LinkedList

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Similar to swapping two numbers. Start with prev as null and current and keep swapping next. Return prev because that's the last value.

Blind 75 - Same Tree

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Blind 75 - Subtree of Another Tree

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Check if root is same as subtree or root.left is same or root.right is same;

Blind 75 - Best Time To Buy And Sell Stock

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Make sure the left pointer is always the lowest yet. Keep checking the difference between left and right. And return max.

How to develop a robust plugin architecture?

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Blind 75 - Valid Parentheses

Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

God-level solution - iterate.
If an opening bracket is found, put the closing bracket in a stack.
If the closing bracket is found, pop and check for equality.

Blind 75 - Valid Palindrome

Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Have 2 pointers. One at the start other at the end. Skip if `!Character.isLetterOrDigit` and compare with `Character.toLowerCase`

JUnit Template For Tracking Bugs in Unit Tests

Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Migatteno Gokui

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Stress is the root cause of all health problem. Fix it.

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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You can have good intentions but still do the wrong things. So, keep moving towards good action too.

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Blind 75 - Product of Array Except Self

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Loop twice.
first right to left while multiplying.
Then second left to right while multiplying.
This can be done in a single array and one extra product variable

Core Values V2

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Blind 75 - Contains Duplicate

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Create a set and put items in one by one while checking if `num` is already there.

Blind 75 - Group Anagram

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

compare the count of letters in each word and put group them in a map

Blind 75 - Top K Frequent Elements - IMP

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

count all numbers. sort. and return top k. Use streams to make it cleaner. or use bucket sort.

Blind 75 - Valid Anagrams

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

check if the length is the same.
find the difference in the count of letters in both numbers.
since there are only 26 letters, you can count in a single int array of 26.
index = char - 'a'

Blind 75 Two Sums

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Make a map of item and index. Check if target - currentItem exists.

Why Framework Development Is Biggest Software Development Baton?

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

A Comparison between Application/Domain vs Framework Development

We only see what we do badly because the reward of doing work well is just peace.

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Deal with health problems by becoming a domain expert in the field so that you can collaborate better with doctors

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Increase collaboration for Developers

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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First 2 Weeks of A New Project

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Understanding & Using HTTP Status Codes

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Separate Technical Code From Domain Code in both Frontend and Backend

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Separate out technical code from business/domain logic for extreme reusability for code.

Research Fast, Understand the Gist, Apply, Iterate, and Move Forward

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:42:15 GMT

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Keep Yourself Polished All the Time

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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3 Big Development Mistakes That Had Significant Costs Later

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Collection of Thoughts on Writing

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 20:42:15 GMT

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Microservice Chassis

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Aim to be between Type A and B

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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How to test interfaces, abstract classes and design patterns?

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Testing interfaces, abstract classes, and design patterns efficiently can be tricky since parents and children depend on each other. We can write tests to eliminate these dependencies during the test time, making our tests very short and decoupled.

How to take advice that suggests being fake?

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Pointers while integrating an external service

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Thoughts on Reading Documentation

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Be a more empathic developer

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Increase collaboration by knowing whom to contact

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Making Object Immutable for Concurrency

Sun, 18 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

It's best to start with immutable objects and then modify them if needed.

5 Simple Things to Improve Backend and Frontend Performance

Sun, 18 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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How AutoConfiguration works in Spring Boot

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Understanding and extending spring boot with custom AutoConfiguration

Chaos Engineering

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

A powerful way to increase resilence of a system

Perfection isn't an attainable goal. We are always a step closer to it.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Why failing forward is the only way?

Ideal Development Workflow

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

From card picking to release

A responseType field for all response classes

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Practical Chaos Engineering Part 1

TDD over JSON

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:52:08 GMT

TDD Example that saved around 2 hours

Feature Flagging

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

For Chaos Engineering and Continuous Delivery

Code Reviews and Pair Programming

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Speed up Pipelines

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Enforcing Architecture with Architecture Testing

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Architecture is a crucial pillar of accelerating product delivery. It's hard to keep a team in sync with architecture over time. Architectural testing can enforce architectural decisions as simple tests, dramatically reducing code review effort and extending code maintainability.

We are all narcissist!

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Everyone has snakes. We have it too.

Encapsulate Blocking Call the Reactor Way

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Notes from Avoiding Reactor Meltdown

Complex Technologies are extension of Simple Ones

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Writing better BDD specifications

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Towards Data Driven Decisions

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Negotiations

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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What and when to publish on message queue

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Mutation Testing

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Leave Clues

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 20:42:15 GMT

Comments and Naming Conventions

Resume and Linkedin Tips

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Do you want to have high salary? or Do you want to have a good career? or Both?

Speeding Up Spring Boot/JUnit tests

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 20:52:08 GMT

From 8 minutes to less than 3 minutes.

