Why an Ubuntu enthusiast switched to M1 Macbook Air?
I was a very religious Ubuntu enthusiast for the last 15+ years and was using Ubuntu LTS versions as my daily driver on Thinkpad laptops. I recently ( in the last 2 months )...
Author: microideation
How to get a full work-day battery life on M1 Macbook
I recently switched to a Macbook Air M1 after being a loyal Ubuntu user for the past 15 years. I will be posting about the reasons for switching and the experience and differences between...
Localhost love: The last comfort zone for the dev
My life mostly revolves around the “production” or “prod” as we call it. You know life is stressful there. You have so many moving parts that need to be actually “moving”. You try to...
Kotlin Basics : Variables, Datatypes, control flow, when, loops & exception
Kotlin is a relatively new programming language that is gaining popularity due to the simplicity in the syntax compared to Java and the compatibility with the JVM. It is developed and maintained by the...
Spring framework basics: Dependency Injection, IoC, AOP, Beans
Spring is a powerful framework that provides comprehensive programming and config model for new age Java base enterprise applications. There are several core concepts of Spring that should be understood by anyone trying to...
Improve and get two-day battery life on Samsung Galaxy ( Android ) phone
The battery size on android mobile phones is getting bigger and bigger with each new release. But when you look at the average battery life, it’s somewhat the same. The general practice is to...
Data structures in programming : Arrays, LinkedList, stack, queue, tree, heap, and graph
Data structures A data structure represents the way of organizing data in the memory by a program for its effective usage. This is a critical concept with the amount of data we are currently...
Why an avid dark mode enthusiast stopped using dark mode?
I used to be a die-hard enthusiast of dark mode screens and designs. I loved the elegance and the simplicity they provided and always wanted to have more of it on all the apps...
Setup a local development proxy using Nginx handling CORs
If you are a front-end developer, you must be familiar with the pain of connecting to the API when working on your development machine. You may be running a local npm server and the...
Git Tutorial – Part 1: Simple git commands explained with example workflow.
Git is a well-known source code versioning system widely used by software organizations. But many of the developers who have not yet worked with a team could be unaware of how this works and...
