Published inThe Startup·PinnedIt’s time to relabel ‘mental health disabilities’ as ‘mental health patterns’‘Therapy is for the crazy people!’. Mental health problems and their solutions are widely disregarded, simply because they don’t fall into the realm of physical health problems and are assumed to be in one’s control. But that is the biggest misunderstanding of it all — ‘We don’t actually have full…Mental Health5 min readMental Health5 min read
PinnedA chance to say Goodbye: The case for physician-assisted deathTRIGGER WARNING: This article involves a story of losing loved ones. If you are actively recovering from grief, please read carefully and turn around if it’s not feeling good. NOTE: If you don’t like my opinion, do not send me petty messages or emails with a personal attack. I will…Healthcare6 min readHealthcare6 min read
PinnedMember-onlyGoing the extra mile on Graduate School Statements in 6 easy stepsWriting a personal statement for graduate schools can be daunting, especially for applicants to Ph.D. programs. I went through the process recently and learned a lot. I talked to many professors and asked for their advice. …Graduate School4 min readGraduate School4 min read
Mar 23The DEA wants to hurt your capability to access medications via telehealth, You can help change that!A few weeks ago, the DEA proposed a regulation that, if passed, could require mental healthcare patients to book in-person visits to get prescriptions for certain psychiatric and addiction medications. This is an absolutely stupid rule as telehealth is now proven to be more effective at providing mental health treatment…Drugs1 min readDrugs1 min read
Aug 6, 2022The relatively unknown scientist who proved that diversity, not ethnic cleansing, is key to our survivalAmong the bigger names that are usually known for their work in genetics and evolution, Dobzhansky’s name usually doesn't appear in many mainstream books. Most people outside of the science industry are aware of Watson and Crick for their discovery of the double helix model of DNA. Many people are…Evolution4 min readEvolution4 min read
Jul 13, 2022An underrated book on multiple personality disorders that represents a pivotal moment in US HistoryPLEASE READ — I’m writing this review solely as a measure to build empathy for people with dissociative identity disorders. Everything I mention is an opinion and observation of mine. Available for $8 on Amazon, “The Minds of Billy Milligan” tells the story of William Milligan — the first person…Mental Health3 min readMental Health3 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Nov 15, 2021The first step to learning bioinformatics is to not jump to bioinformaticsThe title might sound a little contradictory, but the process of learning bioinformatics isn’t exactly straightforward. Learning bioinformatics is more like constructing a building where the top floor is bioinformatics. There are multiple pillars and foundations of knowledge that need to be strong enough to learn bioinformatics properly. Most people…Bioinformatics5 min readBioinformatics5 min read
Nov 6, 2021Is it a big deal that 40% of USD was printed in the last 12 months? NO, it’s not.PLEASE READ FIRST: I’ve received a high amount of negative comments and emails, telling me that inflation is real and my article is wrong. Please note that nowhere in my article do I say that inflation doesn’t exist. It is real and it is happening. …Debt7 min readDebt7 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Jul 19, 2020Member-only5 best practices for Professional Object-Oriented Programming in PythonThe best ways to handle exceptions, write documentation, decorators for class inheritance and packages to automatically clean your code. — Building Python classes are always fun. But packaging them properly for efficiency, external use, and documentation is very important. In this article, I’ll cover five best practices to document, maintain, and test your Python classes. …Python6 min readPython6 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jun 5, 2020Member-onlyBuilding Reliable and Scalable APIs with Node.JSIn this article, I’ll help you build a simple API using Node.JS that works as an independent server and can handle multiple requests at once, thus adding to the scalability of your application and reliability of results. For complex tasks that involve interacting with the system or its directories, Javascript…Nodejs7 min readNodejs7 min read
