This post talks how to setup json-server to use custom id and routes. In case you don’t know, json-server allows you to run a fake HTTP server with zero coding in no time. This is a common solution to allow UI team to work while REST APIs are being developed by the backend team.
In my last assignment, I was asked to mentor a software development team as part of the Dojo program. I am not a big believer in Training initiatives, but because Dojo program has a different format I decided to take up the assignment. The Dojo program involves working on a real project with the team, helping them embrace good software development practices, solving team’s real problems, and finally delivering a quality software. In this post, I want to talk about a lesson that I had shared with the team — the lesson which I named it as Validate your assumptions. Continue reading
All real-world systems have some form of a feedback loop. Feedback loop is so called because output of the system is fed back into the system as input, increasing or decreasing its effect. The most common example of a feedback loop is audio feedback. I am sure most of you have experienced it at least once in your lifetime. Audio feedback loop occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input(ex. Microphone) and audio output. Watch the video in case you want to experience it again. I am waiting….
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Writing may be the skill with the highest return of all – Seth Godin
Today, I wanted to create a list of directories inside a directory and place an empty file in each of them. In this quick post, I will share two commands that can do that for you.
$ mkdir $(printf "%02i-day " $(seq 1 50))
$ find . -type d -exec touch {}/.gitkeep \;
You don’t have to type
$. It is only to signify command-prompt.
In the second post of the tools series, I am going to cover netcat utility. It comes prepackaged on most of the linux distributions. The netcat utility is often referred to as a Swiss army knife of networking tools. It has a long list of features. Few of them are mentioned below.
I became aware of Regret Minimization Framework quite recently while reading a random post on the web. With in that timeframe it has helped me take a couple of big decisions with clarity. Had I known this earlier I could have avoided taking few bad decisions.
Regret Minimization Framework is a mental model that wants you to project into the future and look back at your decision so that you can quantify which of the options could lead to minimal regret. Then, you should go with the option that will lead to minimum regret.
