Published in The Research Nest·PinnedWhat I learned after writing 100 blog posts on MediumAs a hobbyist — My first ever article on Medium was on a self-help topic, published on Jan 16, 2018. Almost 4 years later, here we are; 100+ blog posts✍🏻 122k+ views 📈 41k+ reads 📰 I was a hobbyist and didn’t have any specific agenda. I loved writing and I wrote to my…Medium6 min read
Published in The Research Nest·Jul 17The ultimate list of hiring competitions, challenges, and hackathon websitesHere is the ultimate list you have been waiting for. HackerEarth CodeChef Techgig Kaggle Unstop Devfolio Devpost Challenge Rocket HeroX AnalyticsVidhya Codeforces Hackster.io Eventbrite Major League Hacking AngelHack Hackaday.io Machinehack DrivenData AICrowd Agorize HackerRank InnoCentive StudentCompetitons.com InterviewBit Topcoder If you have more websites to add, send me a text on LinkedIn, and I will add them to the list.Hackathons1 min readThe ultimate list of hiring competitions, challenges, and hackathon websitesHere is the ultimate list you have been waiting for.HackerEarthCodeChefTechgigKaggleUnstopDevfolioDevpostChallenge RocketHeroXAnalyticsVidhyaCodeforcesHackster.ioEventbriteMajor League HackingAngelHackHackaday.ioMachinehackDrivenDataAICrowdAgorizeHackerRankInnoCentiveStudentCompetitons.comInterviewBitTopcoderIf you have more websites to add, send me a text on LinkedIn, and I will add them to the list.----
Published in The Research Nest·Apr 19How does your web browser run Javascript?A quick summary — Questions on web browsers are frequently asked in interviews. For example, the process of loading a webpage in a browser from the moment a URL is entered is one of the most asked interview questions. Here, let’s talk specifically about how javascript (JS) runs. JS is a client-side scripting language…Java Script2 min read
Published in The Research Nest·Mar 29A quick revision of some important JavaScript array functions using practical examplesReduce, Filter, Includes, Map, ForEach — One of the fundamental things we do in frontend development is to fetch the data from an API, do some operations or check for something in it and then display it on the UI. This data is generally read as a JSON or an array of JSON. Some of the…Arrays5 min read
Published in The Eden Of XQ·Jan 3A 7 Min Diary: Thinking About 2022Reflecting on the last year and things to do ahead — 2021 was a lot of things to a lot of people. For me, it was a long 12 months of slogging from home to get things done. My year was like an inverted bell curve. It started with high spirits. Everything seemed to be going right but then from mid-march…Diary7 min read
Published in The Research Nest·Dec 17, 2021How to log data in real-time on a web page using Flask-SocketIO in PythonFundamentals of web sockets explored in 7 mins — Communication between clients and servers is part and parcel of the internet. Web sockets are a protocol developed to facilitate the same. They enable us to do two-way contact between a client (or multiple clients) and a server. You can think of your web browser as a client, for example…Flask7 min read
Published in The Research Nest·Dec 10, 2021How do web browsers work? A super-simplified summaryExplained in 4 mins 💡 — What really happens when you type medium.com into the web browser and press enter? How is the website loading all the information and images? Let’s find out. I will explain this by telling you a small story. The title of this story is Browser-Man 🦸: Across the Internet. One day…Web4 min read
Published in The Research Nest·Dec 5, 2021Finding the longest substring without repeating characters: A super-simplified explanationSolutions in Python — 📌 The problem statement Given a string s, find the length of the longest substring without repeating characters. Example: Input: s = "abcabcb" Output: 3 Explanation: The answer is "abc", with the length of 3. The solution 💡 Let’s think of a straightforward approach first as we did with the…Data Structures3 min read
Published in The Research Nest·Nov 24, 2021How to ask for a referral for your next job?The good practices and thoughts to ponder — Getting referrals is a very efficient way to land an interview at any firm. Also, most firms have a referral program where the employees get a small referral bonus if the person they referred gets hired. So, it is a win-win. If you are a strong candidate for a job…Linked In6 min read
Published in The Research Nest·Nov 17, 2021Understanding binary search: A super-simplified explanationFundamentals and some examples in python — Searching for something from a data structure is a pretty common thing. We search for files, people, posts, etc. Most websites and applications have a search bar. When it comes to problem-solving, searching for some element can be an important intermediary or actionable step. …Binary Search5 min read
