SBSheel Bediinsheelbedi.com·May 2 · 3 min readURL shortening: system design exercise versus the real world. I came across this blog post from Rebrandly, titled "Why building a link shortener at scale is harder than it looks." Since Rebrandly sells URL shortening services, you can guess the thesis: you can b00
SBSheel Bediinsheelbedi.com·Apr 22, 2025 · 2 min readIt's been a while.I realize It’s almost been two years since I last updated this; life’s been busy. I’m considering a Master’s in computer science, and I’ve been preparing for that by taking college courses in computer science. Moreover, I switched jobs in the middle ...00
SBSheel Bediinsheelbedi.com·Aug 1, 2023 · 3 min readOn Programming, Addresses, and FalsehoodsI recently came across this list of misconceptions programmers have about addresses. This subject is near and dear to me - my first job in tech involved incorporating Google Maps APIs into web applications, and often times what looked like technical ...00
SBSheel Bediinsheelbedi.com·Jul 13, 2023 · 5 min readState of Play: A (quick) Overview of Legal AIAI will probably constitute a significant innovation for legal practice. Beyond the direct use of ChatGPT itself, we're starting to see a set of AI offerings specific to the legal profession. Here are a few companies that have caught my attention: Ca...00
SBSheel Bediinsheelbedi.com·Jul 6, 2023 · 2 min readUsing Github (Actions) to mess with Github.I recently wrote a Github Action that makes one commit to its parent repo once a day, and I'll attach the code at the end of this article. It was a neat learning exercise, and a satisfying, although there's not much here technically. I became interes...00