Tips on fixing and upgrading Maven Dependencies

Sun, 24 Jul 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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When doing reactive programming, 'aim' to have streaming end-to-end

Sun, 24 Jul 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Writing better commits with Atomic Commits

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Why small frequent commits leads to higher productivity

Always choose Reactive Programming

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Multithreading programming has never been easier.

Choosing better values

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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My Core Values

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 20:52:08 GMT

The fundamental operating system

On Building Trust

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Articulate Fully

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Strategies to be Calmer

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Understanding Boundaries and Why They Are the Key To Better Life

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Learning Strategies For Development

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Writing cleaner logs by Disabling Stack Trace for Expected Response Exceptions

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Rules of thumbs for Distributed System

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Writing cleaner tests with creative variable names

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Creative variable names in tests can make them fun and interesting to read.

Communication during conflict

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Running and Being Effective during Meetings

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Strategies on Team Work

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Reason to aim for social confidence

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

If you don't, no one takes you seriously.

Strategies on becoming more productive

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Making TDD and Testing easier

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Paper work is like DevOps

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Truth and Fidility

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Ways towards Freedom

Tue, 31 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Why memorizing is still relevant?

Tue, 31 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Shadow Clone of Ideas

Sun, 29 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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The Gist of Behavior Driven Development - BDD

Mon, 23 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

The process that keeps everyone in sync

The need for executable specifications

Sat, 21 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Ideas shape development; specs sync teams; Gherkin tests ensure precision.

Writing better commit with conventional commits

Tue, 17 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Question Driven Writing

Fri, 13 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Improving quality and speed of writing by transferring a well-known software development practice.

Choosing Images/Diagrams in Essays

Fri, 13 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Some considerations when setting a new project

Wed, 11 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Thinking on Paper

Thu, 05 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Writing cleaner tests with Fluent Assertions

Tue, 03 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Fluent Assertions make tests highly readable and English-like, presenting a concise structure that simplifies comprehension

Writing cleaner tests with Test Data Factories

Tue, 03 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Consolidating object creation, mock of methods and more.

Being good at one thing doesn't automatically make you better at another

Mon, 02 May 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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What to test to write after functional TDD

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Make your code configurable.

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:42:15 GMT

Things that should take 0 coding effort

Debugging Effectively

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Solving a OptimisticLockingException During Upsert in MongoDB-Spring Webflux

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Avoid Mocks and understand the blurry lines between Unit and Integration Tests

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 20:52:08 GMT

The distinction between unit and integration tests blurs with embedded implementations, combining accuracy from both while overcoming limitations of traditional mocks and infra-heavy integration tests.

Whenever you encounter a bug

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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One Month Microservice

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Thinking and writing cleaner tests with method/when/should blocks

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:52:08 GMT

A template for thinking and creating understandable uniform tests

Human Intuition while working in Technology

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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The Synchonized 3 Man Squad +/-1

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Clean code - Naming convension for design patterns

Sat, 12 Mar 2022 20:52:08 GMT

Making it easy for future-code readers to understand

My current approach to TDD

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:52:08 GMT

A step by step algorithm

Strategies on Truth

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Elements of Good REST API Design

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Personal Budgeting

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Time Assets and Liabilities

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Maintaining Documentation

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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Using StackOverflow as challenge log

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:52:08 GMT

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How to recover from physical injuries faster

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 20:42:15 GMT

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Angular and React Comparison

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 20:52:08 GMT

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Typescript

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:52:08 GMT

A much better alternative to Javascript

Keep most of your configuration within application not Jenkins

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 20:52:08 GMT

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Web Development Tip - Reverse Engineer by looking at DOM

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 20:52:08 GMT

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CSS Tips

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:52:08 GMT

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Making Internet Less Distracting

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:52:08 GMT

Dodge Recommender Systems

Decentralization of High Tech

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:52:08 GMT

How abstraction, cost and education convert research fields to applied.

All Questions are False

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:52:08 GMT

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Inversion

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 20:52:08 GMT

Probably the most powerful mental model

Decision Making Heuristics

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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You need time to think

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Tips for working with `package.json`

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:52:08 GMT

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Solving N+1 Problem in Hibernate

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:52:08 GMT

Speed up fetching of child entities

Gist of DevOps

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Applications of Recommender Systems

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Gist of Cryptocurrencies

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Positive effects of doing hard things

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Quick Refactoring Tips

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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There is no one size fits all

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Choose the right tool for the job.

Physical Exercise

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Cases To Be Humble

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Keeping Web Dev Code proper

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Summary of Marketing Section from The Personal MBA

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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User Experience

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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The philosophy behind testing in software and in general

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Ethical Capitalism

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

The Game Which Everyone Needs To Win

The Path / Ethics

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Employee Ethics

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Open Source Software (OSS)

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Impact, Revenue and Deceptions.

Business Ethics

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Piano

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Why Ethics?

