Elixir Elixir Tip: Case vs. With Dating back to version 1.2, the with operator is one of Elixir's features that need a bit of time to comprehend at first. It often gets used in situations Preslav Rachev 11 Sep 2020 • 3 min read
Elixir Elixir Is Not Ruby. Elixir Is Erlang Try to remember the first time you heard about this fascinating language called Elixir. Chances are, you had by the time been developing software using Ruby. If that's the case, Preslav Rachev 6 Sep 2020 • 2 min read
Productivity Is Roam Research Worth It? Probably not, if you ask my opinion. Whether you like it or not, Roam is a glorified outliner, similar to Dynalist or Workflowy. It may work for you as a Preslav Rachev 4 Sep 2020 • 1 min read
Programming Write Stupid Code This is very much a re-interpretation of a post by Thorsten Ball, written back in 2015. Like him, I too came to the same realization, years after I first stared Preslav Rachev 30 Aug 2020 • 1 min read
Projects Does the Go World Need a Book About Graphics Programming? I have been toying with the idea of writing a book about graphics programming using Go. Preslav Rachev 26 Aug 2020 • 2 min read
Books Book Review: The Phoenix Project Unless you are eager to know how modern, Western-centric enterprise works, you can totally save the time and not read this book. Preslav Rachev 17 Aug 2020 • 1 min read
Programming Lessons from Go: Keep Calm and Use the Byte Array Along with error handling and the lack of generics, the prevalent use of byte slices evoked resistance at first, but I quickly got used to it. Preslav Rachev 12 Aug 2020 • 3 min read
Dev Culture It's Time to Stop Fantasizing About Being a Software Developer It's a job like any other. Unless you learn to treat it as such, you're up for a big mental surprise. Preslav Rachev 11 Aug 2020 • 3 min read
2 Cents If You Are Still Calling AI Artificial Intelligence, You Are Wrong Have you ever asked yourselves what the A in AI really stands for? Or, whether the I refers to machine intelligence? The answer may surprise you. Preslav Rachev 7 Aug 2020 • 4 min read
Programming My Reply To: The Case Against OOP is Wildly Overstated Knowing when to stick to a certain principle, but discarding it where it does not apply, is what distinguishes experienced developers from the rest. Preslav Rachev 3 Aug 2020 • 3 min read
Journal In Search of a New Laptop Am I in dire need of a new laptop? No, not really. My 2015 15" MacBook Pro is still perfectly fine and beats many of its 2020 PC contenders. But Preslav Rachev 2 Aug 2020 • 4 min read
Apple Scribble Is the Future. Just Not Quite Yet Scribble is among the features in iPad OS 14 that one would most likely wave off as a gimmick. It's a game changer in disguise, but not ready for its prime time yet. Preslav Rachev 25 Jul 2020 • 4 min read
Bulgaria Beware of the Silent Majority To change a society, one needs to understand what they're fighting against. Sadly, the real "enemies" are not the ones in charge, but those that silently put them there. Preslav Rachev 13 Jul 2020 • 3 min read
Programming Fixing That Nasty "SSL module is not available" Bug on macOS Messing up with Xcode is a recipe for disaster. I knew this when I installed an Xcode Beta alongside an existing version of Xcode. Suddenly, one of my Python apps Preslav Rachev 9 Jul 2020 • 1 min read
Productivity The 1% Journal Major improvements are not Big Bang events. Rather, they are the results of hundreds of small, but consistent adjustments. Preslav Rachev 6 Jul 2020 • 3 min read
Productivity Why Is Roam Research Becoming So Popular? Even if note-taking is not your cup of tea, you have probably heard about Roam Research and wanted to know what the hype is all about. Well, to be frank, that's what I wanted to do as well. Let's figure it out together. Preslav Rachev 1 Jul 2020 • 4 min read
Startups Moving Fast Might Lead You Somewhere Else Moving at a fast pace can be crucial for the success of every early-stage venture. Yet, it requires an ultimate pause to check where you're going. Otherwise, you might simply end up somewhere else. Preslav Rachev 30 Jun 2020 • 2 min read
Productivity Getting Your Bear Notes Productivity to the Next Level Using Alfred Combining the superpowers of Bear and Alfred will let your productivity skyrocket. Preslav Rachev 29 Jun 2020 • 3 min read
