Which programming language are you are most interested in learning, but you never got around to doing so?
For me, Haskell was that language for a long time. Mainly to understand a pure functional programming paradigm.
I managed to spend quite a bit of time learning Haskell over the last …
The State of Javascript 2022 survey results are out. Never thought I'd say this given how unstable the JS ecosystem is, but things are only getting wilder.
At one point we just had to track React, maybe Vue and Angular to a lesser extent. Then we got Svelte, followed by …
Python's tzdata module had to be urgently updated, bringing into focus the complexities of date and time handling. Here are some fun timezone scenarios
All programmers are familiar with the common data types found in many languages like integers, strings, floats and so on. After we learn about them, we go about our work, using those data types in our code. But have you ever thought about defining your own data types?
You get better just at programming just like how you get better at anything else -- by practicing. The question is: how to practice in an effective way?
There are two ways to practice of any skill. One is practicing individual techniques, the second way is to practice putting it all …
Understanding the Y Combinator - a function that takes a non-recursive function and makes it recursive. Written in Python after reading The Little Schemer book.
Conflict. It's that word again. We have all faced it and most of us would rather not discuss it, but sooner or later you will be faced with such a situation and it's helpful to be able to understand it. In this article, I will discuss what I understand by …
Based on my experiences, my list would go like this -
Have empathy. This is the most important. Learn continuously. This is the second most important. Apart from these, you need
This article used to be 6 part series of articles on recursion that I had on my old blog. I have combined the series into a single article and posted it here. This article is still dated for the 12th of April, 2008, which is when I originally posted this …