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.
A Somewhat Sane Guide for Software Development
February 06, 2020I have been writing code professionally for around 8 years now. In this period, I have acquired some knowledge and formed some opinions on…
Hard Problems And How To Solve Them
February 05, 2020Every once in a while, we encounter a problem that seems very hard to solve and at the moment we have no clue how to fix them. Two options…
How To Build Stable Software That Lasts
February 02, 2020Building good software is hard and even harder is to build software that is stable and works for a long period of time. The basic thing is…
Koby Bryant, A True Hero And Sportsman
January 30, 2020On 26th Jan, everybody woke up to the shocking news of the untimely demise of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in a helicopter accident…
An Incomplete List Of Programming Heroes I admire
January 23, 2020This is a WIP List. These are some people I remembered on top of my head. I will be updating it soon. This essay will focus on these things…
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, And How To Come Out On Top
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, An Overview
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…
I completed 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…
How To Convert LaTex to PDF on macOS
January 16, 2019Setup Mac for editing Latex
How to Use React with djangoCMS 3.5.2 and above?
May 24, 2018How to get react working with latest djangoCMS
Some Very Important Values I believe in
May 19, 2018Some core values that I believe in
I completed Four years of Full time job
March 01, 2017Four years of full time work at Socialschools
Some New Learnings In Software Development
June 22, 2016Some new Learnings
What Has Open Source taught Me?
April 03, 2016What Open Source has taught me
Why I Love Writing Code So Much
August 06, 2015My Why
Some Notes On GPS Tracking on Android
April 16, 2015Finding how you are tracked on Android
How to Clean Up Your Mac From Other Files
April 16, 2015How to cleanup Your Mac From Other Files
Some Notes On How It Went Recently?
March 11, 2015Reflections on time spent when I was on Radio silence
How To Get Better With Time Management At Work
August 16, 2014Time Management
Some Tips On Writing Good Code
July 20, 2014How To Improve Code Quality Over Time
How To Get Readonly Mode Working In Django
May 18, 2014Guide to setup readonly mode for some users in django admin
Guide to Setting Up Emacs for Development
May 04, 2014A Small guide in setting up Emacs
How To Be An Awesome Human Being
March 27, 2014Being an Awesome Human being
One Year at Full Time Job
February 08, 2014My Experience in past on year
How To 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
How I value Simplicity in things
December 28, 2013Why simplicity is so much important
Some Notes On The Classes in JS
December 07, 2013About new projects
I Am Buying Some New Books
December 03, 2013New Computer Science Books
One Month Hacking Experiment
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 As A Person And A Software Engineer
November 15, 2013My growth as a developer
Life At A Startup
July 02, 2013Learning
This Could Be Some Plan
June 21, 2013Learning
Some plans to be productive with Work and personal projects
June 16, 2013Things i think about
Some of the important work ethics I believe in
June 16, 2013Idea work Ethics
Sone updates about my current projects
June 04, 2013What i am doing these days
I love a single machine workflow
May 26, 2013How a laptop based work-flow boost productivity
My Setup Interview, similar to the ones at usesthis.com
May 26, 2013My Setup Interview
Some plans about new project
April 30, 2013About new projects
A new django plugin open sourced
April 29, 2013Examples and code for displaying images in posts.
Open Sourceing a django plugin and GoogleCL
April 27, 2013Projects I recently worked on and open sourced
My first experience flying on a plane
April 07, 2013Examples and code for displaying images in posts.
Writing a twitter clone in Node and MongoDB
March 27, 2013Writing a twitter clone in Node
How I converted from a hardcore Linux fan to Mac user
March 24, 2013How I converted from a hardcore Linux fan to Mac user
Why I love JavaScript so much?
March 24, 2013Why I love JavaScript so much?