Abdul Basit Ahmad

Abdul Basit Ahmad

Stuck in tutorial hell? It’s okay—we’ll climb out. Embrace the messy middle: coding isn’t just jobs or art, but wonder. Maybe we’ve been in heaven all along.

A job, a job, My Kingdom for a job

Feb 16, 20254 min read1 views

Of course, you are not a professional programmer, you newb. You don't have the credentials of 15 years of React and 20 years of Python and 70 years of...

A job, a job, My Kingdom for a job

Hop, Skip and Jump

Feb 16, 20254 min read1 views

There are quite a few resources available online to learn Haskell. Lots of PDFs, tutorials and so on. One thing I have noticed only recently (i.e.)...

Hop, Skip and Jump

A Brief Detour

Feb 16, 20254 min read2 views

The journey of a million words begins with a single high. Or something like that. I got interested in the concept of Hacking with the Bond Movie...

A Brief Detour

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine

Feb 16, 20254 min read1 views

Have you ever wondered where common sense sayings come from? They come from a place of deep wisdom, I like to think. They encode something true about...

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine

From First Principles

Feb 16, 20251 min read2 views

When I was in High School, I was preparing for JEE, an exam you gave to get into the best engineering schools in India, the prestigious IITs. At that...

From First Principles