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Long term impacts

Sapiens Book Summary

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

The best book I have read in 2020

A replicable Development Environment with Docker + VS Code

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Mitigating the most discoraging part of software development

Developer Productivity

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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How I learned basics of programming.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Research

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Hurrying does not help.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Why Software Engineers Should Enter Other Fields.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Eventually Perfect Feature

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Write Tests after Cleaning Code.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Plan quickly. Move fast. Break things.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Age is not a perfect measure of experience

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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First Hackathon

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Software project never ends

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Unless you stop

Office is just school for adults

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Empowerment/Enabling

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Definitions

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

The same word is different for different people

Who is your audience?

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Rephrase: Who is your customer?

Correlation between Deep Learning Concepts and Philosophy

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Cloud is Worth the Hype

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Your robot on the internet

Communication Bottleneck in large organizations

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

and why communication policy is essential

Give credit where credit is due

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Recognition

Reading Books

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Who is a leader?

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Just ask for it

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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The lifetime of 'Content' is getting smaller

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Tips for coding on a slow computer

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Opinions/Events are not black and white.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

'Probably Right'

Probabilities

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

of "success"

If it's official, communicate via email

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Non-repudiation

Businesses are for making money

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Opportunity Cost

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Don’t try to force a sale on people who are not your user base

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Facade companies

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Only for-money companies

Time tracking over programmers is counter-productive

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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When you are just starting out, don’t try to imitate the expert.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

The illusion of perfect execution... every time.

Middleman

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Support shows how much the company really care

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Samurai to Modern Army in 10 years

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Forced to upgrade

There is never enough automation

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Copying features and products

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

An observation of different technology companies

Good products are built by teams not individuals

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Usually

Writing process (July 2020 Edition)

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

This post is stupid but I was asked about it once.

Observe other people in action

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Learning faster

If it is a core part of your business, don't outsource, build it yourself.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

For producers

Just buy it. Don’t build it yourself.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

For consumers

Environment Focused: For-Profit vs Non-Profits

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Ideas

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Baton Road

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

How humanity progresses.

ROI of Fun

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Marketing Money

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:42:15 GMT

Draft version

Art of Reducing Lines of Code in Java/Spring Boot

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Faster SQL Batch Save in Spring Data JPA

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Always keep yourself ready to switch companies

Wed, 26 May 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Compare yourself with who you were yesterday

Tue, 04 May 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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My First Program

Mon, 03 May 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Develop your own opinions and reasonings

Mon, 03 May 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Meditation is how you become peaceful all the time

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:42:15 GMT

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Easing the process of DB versioning & migration tool adoption

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 20:52:08 GMT

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Programming is now Configuring

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:42:15 GMT

beyond algorithms and data structures

User Interfaces

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:42:15 GMT

and design

Deciding to learn a {programming} topic

Mon, 25 May 2020 20:42:15 GMT

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How we created a query and evaluation language similar to Google Sheets and Excel formulas

Mon, 25 May 2020 20:42:15 GMT

Using the best current programming language creation-tool.

Agile and DevOps

Thu, 21 May 2020 20:42:15 GMT

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Clean Code Resources and Tools

Mon, 11 May 2020 20:42:15 GMT

Constructing the simplest possible code

Math motivation

Mon, 04 May 2020 20:42:15 GMT

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Advice for those who want to learn Deep Learning

Sat, 02 May 2020 20:42:15 GMT

or Machine Learning

Series Kaggle Getting Started

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:42:15 GMT

Baby steps towards competitions

Digit Recognition

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:42:15 GMT

MNIST: Kaggle Getting Started

Kaggle CLI QA: How to download a particular folder

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 20:42:15 GMT

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Simple Hacks for increasing website load time

Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:42:15 GMT

For those who don’t require Google level optimization

Leave it better than you found it

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:42:15 GMT

Atomic Habits applied to code. Thanks James Clear.

Exception handling

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:42:15 GMT

and Logging with style

Remove un-necessary code

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 20:42:15 GMT

You ain’t gonna need it

Avoid inventing algorithms and data structures

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:42:15 GMT

especially for maths

Avoid creating god classes and long methods

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:42:15 GMT

Minimalism

Make the database do the heavy lifting

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 20:42:15 GMT

You cannot compete with SQL

Flat is better than nested

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 20:42:15 GMT

Leave when not okay

Clean Code

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:42:15 GMT

constructing the simplest possible code that would solve your problem resulting in an increase in productivity by producing higher quality in less time.

10 Google Collab Tips

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:42:15 GMT

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How To Download Dataset From Kaggle

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 20:42:15 GMT

Using Kaggle CLI

Easy Jupyter Notebook Tips

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:42:15 GMT

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Lessons Learned from my first Deep Learning contest

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:42:15 GMT

Game of Deep Learning was an image recognition challenge on AnalyticsVidya. The task was to classify 5 different types of Ships (Cargo, Military, Carrier, Cruise, and Tankers)

Copying Others vs Being Yourself

Sun, 04 Oct 2015 20:42:15 GMT

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