PinnedSomething wonderful happened to meA poem adaptation of an excerpt from Kierkegaard's Either/Or To the seventh heaven, I was brought. In assembly, where be seated all Gods. “Youth, power, a long life, the prettiest girl?”, said Mercury, “Choose. But one you must”. I felt blessed to have been granted a wish, but also sad for I knew I was at a loss. “Esteemed contemporaries”, I addressed myself thus… “May the laughter always be on my side.”Kierkegaard1 min readKierkegaard1 min read
PinnedA dreamer’s letter to a friendA work of fiction… Inspired by Dostoevsky’s White Nights Year: 1843 Place: St. Petersburg, Russia Dear friend, I hope this letter finds you in good health. I am writing to you because as you know I have no one else to write to. I have tried keeping a journal with…6 min read6 min read
Mar 30, 2021Gatsby, Contentful and MediumEasy ingredients for a beginner portfolio. In this article, we will go through the process and challenges in setting up a Gatsby portfolio with ContentfulCMS and Medium as our blog feed source. But firstly, a short introduction to Gatsby itself. Gatsby is an open-source static website generator (SSG) that is…Gatsbyjs4 min readGatsbyjs4 min read
Mar 8, 2021Entropy and InformationEntropy, much more than randomness. Entropy is often times interpreted as the disorderness of a system. While this approach is intuitive and meaningful in the realm of physics and chemistry, it offers little to no help in the field computer science and communication. In this article we will try to…Shannon6 min readShannon6 min read
Jan 10, 2021Fred Brooks’ silver bulletThere is no silver Bullet?? Bear with me… In his original paper “No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering”, Fred Brooks argues that there is no innovation (a silver bullet) in software development that would achieve an order of magnitude increase in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity¹. …Software Development4 min readSoftware Development4 min read
Aug 24, 2020To Vincent,I have always been fascinated with the paintings of Van Gogh and his life. I recently had watched the movie Loving Vincent(2017) that provided further insights into his personal life, his journey into art and his struggles. Here is a short poem I wrote a while ago as a tribute to his life and his sufferings. I hope you will excuse errors of any sort made by this non native English speaker:)Vincent Van Gogh1 min readVincent Van Gogh1 min read
Dec 5, 2019Le Petit Prince de Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDans ce voyage d’apprentissage du français, je suis tombé sur ce livre que j’aime beaucoup et qui m’a touché de bien des façons que je compte partager. J’aimerais commencer par une citation de cette célèbre œuvre de Saint-Exupéry. “ On ne voit bien qu’avec le coeur. L’essentiel est invisible pour…Language Learning3 min readLanguage Learning3 min read
