Jun 25Setting up fool-proof linter rulesIt doesn’t take too long for a newly setup typescript repository to be riddled with wild any ‘s and a bunch of copy-pasted files from developers in the team who didn’t bother to get rid of the imports they didn't use or the variables they never cared to plug in…Typescript3 min read
Apr 17Architecting your iconography — A developer’s perspectiveIn a well-organized team with a dedicated UI/UX Engineer, we often layout ground rules about icons and iconography in general, however in actual implementation, we often find a wide variety of code smells varying from defining different CSS rules for each and every icon to outright being reliant on what…CSS3 min read
Mar 27Using generics to create extensible components using TypescriptWe often run across this wormhole of creating elements that match our codebase/designs by over-riding the ones provided out-of-the-box via the front-end library or, in general, try and create custom elements for our codebase. The issue comes when the code-base expands and now you want your component to do more…Typescript4 min read
Feb 10Solving the cold-start problem for new EngineersIn January of 2022, I started working at Event Temple, the leading CRM tool for Hotel and Event management spaces. …Hiring3 min read
Dec 21, 2021Reflections from a Programming Design course“It’s programming if ‘clever’ is a compliment, but it’s software engineering if ‘clever’ is an accusation.”― Titus Winters, Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time September 2021 — I enrolled (was forced to, since it’s a mandatory course) in what many graduates consider to be the most…Programming6 min read
Jul 9, 2021Marketing automation with intercom — using series!Intercom provides us with a pretty nifty way of regulating how messages are pushed out to customers or even potential customers (classified as leads internally) to either make them use the product or transition to a paid version! However, using the out-of-the-box templates doesn’t cut it for the most part…Marketing4 min read
Jul 7, 2021Marketing automation with intercom — sending emailsIntercom lends a WHOLE plethora of features to use, and I’ve mentioned it before, it’s one of the SaaS products that I totally feel is worth the price! In this article, we’ll be going through how would you go about implementing a system through which your backend can push out…Intercom4 min read
Jul 5, 2021WebAudio — Using reverb for karaoke!Not everyone finds themselves trying to making a karaoke box in the browser, but if you’ve found yourself making one, and are forced to support all browsers & all devices (i.e. you can’t use worklets) OR you just happen to love web audio, this article might be for you! The…Web Audio Api3 min read
Jun 21, 2021Intercom — bang for the buck for SaaS Products!Selling your product is probably way high up on the list of things you ought to do in order to have a sustainable product! However, the deeper you dig into marketing the more things prop up — from generating mailing lists to identifying users as leads, customers, etc and then…Intercom5 min read
May 30, 2021Unreal + VRExpansion — A deep dive on getting your VR game’s physics “just right”In Early May 2021, our team started working on a concept game that blends RPG in a Japanese setting. There are two major parts which from the get-go, we knew we’d have to nail (over and above actual gameplay) to stand a chance to have some market share in the…Virtual Reality2 min read
