Nikhil

Nikhil @unsungnovelty

About: Knowledge, Security, Programming and Productivity.

Joined:
Jun 3, 2019

Nikhil
articles - 19 total

Life of a blog - blogging in 2024 and beyond

I created my website and started blogging in 2019. The decision to create a website was inspired by 2...

Learn More 0 1Oct 30 '24

A Linux distro recommendation framework and my picks for 2024

"Which Linux distro should I use?" Is a recurring question people ask without an end in sight. I have...

Learn More 5 4Jan 22 '24

OSS projects and Non-profit 501(c)(3) vs Non-profit 501(c)(6)

The operational and legal side of open source software (OSS) projects are always boring to us...

Learn More 1 0May 28 '23

initLogs 5: Why write simple code?

I recently read a reddit post. I was about someone who's colleague writes complex code over simple...

Learn More 3 0Nov 20 '22

Light mode is better for your eyes in most scenarios

Just like spaces and tabs, we have dark mode vs light mode. Dark mode is definitely the cooler and...

Learn More 5 1Aug 14 '22

Explaining what a good abstraction layer is with Tailwind CSS

Abstraction layers are very subjective based on what, when and how you want things. This post is...

Learn More 17 2May 20 '22

Is it possible to have Editor's picks in Dev.to?

This will be my first meta question. So I hope I can get some discussion going on. So I would...

Learn More 9 2Apr 18 '22

Do you actually read your bookmarked posts?

So I recently wrote Doing what you can NOW post which is about productivity. And I see people have...

Learn More 20 31Apr 11 '22

Doing What You Can NOW

I am a productivity enthusiast and a perfectionist. As a developer or not, we all have things we want...

Learn More 5 0Apr 9 '22

How to add Tailwind CSS 3 to a Hugo website in 2022?

I use Hugo for my personal website - https://www.unsungnovelty.org. At present I use Bulma CSS for...

Learn More 10 0Mar 5 '22

6 Productivity and personal growth tips from my 2021

I have done a similar post in 2019 called 9 Productivity & personal growth rules made from my...

Learn More 3 2Feb 21 '22

initLogs 4: Why am I getting [object Promise] when calling an asynchronous function in JavaScript?

When I learnt about promises and asynchronous coding. The biggest time consumer was when I tried...

Learn More 6 2Feb 17 '22

New year resolutions can be a useful & necessary first step

I see a lot of dislike towards new year resolutions. There is a assumption that new year resolutions...

Learn More 1 4Jan 31 '22

initLogs 3: Learnings from my experience on how to learn programming

When you start your programming journey, you ask for recommendations from friends, colleagues or...

Learn More 3 0May 17 '21

Leveling up my notes game with a Zettelkasten

Notes are a great way to write things down. But as you start writing more notes, the number obviously...

Learn More 10 0Jun 22 '20

initLogs 2: Three uses of if statement in JavaScript

If statement is one of the conditional statements in JavaScript. But if is not the most commonly used...

Learn More 5 0May 29 '20

initLogs 1: Swapping numbers and reversing arrays in JavaScript

I am gonna start writing about my experiences of learning JavaScript. Most of the topics/posts are...

Learn More 5 2Apr 16 '20

9 Productivity & personal growth rules made from my 2019

We all are trying to do things in a better way everyday and improving is something we all strive...

Learn More 19 0Feb 14 '20

Why Do I Host a Website?

I now have a website in the world wide web! A tiny part of me on the internet -...

Learn More 9 0Jan 21 '20