Srikanth articles - 32 total
Building a Password Manager in Go: Part 3
Welcome back to our journey of building a password manager in Go! In this third installment, we've...
Building a Password Manager in Go: Part 2
Welcome back to our journey of building a password manager in Go! In this second installment, we'll...
Building a Password Manager in Go
As a software developer, I've always been fascinated by the intersection of security and usability....
Discovering how python is saving my memory
When it comes to code conundrums, a quick visit to google or chatgpt usually satisfies my curiosity....
Trim the fat! Strategies on writing better at work.
I've always relied on writing to explain my technical solutions. I used to think that a text rich...
How Django keeps track of your model classes?
I have ran the python manage.py makemigrations command several hundreds of times. Recently I had a...
Chatting with your database: What did I learn by letting AI generate SQL?
This is one of the intriguing use cases of ChatGPT and other LLMs. You pass the information about...
How do you stay creative as a dev?
I know this is quite subjective question and creativity is bit of an abstract thing. But I have been...
The virtue of jumping to conclusions when you're learning
My driving instructor gave me a very useful insight on learning. To train your (driving) instincts,...
Vector database: What is chromadb doing under the hood?
I have been hearing about vector databases a lot recently. As I was exploring the python LangChain...
System Design Case Study of an Online Booking System.
Have you ever experienced the rush of online shopping? I bet you felt an adrenaline rush as you...
Deploying software is like opening a new bakery 🧁
What the hell is a deployment? That's what my wife asked me when she came across this word on her...
Start by writing messy code
The conventional wisdom in software engineering advocates for breaking down code into loosely coupled...
Using an ORM over writing raw SQL queries ...
I hear strong opinions among developers for both ways of working with relational database. Common...
How can a backend developer contribute to a seamless user experience?
As a backend developer, it's easy to get lost behind multiple layers of the modern tech stack and...
🔄 Tradeoff between Normalisation and Denormalisation when Scaling Your API 📈🔁
There's something I have managed to crystallise for myself. As a Backend Engineer, I deal with...
5 Simple Recursion Programs in Python.
Let's get started with recursion in Python with these simple programs.
What is it like being a Support Engineer?
Pros and cons of working in support teams.
Notes on Distributed Systems
Notes from Tim Berglund's lecture. Introduction: Collection of computers that looks to...
What went wrong when I started learning to program at 12?
Learning to program at age 12. Stress and Hopelessness ensue.
Learn By Building A Data Pipeline – Part 0.
Trying to explore real time data streaming for analytics.
This may be the most interesting thing you'll read today...
Quote from the book The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell Waldrop
Best talks you've watched.
Share your favorite talks on programming, software engineering etc.
Managing Python Dependencies Robustly.
PyPi package versions and what not.
[ASKDEV] How to approach people online for asking career related advice?
Asking advice on asking advice.
Advice from Richard Hamming's "You and Your Research"
Richard Hamming's seminal lecture series sheds valueable insight on how to approach your career.
[AskDEV] How to learn building scalable distributed systems when its not part of your job?
Where should I start to learn distributed systems? I know this is pretty vague thing to ask, but I am...
Ramblings on refactoring, API design and writing testable code.
There are a lot of resources regarding designing good APIs. I personally found the talk from Joshua...
Things in software that you have taken granted only to find out later?
Unexpected behaviours or limits in software systems.
Learning to work on existing codebases.
Some observations after failing and succeeding in working with legacy codebases.