I’d like to take you on a journey back in time, precisely 15 years ago, when my journey into software development began. As a younger me, armed with nothing but curiosity, I was introduced to the html and css. In the beginning, it was all about figuring out the basics. HTML websites were my training ground. Then came PHP, followed by JavaScript. Every new language was like a puzzle. This wasn’t...

Naming, but not in the way you think. Our knowledge represents a minute portion of reality. Names are the visible portion of that knowledge. Phil Karlton once said, “there are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.” One is a real problem; the other is a problem of defining reality. A misbehaving cache algorithm compromises the system’s integrity. Inadequate names can compromise the system’s entire existence. On the surface, this...