My Writings

Generic Go Optionals

Disclaimer: The code that follows is neither an attempt at establishing post-generics best practices, neither am I am encouraging anyone to use it in their Go applications. It's simply a thought experiment at applying a pattern known as Option or Optional in other programming languages. The motivation behind it is

Between Go and Elixir

Interpreting "expectations for generics in Go 1.18"

Sometimes, I feel like I don't quite understand the core Go team's writings. I don't mean this in a bad way, though. We are computer scientists by nature, not craftsmen of prose. And yet, I have this feeling that we could strive to do a better job at communicating our

Ideas

Is This Sleep Tracking App Idea Realistic?

Here is an idea for a smartwatch app that I have been keeping in my head for a while. I wasn't sure whether it already existed, so I thought I could figure that out by explaining it as best as possible. Be sure to let me know if you've seen

Between Go and Elixir

Generics Need Standard Library Support From the Start

Among the first things that once drove me to try Go was a video by Rob Pike, called "Simplicity is Complicated." In it, he describes at length that one of Go's unique differentiating features is its core team's obstinance to conform to community pressure and adding new features. A couple

Between Go and Elixir

Implementing a Generic Filter Function in Go

This article will demonstrate the implementation of a generic slice filter function using the new type parameters syntax

My Trick to Writing Rockstar Newsletters

My trick to writing engaging newsletters is in thematically arranged online references mixed with my observations. This article will demonstrate how you can use it to make your newsletters more engaging and valuable.

Between Go and Elixir

Generic Go Pipelines

My journey with generic type parameters in Go continues. This time, I'd like to explore an idea I picked up from functional programming (FP) - function pipelines. Generic GoEverything you need to know about generics in Go: be among the first to start using type parameters when they arrive. Avoid

Between Go and Elixir

How to Use Generics in Go Starting From v1.17

Using a flag that appears to have been brought to light with v1.17

Between Go and Elixir

Generic Go: Time for a Restart

A few months ago, I created a pre-order on Gumroad, for a book I had named "Generic Go: Get the Most Out Type Parameters and Avoid the Nasty Pitfalls." Pre-order Generic Go I wanted to write a guide about generic programming in Go without it becoming an ode to the

Generative Art

Fractal City

My Experiment in AI-Assisted Art Generation (VQGAN+CLIP)

What Is Book as a Service (BaaS) and Why It Matters?

What if we thought of modern books not as final products but as continuously evolving services?

Personal

How I Ended up Speaking on My Favorite Podcast

And I totally loved it. You should do it too!

Between Go and Elixir

Don't Use "Idiomatic" as an Excuse. Ship Things Instead

Hiding behind terms like "idiomatic", we are quick to dismiss any solution that feels like it's going to destroy the perfect shelter we built. Ask yourself what idioms apply to your style of work; what helps your team deliver better products—those you can allow yourselves to be dogmatic about.

Between Go and Elixir

Reason wanted me to make a choice, and I am so glad I didn’t. Because the more I kept delving into both Elixir and Go, the more I found out how complementary the two can be to one another.

My Projects

Networkd: Get to Know the People on Your Virtual Events Better

COVID-19 made us rethink the ways we used to organize meetings and events. By moving them online, we made events more inclusive and accessible to a larger segment of the population. Unfortunately, that also made them indistinguishable from one another. It took much of their identity away. With that, many

Programming

The Danger of "Simplicity"

It's good to think about simplicity in terms of the tradeoffs we make when we take a particular decision.

The Recap

The Recap #4

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The Recap

The Recap #3

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Cryptocurrency

Making Sense of NFTs Beyond All the Hype

Here is what I know.

Personal

F Stands for Feedback

Not for failure

2 Cents

The Urgent vs. the Important

I have recently bought an e-book by a Gumroad author named Luca Dellana. I have to admit I did it mainly to see how successful authors on Gumroad package their offerings. I was initially skeptical about the book, dismissing it as just another attempt to capitalize on the self-help trend.

Personal

My 2020 Podcast Mixtape

The podcasts that defined my year

Personal

Every End Is a New Beginning

These past couple of weeks were overly emotional for me. I made a decision I've been thinking about for the better part of the last five years. I decided to quit my job at KI labs and starting from 2021 onward, I will take a deep-dive into running my own

Programming

The Myth of Code Coverage

One question I often ask potential software engineering candidates is to pinpoint the percentage of code coverage in an ideal project. Interestingly enough, many of them jump to the sky with numbers beyond 90%. They would start preaching how well-tested code is more reliable and brings more value to all

Personal

Farewell, macOS!

Last Friday, Apple released Big Sur, the latest version of macOS. While everyone else was busy downloading GBs of data from Apple’s servers, I took a different, less beaten path. Meet my new best friend, Ubuntu: Those who follow this blog would recall that I have been looking for