Oct 13, 2025 · 2 min read · 🧠 1. Program (on Disk) A program is a set of instructions stored on disk (e.g., .exe, .app, .py files). It’s passive — just code sitting in storage. Examples shown: Microsoft Word.app, Google Chrome.app, IntelliJ IDEA.app. Think of a program as ...
Join discussionMar 5, 2025 · 6 min read · Introduction Log files are the silent sentinels of our systems—recording events, errors, and activities that are crucial for troubleshooting, security auditing, and compliance. Yet, they present a unique challenge: they're essential to keep, but they...
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Feb 16, 2025 · 1 min read · 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 point of time, we had a huge syllabus in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry that we had to prepare f...
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Nov 17, 2024 · 8 min read · Table of contents: Introduction Glossary First Principles Practice Logic Gates (AND, OR, XOR, NAND) The Foundations of Addition Summary Introduction As a developer with experience in C and primarily TypeScript, my interest in blockchain was ...
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Oct 27, 2024 · 5 min read · First Principles Thinking: Breaking Things Down to Build Something Great Have you ever watched a child ask "Why?" over and over again until they get to the most basic truth? That's actually a brilliant way of thinking, and it has a fancy name: first ...
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Oct 3, 2024 · 3 min read · Introduction 👋 Hi there, welcome to my first blog post on series of things I learn and find it useful for the past version of myself to understand things (mostly web development stuff) from the first principle practice. Summarily, first principle pr...
Join discussionSep 10, 2024 · 6 min read · The Leadership Challenge in a Fast-Paced World In today’s fast-paced business environment, leaders face immense pressure to find quick solutions to complex problems. Early-stage founders often operate in “founder mode,” relying on rapid decision-maki...
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Jan 12, 2024 · 18 min read · Introduction Recently, I found myself training those I fondly call "the tech leaders of tomorrow." I realized the importance of revisiting foundational concepts. As I navigated the exciting world of teaching budding tech leaders, I circled back to so...
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Aug 23, 2023 · 4 min read · Before jumping right into the computers let's build things up from the first principles and understand some basics. What is searching? Searching is the act of looking for something, it is an activity that involves exploring and examining different th...
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Dec 24, 2022 · 3 min read · Breaking down complicated problems and generating original solutions. Overview In theory, first-principle thinking requires you to dig deeper and deeper until you are left with only the foundational truths of a situation. It is a cycle of breaking...
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