Three random ways I use Evernote effectively
Using a digital note taking tool well gives you a lot of leverage in the information age. Here are 3 ideas to inspire you to use Evernote effectively.…
Why RemoteIndian ?
As some of you know I have been working on a community project called RemoteIndian. I help Indian engineering and product professionals passionate about building their careers as remote talent to share proven strategies, best practices, and the paths that each of us are navigating in building our careers, so…
How I curate content for RemoteIndian newsletter
It's free. It's very personal to my tool habits (and maybe yours as well). And it has helped to ship those newsletters every 2 weeks ⚡️…
Annual Review 2018
What went well this year ?RemoteIndian project is alive and kicking (much better website with 10 interviews, and a regular newsletter and 56 members)Understood the value of meditation after Vipassana course and found a lot of calmness Got the maker bug and built many side projectsBuilt bluletter.inBuilt ChartKitty…
Communication and Managing State in Elixir processes (using an example of BankAccount)
Processes are the basic building blocks of Elixir programming. In Elixir, all code runs inside processes. Processes are isolated from each other, run concurrent to one another and communicate via message passing. Processes are not only the basis for concurrency in Elixir, but they also provide the means for building…
Writing composable queries in Ecto
In this article, I'll show you how to refactor your Ecto Queries by breaking them up. This example is from my side project where the below query fetches all the completed todos in the last 30 days for all users. def feed() do Repo.all from t in Todo, join:…
What have I been doing lately
This is the time in my life where I am lost. Lost in possibilities. Lost in dreams. Lost in habits. I have given myself permission to look like an idiot. Again. Let’s be serious Abhishek !! What have you been up to ? Ok, I will tell you. But promise me…
Diving into Elixir & Phoenix by building an app
What’s the plan ? Build a phoenix web app which calculates the value of crypto holdings. Obviously I have made many a web app before, however this time I want to build it using the principles I picked it up from the book. Postpone Adding a Framework Postpone Adding Date…
How to be productive while satisfying your wanderlust
This year, I have been travelling more than I have ever have. And I have been working on the road as well. The awesome part is that life is an adventure. https://twitter.com/abhishekbose87/status/897024243665440768 The challenging element though is being productive at work. Married to the excitement…
The anatomy of a personal newsletter
Why ? Humans always treasure the social aspect of their lives. Known truth .. right ? Now imagine an age when there was no internet. How would people remain in touch with each other without physically meeting someone. Hmm, you might think, there were telephones right. Courtesy Alexander Graham Bell, people could call…