Sahil Parikh

Since 2007, I have enjoyed watching DHH talk about business and software.

I love the Kindle.

"Supercharged developer" image created by ChatGPT4 + Dall E".

Adding new features to an app takes thinking.

Sound advice from a friend when I asked him how he manages to read so many books in a month...

Updated RSS plugin & code.

In 2022, I set out to challenge myself.

There is an app for everything.

On the chatGPT promp, to go to the next line.....

Over the years working with developers/ designers (mostly web fullstack) there is 1 critical skill that seperates an average developer/ designer from a really good developer/ designer.

Read this today on the blog and it hits home!

Notes to my team Hey Guys, As we grow as a team and develop ____, here are a few things to keep in mind (have included everyone from Thursdays 11am meet): Product Mindset - We are not working on clients projects here but on a product or multiple products.

“Would you rather have annoying error messages during development, or mind-numbing bugs in production” - unknown.

Unlike other screen protectors, Paperlike enhances your viewing experience.

This sort of a place is so calming coming from overly populated, no footpath, traf$$ked, crater-land Mumbai.

Information video on understanding technical debt in software.

This 8 minute video is cutting edge stuff.

Software Developer -> Team Lead -> Product Manager -> ... -> CTO But, instead what if you just did...

A must watch!

How many times we write software to finish a product and then think about moving on to the next shiny project.

What a superb read.

Normally, in one’s career the general thinking is to get experience, progress up the ranks, get more experience and “climb the ladder”.

The story of iOS 16 is all the things that your phone does when you’re not using it.

I heard an interesting podcast yesterday in which the speaker mentioned about how he misses version 1.0 of a lot of apps that he has tried.

Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong.

Now on to programming.

Explore the thoughts and feelings that unite us all through a story of 4 friends - the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse.

I have been using Visual Studio Code (VSCode) since a year or so and absolutely love it.

A little workshop in Minokamo City, central Japan receives countless requests from across Japan to repair damaged clothes.

Visited KGC after more than 2 years.

Just wow.

- Mattress - Work chair - Shoes Because, we spend most of our time lying down, sitting or walking.

Shower musings...

I have been learning React Native since the last few months and now working on revamping the current PPFAS Selfinvest app (written in Ionic).

This sums up programming...

This is something I realised over the past few months after reading Joe Dispenza, Yung Pueblo etc.

The opposite of city and always-on life.

Last week's Dense Discovery newsletter had an interesting take on productivity.

But the move to remote working has enhanced the value of writing to the entire organisation, not just the corner office.

Love these vector wallpapers from The Basic Apple Guy.

Stumbled upon this Youtube video on Overcoming Fear.

I came across It’s Time to Stop Paying for a VPN on NYTimes and it piqued my interest.

I am always fascinated to see how other developers work and their desk setup so since WFH is not going anywhere I decided to upgrade my desk setup at home.

Steven Sinofsky talks about Apple's software releases.

Here are my thoughts on Tuesday’s Apple Event: iPhone 13 should have been called 12s.

Someone has been taking music lessons in the building next door and I am grateful that the soothing music faintly flows into my home while I sip my coffee or green tea in the mornings and afternoons.

What does a good life look like to you?

For the last many many months, I would have issues with iCloud Reminders syncing well between my imac, macbook, ipad and iphone.

I keep thinking about Carl Newport's book Deep Work and how the most valuable people will be the ones who will be able to deep work and hence produce/ build things as opposed to being passive consumers (since they cannot focus their attention they cannot…

My 201 9 iMac was slowing down so I (with a help of a friend who did the entire upgrade) decided to upgrade the RAM from 8GB (4+4) to 16GB (8+8).