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    Posted on January 7, 2017January 7, 2017 Software and Life

    Prebuilt Solutions Might Not Be Enough

    I recently transferred this website’s domain and hosting from Wix to Namecheap. Wix was great and offered many functionalities and good layouts but there were... Read more

    Posted on October 2, 2016January 4, 2017 Software and Life

    Words and Programming

    A single word succinctly conveys a complex subject. For example, the description “the fleshy usually rounded red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a... Read more

    Posted on September 4, 2016June 1, 2019 Software and Life

    Software and Money are Both Tools

    Imagine a civilization that relied on bartering. You get this if I get that – tit for tat, apple for orange, donkey for horse, food... Read more

    Posted on March 18, 2016January 4, 2017 Software and Life

    The Fundamentals

    If we had one minute to build as tall a marshmallow-toothpick tower as possible, we may use 90% of our time building the tower and... Read more

    Posted on March 11, 2016January 4, 2017 Software and Life

    Systems -> Interfaces as Goals -> Implementations

    In the book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, author Scott Adams recommends thinking... Read more

    Posted on March 4, 2016January 4, 2017 Software and Life

    Decoupling in Programming and in Life

    Disclaimer: Although I’ve studied basic design patterns and will soon be studying refactoring techniques, I am not an expert on software engineering (yet). This article... Read more

    Posted on February 27, 2016May 28, 2019 Software and Life

    Thoughts on Programming and Life

    Is programming fun? I’m going to exaggerate the next two statements: Some view programming as a mystical skill, an esoteric form of knowledge understood only... Read more

    Posted on February 20, 2016January 4, 2017 Software and Life

    Similarities between English and Programming

    I recently attended an English lecture about writing good English. While listening to the professor, I suddenly realized that some strategies for writing good English... Read more

    Posted on February 11, 2016May 26, 2019 Software and Life

    Web Development: What Users See vs What’s Really Happening

    What is happening can be different from what appears to be happening. It appears like Jones is easily acing every interview but behind the scenes,... Read more

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