To program is to create

How to cut programmer’s block with a Gorkha khukri

Writers are known to have ‘Writer’s block’ — a spell during which they are not able to write anything, in spite of all efforts.

A programmer suffering from programmer’s block, similarly, stares at computer screen…

What a computer really is ? A gentle reminder :)

I reached to this awesome blog post and video via Kevin Lindsey’s tweet (and a couple of redirection):

Baby step principle

Simplicity can be very powerful when properly harnessed. I have found — in perceived ‘no progress’ situation, a good strategy often is to apply ‘The baby step principle’. You may think big, but take a single, small step at a time — picture the baby who is learning to walk. Here is short…

Link Harvest — On Learning

Wordpress has this nice feature called ‘Tag Surfer’ — using it we can explore latest posts from neighboring bloggers, matching our interest. Today I decided to explore this feature and found these great posts related to the tag ‘Learning’:

API Design I — Beyond Contract and Correctness

An API (Application Programming Interface) exists for interfacing a given software system with other software systems. The interface or bridge, allows the external world to interact with the internal world of the software system in a limited…

Recommended reading list for a journeyman Software Developer

Here is a reading list which I think will be helpful to software developers beginning their professional journey. This by no means is a prescription, but sharing what I found of help. Nor are these exclusive sources of wisdom…

You are not using any design patterns in your code!