Lifestyle
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Why Tamil Kuthu Songs Make Me More Productive While Working From Home
Discover why energetic Tamil kuthu songs surprisingly improve focus and productivity during long work-from-home sessions. Explore the psychology of rhythm, dopamine, stimulation, and flow states.
Stepping Into Leadership (and Loving the Chaos & a Lot of Firsts)
A personal story about stepping into a leadership role at Fitch, embracing uncertainty, and discovering that leadership is just mentoring at scale.
Collection of Free Learning Resources & Personal 1-1 Mentoring
With all the ruckus out there, we all can do the best by using most of the time learning and knowing new things. I have compiled a few good things here.
Why Don’t Tamil People Have Last Names?
> It’s the result of one of the world’s greatest social reform movements to de-stratify society... A name is a powerful thing. Having the right name can
Frequently asked questions before joining University of Leicester
Most of us have crazy questions before starting our journey to University of Leicester. Let's create a bank of questions and I'll answer those I know. Why
Things to do at University of Leicester
Hello, welcome to the United Kingdom. If you are reading this, I believe you have made the right decision by choosing this university to do your studies.
Accommodation & Stay in Leicester
Hello, welcome to the United Kingdom. If you are reading this, I believe you have made the right decision by choosing this university to do your studies.
University Life when you are at Leicester
Hello, welcome to the United Kingdom. If you are reading this, I believe you have made the right decision by choosing this university to do your studies.
Things to bring before you start your journey
Hello, welcome to the United Kingdom. If you are reading this, I believe you have made the right decision by choosing this university to do your studies.
Thinking of pursuing Masters in the United Kingdom? Think Leicester
Hello, there! I believe you have taken a decision to pursue your Masters in the United Kingdom. Comparing with Indian Education System, I would really say
Welcome to Leicester - A dawn of an Awesome Journey
Hello, welcome to the United Kingdom. If you are reading this, I believe you have made the right decision by choosing this university to do your studies.
The 1 ₹ Idli along with Care - Meet K Kamalathal, The 80-Year-Old Woman
Meet K Kamalathal, The 80-Year-Old Woman Who Sells Idlis For Just Re 1 & Refuses To Hike Prices > This is a repost from [Meet K Kamalathal, The
Semver failing the Developers
> This article is a repost of an article by Jongleberry, as it was really interesting and it is not available online. The article has been substantially
Story of Geetha Govindam - Every bachelor's dream to have such a love story!
My view on this crazily trending Telugu movie Geetha Govindam with Synopsis, Plot, Reviews and Trailers.
Right way of delaying execution synchronously in JavaScript without using Loops or Timeouts!
I recently found a better way to delay JavaScript execution by the use of async and await keywords. Sharing my experience with a Jest test case.
Habanero Adventures
Had a worst experience of mixing chillies and I went on fire in my tummy. Would be a funny read how I made a hummus and screwed up.
Creating a TOC for my Ghost Blog
Being lazy I found a way to automate getting the Table of Contents from my Ghost Blogging Platform to Markdown to construct my Contents section.
My Personal Development Environment
This story covers briefly about my personal working environment, which apps I use, what configuration I have, etc.
Avoiding HTTP 404 for map files when using minified CSS & JavaScript
Best way to get rid of 404 errors when accessing a sourcemap.
Clearing your recent emojis in WhatsApp Web
Tired of having these irritating recent emojis in WhatsApp getting clogged with unwanted recent ones? I have solution for you that works at least in WhatsApp Web.
Git Standards followed in our way of Spotify Agile Methodology
All the coding standards we follow, that can be applied to other software development projects to achieve better results.
My Experience on Spotify Agile Methodology
I have been working on this methodology for a long time, so just sharing my experience and how to embrace it.
Yoga Nidra: as a Mindfulness Practise for Stress Reduction, Wellbeing and Peak Performance
A great deal of information about Yoga Nidra, which I took up a session during IC Hack 18 at Imperial College, London.
When your Phone has Run Out!
Read in case of emergency. When your phone has run out!
Ask Me Anything!
What is an Ask Me Anything page? Recently I have opened up my Ask Me Anything page, where you can ask literally anything.
My Adventures of 2017
My year 2017 in Review. It was indeed a wonderful journey. Thanks to all my friends. A lot happened. Read on to know more.
Handling Broken Image Links in a Better Way (HTTP Only)
A small snippet for handling images that do not exist or throw error in a website, without much struggle using JavaScript.
Venugopal from Tightal Park - Complete two parts from the Original Notes
A typical Indian IT Company story retold from 2010s, taken from the original notes!
For those who shout at me for buying a QLED 27" Monitor instead of TV
This article explains why I went for a Samsung QLED Monitor instead of a nice good Television.
Cross Country Trains, seriously? This was totally unexpected - disappointed and offended!
This incident happened an hour ago today (Friday, December 8th, 2017). I work for a multinational corporate and I am in a decent position in the office. I
Changing the origins of draggable - Possible!
Quick tutorial on how to change the origin of draggable, which by default drags on top and left offsets. Now you can customise in your own way.
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?
A story about how a best advice of mother changed the life of a girl.
Scroll content on hover using jQuery and the Mathematics behind it
This article explains the huge mathematics behind animated scrolling to keep up the time.
Getting the Initialisation Parameters for DataTables
Killing and reinitialising the DataTable. An example demonstration.
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award and Tips to become an MVP
Recently I was awarded the most prestigious Microsoft MVP Award. Also, a quick bite on how to achieve it!
Conditional Formatting in JavaScript like Excel and other spreadsheet solutions
This is a crazy JavaScript challenge I worked today to create a similar effect like conditional formatting in Excel.
Exotic Saman!
Exotic comes from the greek word Exotikos meaning foreign and Saman is a colloquial word in India for Things.
Best way to punish Plagiarisers? Vote them down!
Recently this website: codexample.org started plagiarising Stack Overflow. This is the revenge from a fan of Stack Overflow.
Challenge: Internet Explorer Table Cells & Positioning Nightmare & Alternatives
After a lot of struggles, I was unable to find a solution for fixing Internet Explorer Table Cells & Positioning absolute issue.
Behind the Scenes of Development of My Personal Website…
This is a story of behind the scenes, developing my current revamped website. This is the introduction post.
Keyboard acting weird after MacBook Pro cleaning solved!
An experience of mine on fixing my new MacBook Pro's keyboard misbehaving after a full clean.
Looking into the Future of Indian Corporate
The future of Indian IT industry is going down. This article gives some alternate suggestions.
Leave and Live
> Once again, another Guest Post, this time by [SaNa](https://www.facebook.com/sainanthitha95/). Remember those times when everyone were your friend and
Farmers are the Kings!
A small thought process of what happens when all our paper based currencies are not valid. Interesting read...
Captive Food Experiment
A crazy preparation of a healthy tomato rice! Worked out well!
Experimental Dish turned out to be Awesome!
A recipe and preparation for suddenly prepared chick-pea tomato gravy.
Darwin vs. Dasavatharam - Religious vs. Scientific
Did Darwin really copy his evolution theory from Dasavatharam? Interesting read!
Digital Corporate Adulthood
Few things I've come to realize over the past few years, once you enter corporate life in India.
Stack Overflow 100k Struggle Experiences
A blog post about all my troubles and strains to get to achieve the 100k reputation and swag.
Hello, World!
My first blog post. Hello to everyone reading my blog. A big thanks to you all, as you are spending something that you cannot get back.
