From a Help Desk agent to a software developer. What motivates me to write. — My Path To A Software Developer A few years ago, I started working at a Help Desk where I met the IT world for the first time. I have a linguistic background and had only basic computer skills. The reason they hired me was because of my foreign language skills. Although the job was far from…

Make your kitchen smarter with Python — In this article, I’m going to show you an easy way to make your kitchen smarter. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to achieve this goal. You just need some QR codes, paper, a printer, and a smartphone with a QR code scanner. Here is how I…

A collection of proven Unix commands to help you identify application issues — Identifying an application issue can be very time-consuming. That’s why it’s essential to know various troubleshooting commands which can make it easier for us to spot the problem. Unix-like systems come with many powerful in-built commands. In this article, I’ve gathered the top ones which I’ve been using a lot…

Handy bash commands with simple examples — During our software engineering journeys, we have seen how powerful bash commands can be. In this quick tutorial, I will show you some useful commands that might come in handy. The disown Command Before jumping into the disown command, let’s understand how it relates to nohup. I suppose that most of you are…

Introduction to ADRs with examples, templates, and managing tools — What Are Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) Architectural decision records (ADRs) document important architectural decisions made along with their context and consequences. They were first introduced by Michael Nygard in a 2011’s blog post. An ADR usually consists of a short text file describing a specific architecture decision. You can write them in plain text, AsciiDoc/Markdown format…

Introduction to fitness functions concept with simple examples — In this article, I’m going to introduce the fitness functions concept and provide a few simple examples. By the end of the article, you’ll get an idea of what these functions are used for. Hopefully, you’ll gather fresh ideas about testing your project’s requirements. What Are Fitness Functions? Fitness functions are used to measure…

How to use Paperwork, an AI-powered tool for making papers searchable — Does the following situation sound familiar? You decide to clean your house and stumble upon a bunch of papers. You’re unsure if you should throw them in the garbage because you might need the information someday. If you’re like me, you’ve done that many times during the past few years…

Introduction to Chaos Mesh, a powerful chaos engineering tool — Nowadays, failures in distributed computing systems have become difficult to predict. We need to be proactive to prevent issues. The Chaos Engineering approach serves exactly this purpose. In this article, I’m going to introduce Chaos Mesh, a powerful chaos engineering tool. …

How to transcribe audio and make it searchable using Python and NLTK — Audio content has become a popular source of communication. One downside is that when you want to find something, you can’t just press Control + F on your keyboard to start searching. Imagine that you want to filter your recent phone calls to find the one where you were talking…