Hi there, I am Vinit Kumar. I am a software engineer from India who loves making computers do things and admires good books, music, art and coffee. You can read more about me here.
Self Assurance and Fighting Imposter Syndrome
December 14, 2019Everybody faces their demons once in a while. I did too and probably continue to do so in future as well. Wrote some of these lines to relax…
Rabbit Hole of Learning
July 18, 2019We live in an age where if we set out to learn something new, you need to learn basics first. This is true when you are out to learn it…
Coding principles every engineer should know
April 08, 2019IMPORTANT: Cross posting from this medium article https://medium.com/@sschillace/coding-principles-every-engineer-should-know-b946b48cc94…
How To Manage Infra in 2019
April 05, 2019Infra is one of the most host topics in the Software development these days. There are so many tools, so much to learn that very few people…
Tooling Considered Harmful
March 06, 2019We are a big fan of tools. We use them daily in almost everything, but at one point in time, they pollute our mental space so much that we…
6 years of full time job
February 01, 2019Today, I am completing 6 years of my full time employment with Socialschools. It has been an incredibly long time and there has been highs…
Converting LaTex to PDF on macOS
January 16, 2019Setup Mac for editing Latex
Using React with djangoCMS 3.5.2
May 24, 2018How to get react working with latest djangoCMS
Important Values
May 19, 2018Some core values that I believe in
Four years of Full time job
March 01, 2017Four years of full time work at Socialschools
Some New Learnings
June 22, 2016Some new Learnings
Open Source
April 03, 2016What Open Source has taught me
Why I Write Code
August 06, 2015My Why
GPS Tracking on Android
April 16, 2015Finding how you are tracked on Android
Clean Up Your Mac From Other Files
April 16, 2015How to cleanup Your Mac From Other Files
How it went?
March 11, 2015Reflections on time spent when I was on Radio silence
Better Time Management At Work
August 16, 2014Time Management
On Writing Good Code
July 20, 2014How To Improve Code Quality Over Time
How To Get Readonly Mode In Django
May 18, 2014Guide to setup readonly mode for some users in django admin
Setting Up Emacs for Development
May 04, 2014A Small guide in setting up Emacs
Be Awesome
March 27, 2014Being an Awesome Human being
One Year at Job
February 08, 2014My Experience in past on year
Setup Macvim for Maximum awesomeness
January 03, 2014How did I setup macvim for super awesomeness
2013 Year In Review
January 01, 2014How did I spent my last year
Simplicity in things
December 28, 2013Why simplicity is so much important
Classes in JS
December 07, 2013About new projects
Buying New Books
December 03, 2013New Computer Science Books
One Month Hacking
December 01, 2013What will i hack this month
New Theme For My Blog
November 30, 2013Why i wrote a new theme for my blog
I Have Grown
November 15, 2013My growth as a developer
Life At A Startup
July 02, 2013Learning
This Could Be Some Plan
June 21, 2013Learning
What is on my mind?
June 16, 2013Things i think about
Work Ethics
June 16, 2013Idea work Ethics
My Current Projects
June 04, 2013What i am doing these days
Single Machine Work-flow
May 26, 2013How a laptop based work-flow boost productivity
My Setup
May 26, 2013My Setup Interview
New projects
April 30, 2013About new projects
Django plugin open sourced
April 29, 2013Examples and code for displaying images in posts.
Django plugin and Google command line project open sourced
April 27, 2013Projects I recently worked on and open sourced
My First flight
April 07, 2013Examples and code for displaying images in posts.
Twitter in NodeJS
March 27, 2013Writing a twitter clone in Node
Linux to Mac
March 24, 2013How I converted from a hardcore Linux fan to Mac user
JavaScript is super awesome
March 24, 2013Why i love JavaScript so much.