Designing the architecture that can stand the test of time — Assume you were to design a new web application today. This application would need to be scaled to millions of users, would have a lot of complex business logic, is intended to be a long-term investment and would be a high revenue generator. How would you design it? I started…

It took me a long while to figure out the authentication with persistence in AngularFire 6 because of the lack of examples and information on the same, so that I thought I’d contribute to help the next person figuring it out. You can find my code repository and my auth…

This tutorial is for vscode users who are looking for some cool tricks that their code editor can perform, this is a basic tutorial to introduce the following features: 1. Quick Menu (Goto line, Open file & Command Pallet) 2. Fold / Unfold code 3. Zen coding 4. Quick find / Global find 5…

Your security is only as good as the weakest link in the chain. Encrypt your disks. — I know a lot of folks who setup a root password on Linux or account password on Windows without encrypting their drives, anyone can easily bypass these password with something as simple as a live boot disk. The weakest link in the chain is TOO WEAK to be reasonably secure. …

The following sections are not from the book but contrived from my own knowledge. Some of the sections were mentioned in the book but I feel they deserve their own space. 54. Keep it Stupid Simple (KISS) The smartest solution to the problem is not the best one, neither is the most optimized one nor the…

Chapter 7. While You Are Coding 37. Listen to Your Lizard Brain If you have a hunch about something, heed it. We keep on forgetting our lessons, but our subconscious brain remembers the patterns and communicates them as instincts. If the inner voice is not clear enough, distract yourself for a while or explain the problem to someone. Instincts are simply a…

Chapter 4. Pragmatic Paranoia 23. Design by Contract Trust between software can be maintained by contracts. In design by contract, if all the preconditions are met, a routine must guarantee that the post conditions would be met. Designing a program that does no or less than what it claims to do is the heart of design by contract. …

The following series of blogs are lessons from in the book “The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery” by Andrew Hunt, David Hurst Thomas mixed with my understanding and lessons I’ve learned over the years in tweet size sections for the Generation Z & Alpha. Chapter 1. A Pragmatic Philosophy 1. It’s Your Life Take proactive control of your…

The Google Summer of Code 2020 was very productive for completing a lot of tasks. Specifically, the “Done” tab of the Kanban Board created for my project will have 150+ cards (including issues & pull requests) by…