263 posts

The Two of Three Rule

A career framework based on statistical quality control: Pay, People, Work - you can only have two good things at any job. Understanding when to join, stay, or leave a company.

May 19, 2022 · 14 min

A Primer on Control Charts

An introduction to statistical quality control using control charts and Shewhart charts. Understanding process variation, control limits, and statistical manufacturing principles.

May 12, 2022 · 4 min

Learning Rust

My journey learning Rust after 3 years of attempts, finally succeeding after 40 days and building a webservice at Merkle Science.

March 28, 2022 · 1 min

Explicit is Better than Implicit: Rust for Pythonistas

A comprehensive introduction to Rust for Python developers, covering why Rust matters, memory management, ownership, borrowing, and practical code examples.

March 26, 2022 · 10 min

Using Custom Delimiters in Jinja Templates

How to use custom variable markers in Jinja templates to avoid conflicts with Apache Airflow or other template engines. Alternative approaches for nested templating scenarios.

February 18, 2022 · 2 min

TIL: Creating Fixed Length Iterables in Python

TIL how to create fixed-length iterables in Python using collections.deque with maxlen parameter. Perfect for creating circular buffers and bounded collections.

January 24, 2022 · 1 min

Documentation Without Assumption

Why good documentation means caring about your audience and stating the obvious. How assumption-free writing prevents confusion and creates better developer experiences.

January 16, 2022 · 3 min

Vagrant

Getting started with Vagrant for creating reproducible development environments. Using Vagrant to test Ansible playbooks across multiple Linux distributions with simple text-based VM configurations.

January 10, 2022 · 2 min

Python - A Reflection in 2022

How Python's ecosystem complexity has grown over 8 years. From simple beginnings to overwhelming tooling choices - reflecting on developer experience and the Zen of Python.

January 7, 2022 · 6 min

Learning Golang

My latest attempt at learning Go using Test-Driven Development. Setting concrete goals for CLI development, API interactions, and building REST services to measure progress.

December 28, 2021 · 2 min