“Everyone has a plan: until they get punched in the face” – Mike Tyson Interviews can be hard. To prep, ample time must be dedicated to studying different data structures, algorithms, and related questions. This serves you well until you inevitably get a question you have no idea how to solve.
At work, I've been working on expanding Etsy into India. There have been various challenges but it's been a rewarding project. I got to write about one of the prominent problems on our company's technical blog! Check it out here [https://www.etsy.com/codeascraft/indian-rupee-users-database] !
Image-generating AI’s are some of the most interesting projects coming out of AI labs. These include OpenAI’s Dall-e-2 [https://openai.com/dall-e-2/], Google’s Imagen [https://imagen.research.google/], and Stability AI’s Stable Fusion [https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-public-release]. I’ll be covering what they are, how
I’m not an expert on the body but I’ve done some homework on how to fix posture. For me, it was slouching and “tech neck” (forward neck) from working on a screen all day. This often leads to discomfort, looking less confident, and appearing shorter. It’s good
A friend and I were working remotely for a month and wanted to build a product. As software engineers, we could hire ourselves as free employees (self-funded seed round?). In my last post, I talked at length about how we brainstormed and collaborated to find the perfect idea. When we
My friend and I were talking about what makes humans so great. We came to the conclusion that the major factors are specialization and the ability to collaborate. Together these make humans a force. Humans are at their best when they're acting as an individual in an integrated group. We
Our routines make up most of our life. We remember the big moments and trips, but most of our time is spent on routine things. From work and relationships to diet and chores. These become the invisible but main parts of our life. We must remember to zoom out and
Reading math notation sucks. A big focus when learning math is remembering all the different symbols. It distracts from focusing on what the equation is actually communicating. Many people miss the beauty of math because we don’t teach it in an intuitive way. The author of Mindstorms [https://www.
I recently sent my friend this [https://youtu.be/3_Ue0tweDkE] link. The TLDR; the best engineers don't write the most code. They solve problems that help the business succeed. Sometimes solving the problem and helping the business involves writing code. Many times is doesn't. > The best code is no
In the last few weeks, I've had to make some big decisions in my personal and professional life. There was quite a bit of stress and now on the other side of things I've reflected quite a bit. How does one make good decisions? How does one balance constraints with
I asked myself a question: if I had to raise a child today, what are the few useful skills that I'd impart to them to learn. I thought for a bit and three skills seemed like clear winners. Habitual reading [https://marcog.xyz/on-reading/], coding [https://marcog.xyz/cheat-codes-for-landing-a-job/], and
A few friends of mine want to start a blog. I figured this is a good guide to share with everyone on how to start a blog. There are two routes: use a service or self-host. Services for a blog are SquareSpace, WordPress, Ghost, Substack, etc. They’re great options