Blog

#Mindset #Problem Solving #Technical #Lean Six Sigma #Process

Saturday, 18 January 2025 · Estimated 8 minute read

144. Optimizing Software Delivery: The Power of Metrics and Lean Six Sigma

#Mindset #Problem Solving #Technical #Lean Six Sigma #Process

Thursday, 9 January 2025 · Estimated 5 minute read

143. What's the Worst that Could Go Wrong? Practical Steps to Tackle Worry

#Leadership #Comfort Zone #Personal Growth #Mindset #Problem Solving

Thursday, 19 December 2024 · Estimated 11 minute read

142. Minimum Waiting Time: A Greedy Algorithm Explained with Candy

#Technical #Algorithms #Problem Solving #Continuous Learning

Monday, 16 December 2024 · Estimated 3 minute read

141. Owning the Chaos: A Simple Guide to Tackling Obscure Errors

#Communication #Continuous Learning #Problem Solving #Mindset #Technical

Thursday, 12 December 2024 · Estimated 7 minute read

140. Napkin-Sized Clojure Crash Course

#Continuous Learning #Technical #Clojure

Sunday, 24 November 2024 · Estimated 6 minute read

139. My wonderland from .NET to Clojure

#Continuous Learning #Networking #Comfort Zone #Personal Development #Clojure

Saturday, 23 November 2024 · Estimated 6 minute read

138. Mistakes to avoid as a Software Engineer

#Mindset #Collaboration #Communication #Productivity #Leadership

Friday, 22 November 2024 · Estimated 5 minute read

137. Prefix Sum Array - An Epic Tale of Accumulation

Sunday, 10 November 2024 · Estimated 8 minute read

#Technical #Algorithms

136. How do we make better decisions in our teams?

#Mindset #Collaboration #Communication #Productivity

Sunday, 20 October 2024 · Estimated 7 minute read

135. Belonging in remote teams - Overcoming obstacles and building connections

#Mindset #Collaboration #Communication #Productivity

Saturday, 19 October 2024 · Estimated 7 minute read

134. The power of belonging can turn chaos into collaboration

#Mindset #Collaboration #Communication #Productivity

Friday, 18 October 2024 · Estimated 4 minute read

133. How to reframe your inner imposter

#Comfort Zone #Personal Development #Mindset #Productivity #Communication

Friday, 11 October 2024 · Estimated 6 minute read

132. What makes it difficult to crack working remotely

#Mindset #Productivity #Communication #Comfort Zone #Personal Development

Thursday, 10 October 2024 · Estimated 8 minute read

131. Building stronger remote teams with emotional intelligence

#Management #Leadership #Mindset #Communication #Personal Development

Wednesday, 9 October 2024 · Estimated 11 minute read

130. How can I develop self-awareness as a manager?

#Management #Leadership #Mindset #Communication #Personal Development

Monday, 7 October 2024 · Estimated 9 minute read

129. What is the data-testid attribute?

#Technical #Testing #Web Development

Monday, 30 September 2024 · Estimated 4 minute read

128. Interview question - The sorted square array algorithm

#Technical #Algorithms #Arrays #Coding Challenges #Interviews

Monday, 5 August 2024 · Estimated 5 minute read

127. Le Wagon demo day - the Smart Compliance project

#Boot Camp #Le Wagon #Continuous Learning #Data Science

Wednesday, 27 December 2023 · Estimated 6 minute read

126. My data science boot camp experience at Le Wagon Mauritius

#Boot Camp #Le Wagon #Continuous Learning #Data Science

Tuesday, 26 December 2023 · Estimated 7 minute read

125. Unveiling the Power of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) for Software Engineers

#Mindset #Communication #Relationships

Friday, 22 December 2023 · Estimated 3 minute read

124. Make sure Git knows about case-sensitive changes to your file names

#Technical #React #JavaScript #Git

Wednesday, 1 June 2022 · Estimated 1 minute read

123. Attack of the bruised ego

#Mindset #Relationships #Communication

Monday, 30 May 2022 · Estimated 1 minute read

122. How to debug a specific Gatsby package on build

#Technical #Gatsby #dev.to

Sunday, 29 May 2022 · Estimated 1 minute read

121. Use React hooks inside an MDX story in Storybook

#Technical #Storybook #React #JavaScript #dev.to

Thursday, 13 January 2022 · Estimated 1 minute read

120. How can I deploy a ClojureScript web app to Google Firebase with GitHub Actions?

#Technical #ClojureScript #Google Firebase

Monday, 22 November 2021 · Estimated 1 minute read

119. How can I use Tailwind in my ClojureScript web app?

#Technical #ClojureScript #Clojure CLI #Tailwind CSS

Saturday, 20 November 2021 · Estimated 5 minute read

118. How can I create a ClojureScript web app from scratch with Reagent and npm?

