Celebrate small wins
In this fast paced world, it is important to celebrate small wins. Instead of immediately chasing the next idea or next goal, take the time to celebrate.
Ramkarthik Krishnamurthy's Essays
Ramkarthik is a software engineer and he writes notes, essays, and code.
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You should use AI for Coding
If you are someone who is skeptical or has thought about using AI but takes pride in writing code line by line, this post is for you. But I'm not going to try to convince you either. I'm going to try to make you consider using AI for coding.
Thoughts on gstack
gstack sits in the tension between being overhyped and oversimplified, between "best thing since sliced bread" and "it's just a bunch of markdown files".
Agency at Work
Navigating agency at work: Startups encourage rapid innovation, while large companies prioritize processes. And it is a significant factor in choosing between startups and a large company.
Setting Up Free Emails for Sideprojects
Learn to set up free email routing with Cloudflare for your side projects, saving costs on multiple domains while maintaining professional communication.
The Start-Stop Problem
In the typical world, in which a wide range of dopamine pumping entertainment is available on your fingertip and the temptation is to scroll for instant gratification, if you're going to get yourself to do something meaningful, then you have to offer an experience that's as good as an Instagram reel or better. What does that mean? It means you need to offer yourself two things simultaneously:…
Binge reading blogs
The greatest gift we can give the reader of our blog is the archive. In return, the greatest gift we can get is the reader's time, the fact that they stop whatever it is they are doing and give us thirty minutes or an hour to read through the archives.
Starting a Creative Endeavour
If you are looking to start a creative endeavour, you have to remember two things: 1. You are doing this for yourself, 2. Do something you want to be known for.
Retrieve old blog posts using Wayback Machine
If you used to maintain a blog in the past but let it die, there is still a way to retrieve the old blog posts using the Wayback Machine
Yak Shaving during Side Projects
Working on side projects is fun. But side projects don't have deadlines. And when there are no deadlines, it is easy to procrastinate. There are very obvious procrastinations, like watching YouTube for 4 hours continuously or reading the news or scrolling through Twitter. Then there is the not-so-obvious procrastination.
What makes you forget everything else?
When I write or code, whether I'm intentional or not, there is always an expectation to get something in return. With football, the only intent has been to play well, get better and make my team win. It is the only thing I do that makes me forget everything else in life.
2020 Yearly Review
This time last year, the world was a different place. This time last year, I was in a different place. A place 13,890 kilometers away from my home. A lot has happened in 365 days. This is a short review of things that happened for me in the year 2020.
Firefox vs Chrome Extensions: The Experience of Building and Publishing
I recently had an idea for a small web app. And for the first time, I decided to also publish both a Firefox add-on and a Chrome extension for it. This was my experience right from building it till publishing it to the corresponding stores.
How I Choose a Tech Stack for my Side Project
When I start a new side project, I often find myself asking the question - What tech stack should I use for my side project?
Enough to Get the Job Done
I have been following cooking videos to learn new dishes recently. A lot of them are overwhelming and not easy for a beginner at all. I watch them and immediately think it is just a lot of work and I wouldn’t be able to do it.
Marketing that doesn't Feel Like Marketing
Startups try to do this. Companies wish they could do this. But it eludes almost everyone. When you get so good at marketing that it no longer feels like marketing.
The Good Old Days of Blogging
When you thought of writing, you thought of Blogger or WordPress. Sometimes Typepad. You didn’t want to pay money to create your blog because you were not starting it to earn money. I mean, you kinda did but you were totally okay with it if it did not make any money. So you would create a something.blogspot.com or something.wordpress.com.
Good Problems to Have
Don’t put pressure on yourself to pursue everything. Work on things that interest you at any moment and just let the other ideas rest. You can get back to it when you find time or interest. In the cases when something doesn’t work, you can try another item in your list. And in the cases when you don’t get to try something, just tell yourself that it is okay.