Welcome to my blog. Here I share my thoughts on software engineering, web development, artificial intelligence, academia research and other interesting topics.
How I went from zero OSS contributions to merging 2 PRs in a world-class project within a week; the exact steps I took to find beginner-friendly projects, pick my first issue, and build trust with maintainers.
Why manually edit your CV when coding agents can do it? This guide explores using LaTeX + agentic workflows to tailor resumes for job descriptions, maintain versions with Git, and optimize your CV without touching your keyboard.
Struggling with complex choices? This guide introduces the Criteria and Evaluation Table, a powerful problem-solving technique for making objective decisions. We demonstrate this method with a real-world example: selecting the best database for an e-commerce application, using a weighted matrix to compare options like MySQL and PostgreSQL. Enhance your engineering and decision-making skills.
A guide on how to get free unlimited LLM access for students through the Github Student Developer Pack.
An experiment using Claude 3.7 Reasoning and GitHub Copilot Chat to understand the NextFaster open source project.
An explanation of Virtual DOM's role in separating concerns, demonstrated by comparing declarative (Virtual DOM) and imperative (Direct DOM) approaches in a todo application.
A blog post about how E2E testing helped us achieve more impactful engineering initiatives.
A detailed account of improving frontend web performance, achieving sub-3-second load times for 84.7% of over 3 million yearly unique visitors, boosting Google PageSpeed scores by 33 points, and increasing conversion rates by 0.48%.
Exploring how the mental exercise of academic research can significantly benefit software engineers by enhancing critical thinking, planning, and the ability to consider trade-offs.
Exploring the value of a Master's degree for working software engineers, based on a discussion with Fahru Muhamad, and presenting a decision framework.