Essays & Notes

• Business

  Learning video editing

• On StackOverflow Series E financing

• Culture

  On genders

• Education

  How to teach kids to read

• Is computer programming better than history?

• On Standford's cancelled plan to bring back undergrads in 2020

• Memorizing formulas

• On Australia doubling fees for liberal arts degrees

• On Helicopter parenting

• What do school closures mean for children?

• Family

  Happy fathers day

• Fasting

  What happens if you don't eat for a week?

• Health

  Why do humans like bacon?

• Jobs

  Why are there so many jobs that are extremely easy that can be automated still?

• Is 2020 the year to learn code?

• Hello I am an aspiring software developer who just completed A-Levels. What's next?

• What are some programming skills that can provide financial freedom?

• How did you go from a newbie to a software engineer in 9 months while working full time?

• On working as a programmer in the adult industry

• On having a "mission"

• What's your main goal for learning programming?

• How do I turn my passion for programming into a career?

• How do programmers last working for a company for 5 years, 10 years, or 20 years?

• What profession is better with learning a little programming?

• Life

  Are you always bored?

• Why are people so similar to pigs? (ChatGPT)

• Difference in slang usage between bullshit, dogshit, horseshit, apeshit, batshit and "the shit"?

• How do some people afford to travel so often if they are not wealthy?

• Asking for rights

• Politics

  Corporate Pride: Genuine Support or Hollow Gesture?

• On the unravelling of America due to Covid-19

• Programming

  Why are video tutorials useless for learning programming?

• Improving programming skills in 30 days?

• As a Ruby programmer, why do you choose Elixir over Crystal or vice versa?

• As a self-taught developer, should I go to college?

• Did anybody learn a programming language at the age of 50?

• Does being an entrepreneur require you to be a good programmer or good at coding?

• Great programming skills as a child

• How can I know if programming is the right career for me?

• Finding a programming job without a degree

• How do I build my platform?

• How do I learn Phoenix (Elixir) in a pleasant way?

• How hard would it be to learn Ruby or Ruby on Rails for a Python developer?

• How mature is Elixir?

• How much of the "Programming Elixir" book must I go through before I can start learning Phoenix?

• I can't learn any programming language. Whenever I try I fail.

• I can't solve a simple Python program, and no ideas for a mini project.

• I have done software engineering and now I want to apply for a master degree

• I’m willing to make a project for my final year. What project (related to Python) should I make to achieve a good grade?

• Is Elixir + Phoenix worth learning when you have to create very quickly web backends that scale to millions of users?

• Is Elixir (programming language) dying?

• Is Elixir worth learning even though it has so few job opportunities?

• Is it possible to build an eCommerce website with Elixir and the Phoenix framework?

• Is it right to start my programming career with Python than C++?

• Is programming something you want to do for the rest of your life?

• What is programming like on the Pixelbook?

• Programming competitions vs. Side projects

• What does it mean to be a successful coder?

• What are some things that seem easy in programming software but are actually hard, and other things that seem hard but are easy?

• What are some types of computer applications that will never be doable as web-based apps?

• What can I do with Elixir?

• What coding skills are in demand?

• What popular or emerging web applications are built with the Elixir language and Phoenix framework?

• What programming language from ten years ago has fallen completely out of favor?

• What’s the hardest part about programming that no one ever talks about at all?

• What will you say to someone that has been learning how to code for 5 years but yet still struggling with it?

• Which is better: Python or C++?

• Which programming languages do you think will be worth learning in 2021?

• Why do programmers get outdated over time?

• Why is it so hard for older developers to keep going with technology?

• Relationships

  Why doesn't anyone understand me?

• School

  Teaching sucks

• Self-help

  How do I "stay hungry"?

• Sleep

  Eating just before sleep?

• Society

  Too big to fail?

• Why things will never change

• Why you should travel - especially after 2020

• Your beliefs are not important

• Your identity is meaningless

• Admitting when you're wrong

• "Safe spaces"... should be eliminated

• 10 Comfortable lies

• Travel

  Is it difficult to live in Bangkok as a foreigner?

• What's your favorite thing about the Vietnamese?

• Are Vietnamese people friendly?

• Why are so many expats leaving Thailand?

• On identifying as American abroad

• On United Airways plan to resume service Internationally

• How did you become interested in Vietnam and Vietnamese culture?

• Web

  On OVH's Firewalls

• On cities suing Netflix, Hulu and Disney

• On "Privacy Focussed" Analytics

• Random

  Is the Carnivore Diet what we needed all the time?

• Is it a problem? Or is it just change?

• Protesting never works

• Projects & Interests

• Why Painkillers Sell, Not Vitamins: A Deep Dive

• The protests have failed, so what's next?

• Memorizing formulas

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• What I'm doing now

• Unveiling Truths in Unpopular Perspectives

• About Me

• Conditionally render templates in Phoenix - Elixir