Why Remote Work Can (But Doesn't) For Your Team
The surprising key friction that makes or breaks remote work — and it all comes down to screen sharing.
Balajee Ramachandran
Programmer. Blogger. Nice Guy.
Latest posts
Figma Prototyping No Longer Makes Sense
Why vibe coding with AI agents has replaced Figma for low-fidelity prototyping, and the superpowers it unlocks.
Use Deterministic Guardrails for Your LLM Agents
How to keep your vibe-coded/LLM agent projects from turning into unreadable mush using deterministic linters and static code analyzers.
The Joy of Typed Python
Why mypy type annotations make Python a joy to work with, and how to get started with type checking.
Debuggers
An evolving opinion on debuggers — when they're indispensable, and why I now mostly eschew them.
On Project Management
The only project management approach that actually worked — a story about scrums, standups, and Microsoft Project.
Lessons Learnt Last Year
Reflecting on the key lessons learned over the past year about learning, typesafety, SQL, declarative APIs, and VSCode.
Rooting out CPU Bottlenecks from asyncio-based API Services
How to profile Python asyncio services and eliminate JSON serialization bottlenecks that block the event loop.
On d3
Observations about d3's API and code organization from a beginner's perspective.
Good OOP Design Favours Less OOP
How the best OOP advice boils down to using less OOP and thinking more like functional programmers.
My New Favourite Terminal Emulator: Vim
Using Neovim as a terminal emulator for a mouse-free, vim-native workflow.
There is No Idiomatic Haskell
Thoughts on functional programming, OOP design patterns, and why the best OOP advice is to think more like a functional programmer.
On Electron
Thoughts on Electron apps, their resource usage, and the alternatives available.
Why Aren't More APIs Declarative?
Exploring the benefits of declarative APIs and why more stateful libraries should adopt them.
Tiling Window Managers
Why tiling window managers like i3 are all a developer needs for a mouse-free, productive desktop environment.