#Technical #ClojureScript #Clojure CLI #Reagent #npm

Wednesday, 17 November 2021 · Estimated 5 minute read

117. How can I find deleted stuff in Git?

Thursday, 2 September 2021 · Estimated 5 minute read

#Technical #Git

116. A custom alias for a pretty Git log with a graph

115. Debugging gatsby-plugin-google-gtag for Google Analytics 4 with Gatsby

Thursday, 2 September 2021 · Estimated 3 minute read

#Technical #Git

#Technical #Gatsby #Analytics

Tuesday, 31 August 2021 · Estimated 3 minute read

114. Feature Development Lifecycle with minimum viable features

#Technical #Continuous Delivery

Monday, 30 August 2021 · Estimated 5 minute read

113. What I did to build a high performing and SEO happy Gatsby blog

#Technical #Gatsby #Performance #Security #Analytics

Sunday, 29 August 2021 · Estimated 5 minute read

112. Emulating rendering options in Chrome DevTools

#Technical #Chrome DevTools

Friday, 27 August 2021 · Estimated 2 minute read

111. How I got started with my first Gatsby source & remark plugin

Saturday, 2 May 2020 · Estimated 2 minute read

#Technical #Gatsby

110. Git aliases

Monday, 2 September 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

#Technical #Git

109. gatsby-remark-emoji

Sunday, 1 September 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

#Technical #Gatsby

108. Setup macOS development environment

Saturday, 31 August 2019 · Estimated 5 minute read

#Technical #Mac

107. Look, I have a MacBook Pro now

Friday, 30 August 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

#Technical #Mac

106. The Silver Searcher

Thursday, 29 August 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

#Technical #Terminal

105. Creating a Clojure solution using IntelliJ

#Technical #Clojure #IntelliJ

Wednesday, 17 April 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

104. Greet users with the message of the day

#Technical #Terminal #Linux

Friday, 15 February 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

103. Cisco ASA cheat sheet

#Technical #Terminal #Cisco #Cheat sheet

Sunday, 10 February 2019 · Estimated 2 minute read

102. Getting started with Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance in AWS

#Technical #Networking #Terminal #Cisco

Saturday, 9 February 2019 · Estimated 4 minute read

101. Installing Elasticsearch and Kibana

#Technical #Terminal #Kibana #Elasticsearch

Tuesday, 5 February 2019 · Estimated 4 minute read

100. Migrate my search from Solr to Elasticsearch

#Technical #Terminal #Cheat sheet #Linux

Tuesday, 5 February 2019 · Estimated 4 minute read

99. Uninstall an app from the terminal

#Technical #Linux #Terminal

Monday, 4 February 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

98. SSH for Days

Sunday, 3 February 2019 · Estimated 2 minute read

#Technical #Linux

97. Set $JAVA_HOME in Linux

#Technical #Terminal #Cheat sheet

Saturday, 2 February 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

96. Working With Git Remotes

#Technical #Git #Terminal #Cheat Sheet

Tuesday, 29 January 2019 · Estimated 2 minute read

95. Create a symlink for hidden files

#Technical #Terminal #Linux

Sunday, 27 January 2019 · Estimated 1 minute read

94. Why I Create Atomic Commits In Git

#Technical #Terminal #Git #CLI

Saturday, 26 January 2019 · Estimated 2 minute read

93. How To Craft Your Changes Into Small Atomic Commits Using Git

#Technical #Git #Terminal #Cheat Sheet

Tuesday, 15 January 2019 · Estimated 6 minute read

92. Using the tar Command in Linux

#Technical #Linux #Terminal #Cheat Sheet

Monday, 14 January 2019 · Estimated 6 minute read

91. Checking Disk Usage in Linux

#Technical #Linux #Terminal #Cheat Sheet

Sunday, 13 January 2019 · Estimated 8 minute read

90. A Service Has Gone Rogue. How Do I Manage It?

#Technical #Linux #Fedora #Cheat Sheet

Tuesday, 8 January 2019 · Estimated 2 minute read

89. Setting up Solr on Nginx with Let's Encrypt

#Technical #Solr #Nginx #Let's Encrypt

Sunday, 16 December 2018 · Estimated 11 minute read

88. Logging to Graylog in Clojure

#Technical #Clojure #Graylog #Logging

Friday, 30 November 2018 · Estimated 2 minute read

87. Setting up my environment in Fedora - Installing apps

#Technical #Fedora #Linux

Saturday, 20 October 2018 · Estimated 3 minute read

86. Setting up my environment in Fedora - Customizing my shell

#Technical #Fedora #Linux

Saturday, 20 October 2018 · Estimated 3 minute read

85. Setting up my environment in Fedora - Creating a boot disk

#Technical #Linux #Fedora

Saturday, 20 October 2018 · Estimated 1 minute read

