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60 days of AI

Why did I decide to start with AI? How did it go? What I learnt? And outcomes did I achieve?

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Be like ekalavya, self-taught

We live in a world where the best knowledge is available at your fingertips and it's your job to make the most out of it.

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A letter to my brother on Performance Reviews

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Reinvestment risk in commodities manufacturer

Ignoring reinvestment risk to maintain the current cashflows can lead to problematic situations.

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Inflation as a first-class citizen in financial tools

Inflation is a reality of our lives and should be treated as a first-class citizen when it comes to financial calculations and planning.

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Know Your Term Sheet AI Prompt

Once upon a time, the dark arts of term sheets were closely guarded secrets. Now we can take the help of AI & LLMs to understand them better.

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On bull and bear markets

The seeds of a bull market are sown in the bear markets and the seeds of a bear market are sown in a bull market.

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Home Lab: Running bare metal servers

A journey of building a high-spec PC and transitioning to a sophisticated home lab setup. Using Proxmox to run servers at home.

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Accounting for technical and open source teams

Designing a process to manage finances for open source and technical teams using hledger.

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Cryptocurrencies aren't a solution to our problems

Explaining the limitations of cryptocurrencies compared to traditional banking, this article critiques their effectiveness in solving financial issues.

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Single View Stereo

Exploring Single View Stereo by overcoming the challenges of traditional stereo vision using a single camera to generate disparity maps.

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Introduction to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies

Explore the essentials of cryptography and cryptocurrencies, covering cryptographic hash functions, digital signatures, Bitcoin's protocol and network.

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Writing Kickass READMEs

A guide to writing effective READMEs, highlighting the importance of detailed instructions on setups, contributes, guides and documentation.

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Deploying with Heroku

Deploy applications quickly and efficiently using Heroku, so as to focus on app development rather than infrastructure management.

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Introduction to Virtual Reality

Explore the fundamentals of Virtual Reality (VR), covering its principles, major platforms, tracking technologies, and the challenges.