An account of weekly learning, in life and tech
I have been working as a software engineer for the last 2 years now. I was lucky enough to land a job in an MNC (Multinational corporation) early on and currently working as a Frontend Engineer in my third job and second startup. During these years, I have been exposed to working on client-sites, in…
One of the most difficult and time consuming things in college is to collect notes and study material right before exams. The WhatsApp groups are flooded with Google Drive links and utter random PDF’s of notes. If you are in college or have attended one, you must have witnessed the heavy crowd at photocopy shops…
Disclaimer: Windows only As a front-end developer, one of the most important work is to get the design right. Now there are times when the client is a bit low on budget and cannot provide a professionally designed app with colors-scheme and shit! There are times when you are asked to do a hot-fix for…
As a web developer, you are required to ensure that your users have the best of experience while using your product. Traversing your website with a keyboard is one of the fastest ways. Not only this, filling a form which is keyboard accessible takes 1/2 the time, if compared to filling the form using a…
Loaders is an integral part of user experience. Appropriate usage of loaders is essential to ensure smooth experience. If a loader stops too early, it feels like nothing has happened and seems like the app has frozen. If the loader stops too late, then it feels like an eternity to use the app. In both…
Opening a link in a new tab has to be a calculated decision as it partially breaks the flow thus impacting user experience. But, it is also important to use this when the information on the new page is either short-lived or something that the user want to see, but at the same time continue…
Its 7 P.M on a Friday and you are excited for the weekend! You are wrapping your work. Making those last commits and pushing your piece of code for the week. Making sure all your timesheets are completed and all the necessary mails have been fired to your co-workers. Reminiscing the movie nights, you are…
I have been working in the web development domain for almost 2 years now. These 2 years were pretty exciting and yet after 2 years, I realized a number of things. I have worked on 30+ projects. Some personal, but the majority of them were part of my professional life. During these 2 years, I…
The world is going through strange times. The pandemic has indeed brought everyone and everything to a stand-still. But, on the other hand it has opened multiple doors to new opportunities. Being in tech, I can vouch that the industry has taken a blow, but not as severe as the others. All of a sudden,…
Starting with a new tech-stack is always exciting. But the excitement soon fizzles out when you hit the first road-block. I am no different and had a plethora of these emotions – excitement as well as anguish during my first 2 weeks on Flutter. I understood a number of things, both technical and non-technical while…