84. Setting up my environment in Fedora - Creating backups

#Technical #Linux #Fedora

Saturday, 20 October 2018 · Estimated 2 minute read

83. Setting up my environment in Fedora

#Technical #Fedora #Linux

Saturday, 20 October 2018 · Estimated 2 minute read

82. Datomic Cheat Sheet Series - Queries (Part 5) - Transactions

Thursday, 18 October 2018 · Estimated 2 minute read

81. Datomic Cheat Sheet Series - Queries (Part 4) - Pull

Thursday, 20 September 2018 · Estimated 3 minute read

80. Datomic Cheat Sheet Series - Queries (Part 3) - Rules

Thursday, 20 September 2018 · Estimated 1 minute read

79. Datomic Cheat Sheet Series - Queries (Part 2)

Thursday, 20 September 2018 · Estimated 5 minute read

78. Datomic Cheat Sheet Series - Queries (Part 1)

Saturday, 15 September 2018 · Estimated 2 minute read

77. Datomic Cheat Sheet Series - Getting Started

Thursday, 6 September 2018 · Estimated 4 minute read

76. Behind the Scenes: My Blog

#Technical #Personal Brand

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 · Estimated 2 minute read

75. Clojure Buzzwords I am Learning

#Technical #Comfort Zone #Clojure

Wednesday, 15 August 2018 · Estimated 8 minute read

74. An Iterative Approach to My Blog

Friday, 27 July 2018 · Estimated 1 minute read

#Productivity #Mindset

73. Learning Linux

72. A Trilogy About the Chrome DevTools in Many Parts

Friday, 27 July 2018 · Estimated 4 minute read

#Technical #Linux

#Technical #Chrome DevTools

Sunday, 22 July 2018 · Estimated 3 minute read

71. Building a Monitoring Display with a Rock64

Thursday, 12 July 2018 · Estimated 6 minute read

#Technical #Hardware

70. My Nomadic Lifestyle

#Comfort Zone #Productivity

Saturday, 7 July 2018 · Estimated 1 minute read

69. My First Week at CloudAfrica

#Mindset #Comfort Zone #Clojure

Friday, 6 July 2018 · Estimated 3 minute read

68. Sayōnara

#Relationships #Comfort Zone #Personal Brand

Tuesday, 26 June 2018 · Estimated 1 minute read

67. Defusing Stressful Emotions

Monday, 3 July 2017 · Estimated 2 minute read

66. Rewire your brain (Part 8) - Conclusion

Wednesday, 28 June 2017 · Estimated 2 minute read

65. Rewire your brain (Part 7) - Our habits

Tuesday, 27 June 2017 · Estimated 3 minute read

64. Rewire your brain (Part 6) - Neuroplasticity

Monday, 26 June 2017 · Estimated 4 minute read

63. Rewire your brain (Part 5) - The Satir Change Process Model

Sunday, 25 June 2017 · Estimated 4 minute read

62. Rewire your brain (Part 4) - Childhood survival rules

Saturday, 24 June 2017 · Estimated 4 minute read

61. Rewire your brain (Part 3) - Distress tolerance

Monday, 29 May 2017 · Estimated 10 minute read

60. Rewire your brain (Part 2) - Activate neuro pathways

Thursday, 25 May 2017 · Estimated 3 minute read

59. Rewire your brain (Part 1) - Introduction

Monday, 22 May 2017 · Estimated 2 minute read

58. Practice what you preach

#Mindset #Communication #Relationships

Friday, 19 May 2017 · Estimated 3 minute read

57. Who are you and where are you going?

Saturday, 13 May 2017 · Estimated 4 minute read

56. Know your limits

Friday, 12 May 2017 · Estimated 3 minute read

#Mindset #Comfort Zone

55. Change starts with you

#Mindset #Comfort Zone #Relationships

Friday, 12 May 2017 · Estimated 2 minute read

54. Words define your reality

Friday, 3 March 2017 · Estimated 4 minute read

#Mindset #Relationships

53. Discovering yourself

#Mindset #Communication #Relationships

Monday, 27 February 2017 · Estimated 5 minute read

52. The fear behind the scenes

Saturday, 11 February 2017 · Estimated 4 minute read

#Mindset #Comfort Zone

51. Rubyfuza 2017 Conference

#Mindset #Comfort Zone #Relationships

Saturday, 11 February 2017 · Estimated 11 minute read

50. The imposter within

Sunday, 13 November 2016 · Estimated 6 minute read

#Mindset #Comfort Zone

49. Byte order mark

Sunday, 9 October 2016 · Estimated 6 minute read

48. Unicode displaying incorrectly

Monday, 3 October 2016 · Estimated 2 minute read

47. Contributing to the README

#Communication #Relationships #Technical

Saturday, 24 September 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

46. Deliberate downtime

Saturday, 17 September 2016 · Estimated 5 minute read

45. Sustainable living

#Mindset #Productivity #Time Management

Friday, 2 September 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

44. How I got my article published

#Mindset #Comfort Zone #Personal Brand

Saturday, 13 August 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

43. Code katas

Saturday, 13 August 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

