Software Development

Before we get into the meat of this article, I’d like to preface it with the fact that this was written from a very personal point of view, and my personal journey and experiences may not match your own. That said, I do believe that I’m presenting a non-exhaustive list…

This is the first in a series of posts which will discuss how we continually improve our engineering and operational practices to meet the needs of a global customer base. Today I’ll be walking you through the ASOS Fundamentals, which are a set of definitions and measures used to guide…

Use these commands in your terminal and shell scripts to boost your programming productivity! — Unix-based or Unix-like operating systems typically motivate programmers to communicate with the system via the command terminal by offering a standard commands collection. These commands include file management, networking, programming, and utility commands. Every modern operating system comes with an inbuilt file manager GUI app to view and manage files…

In the previous blog post, Building Games in ECS with Entity Relationships, I talked about the benefits of treating relationships between entities as first class citizens in a game. In this new blog post I’ll dive deeper into one of those benefits, and the futuristic capabilities it could unlock. Sit…

We all want to build reliable software that makes users happy and keeps our heads free from late-night production crashes on Fridays. But every engineer already knows some stack that can handle the users’ needs while tests can check the correctness, so why would anyone bother learning Rust? You might…

Software design principles and frameworks are guidelines of good software development. Each may have strengths and weaknesses and can be combined or adapted to address a particular aspect of the software requirement. In practice, design discussions can often be a source of immense frustration for those involved. The process of…

On Linux (All open source) — rofi This is my app launcher of choice and I prefer it to dmenu. In fact I prefer it to a conventional “start” menu. It is sleek, keyboard-focused, highly customizable, and reads .desktop files. In addition to “run command” and desktop launcher capabilities it can act as a type-to-filter window switcher…

After graduating from Stanford with a Masters in Electrical Engineering, I wanted to work in an environment that is very stimulating and international. That’s why the moment I joined Qantev, I knew I had found a special place to work. The company’s commitment to creating an environment that fosters growth…

And no, I’m NOT talking about Vision Pro. — Maybe I just need to take the same, exact article that I’ve written each and every year for the past three years and run it through ChatGPT. That way I wouldn’t be writing this by hand and making myself even angrier than I already am. I’m speaking, of course, of…