42. Coping with unknown outcomes

Monday, 1 August 2016 · Estimated 1 minute read

41. A mindful day of happiness

#Mindset #Time Management

Friday, 22 July 2016 · Estimated 2 minute read

40. The rainbow in our storm sprint

Tuesday, 12 July 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

39. Making red-tape allies

Monday, 4 July 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

38. Streamline operations communication

Thursday, 30 June 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

37. The ego barrier

Wednesday, 29 June 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

36. What it means to be an expert

#Mindset #Comfort Zone #Personal Brand

Wednesday, 22 June 2016 · Estimated 1 minute read

35. Discovering fiddles

Sunday, 19 June 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

#Technical #Productivity

34. Some new HTML5 elements

Saturday, 18 June 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

33. HTML5 structural semantics

Friday, 17 June 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

32. Design changes in HTML5

Thursday, 16 June 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

31. The horror behind design

Tuesday, 14 June 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

30. Simulating mobile devices in Chrome

#Technical #Chrome DevTools

Wednesday, 8 June 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

29. Branding your identity

#Personal Brand #Comfort Zone

Monday, 6 June 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

28. Coping with fears of public speaking

27. 5 Soft skills every developer should know about

Friday, 3 June 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

#Comfort Zone

Monday, 30 May 2016 · Estimated 1 minute read

26. People do stupid sh*t

Saturday, 28 May 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

25. Reignite the passion

#Comfort Zone #Productivity #Mindset

Thursday, 26 May 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

24. Escaping the social comfort zone

#Comfort Zone #Personal Brand #Mindset

Monday, 23 May 2016 · Estimated 2 minute read

23. Dealing with change in teams

#Mindset #Relationships #Productivity

Tuesday, 17 May 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

22. People oriented software

Monday, 16 May 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

#Mindset #Relationships

21. The importance of Git history

Saturday, 14 May 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

20. How this blog improved my productivity

Friday, 13 May 2016 · Estimated 2 minute read

19. Problems with microservices

Friday, 13 May 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

18. Adjusting the corporate mindset

Wednesday, 11 May 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

17. Time is precious

#Productivity #Time Management

Wednesday, 11 May 2016 · Estimated 5 minute read

16. Days that rush away

Monday, 9 May 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

15. Context-driven queries

Saturday, 7 May 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

#Communication

14. Bonding with Testers

#Relationships #Communication #Productivity

Wednesday, 4 May 2016 · Estimated 3 minute read

13. Manage expectations

#Relationships #Communication

Monday, 2 May 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

12. The “Perfect” Illusion

Sunday, 1 May 2016 · Estimated 4 minute read

11. You don't have to be a number

#Personal Brand #Relationships #Comfort Zone

Thursday, 28 April 2016 · Estimated 2 minute read

10. Welcome to my blog

9. Do you really know how to stay focused?

Friday, 1 April 2016 · Estimated 1 minute read

#Personal Brand

Saturday, 15 August 2015 · Estimated 3 minute read

8. How I discovered a security vulnerability with our router

#Security #Router #Telnet #CLI

Sunday, 9 August 2015 · Estimated 2 minute read

7. Migrated to Jekyll

#WordPress #Jekyll #Static Site Generator

Monday, 3 August 2015 · Estimated 1 minute read

6. How are your soft sills?

#Values #Continuous Improvement

Tuesday, 23 June 2015 · Estimated 3 minute read

5. Detecting a value anywhere in a SQL database

Tuesday, 23 June 2015 · Estimated 4 minute read

#TSQL

4. Robots vs Humans

Saturday, 20 June 2015 · Estimated 1 minute read

#Extensions

3. Is your skill set out-dated?

#Skills #Continuous Improvement

Friday, 19 June 2015 · Estimated 1 minute read

2. Why is no one taking responsibility?

#Values #Accountability #Culture

Wednesday, 17 June 2015 · Estimated 6 minute read

1. What is all this Thinky business?