ranuzz

  Location: Mountain View, CA
  Remote: Yes
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  Technologies: Python, Java, C, JavaScript, Django, Spring Boot, React
  Résumé/CV: https://makeall.dev/me/shekhar_chandra_resume.pdf
  Email: shekhar.chandra@outlook.com

Software Engineer with 8+ years of professional experience looking for a full time role. Please go through my resume and blog to know more about me. Feel free to contact me through email!

I don’t follow any time management techniques outside work hours and have accepted the fact that I can’t do everything. So, I do things in phases, for some weeks I play a lot of video games, for some weeks I go to gym very regularly, for some weeks I read a lot of books etc etc. Keeping in touch with people and maintaining a social life is an entirely different ball game. I am struggling on that front, you tell me when you figure it out.

play video games or post on online forums, like HN !

Writing. Mainly fiction writing and publish something on wattpad or similar platform.

Only showing people code and compile might be sad, but what about the drama that ensues when it happens in a team of diverse individuals …

Haha, that was what I was afraid of too.

Yeah, true. The human element and team dynamics would be more interesting to show on screen. Programming will be just a task to bring out the actual content which is the case in a lot of reality shows.

Very well put. You got me thinking about what I do as a software developer that might be considered entertaining. Maybe computer security events like capture the flag (https://ctftime.org/) or coding an AI agent in a simulated environment to achieve a goal (https://www.codingame.com, https://gym.openai.com/) or simply competing with others to solve an algorithmic problem either on time constraint or code length constraint.

Without appealing visuals none of it will be interesting to people who don’t have a development background. Maybe generative art is the answer but IMO it is more about art than programming.

Consider participating in hackathons too, most of them are virtual now. You will build a verified portfolio and it's fun too.

IMO the frontend is easier to understand and develop but really really hard to deliver, as compared to backend. Reason being multiple form factors, viewports and platforms to consider and the ever changing frameworks. People end up working on the same problem again and again from a different perspective which gets frustrating really fast.

I would say Spring Boot. A full stack system with server side rendering and easy production deployment, at least IMO. It is a framework that support all you mentioned out of the box and them some. Start with (https://start.spring.io/) and look up an official documentation for your use case to get a feel of development process.

[Spring boot](https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot)

develop few simple games using [pygame](https://www.pygame.org). It will create a portfolio and will give a chance to explore some of the lesser used python concepts.

sounds like a huge investment and then recurring expenses. At least if didn't have any ads (I am assuming :D)

cool thanks ! they did mention this publication in the documentary. thanks for the link.

Thanks. Now that I see it, it actually is a bit confusing, I'll add an about section or at least some UI cues.

I think there is a CLI tool already. I remember checking it out when I was building this.

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I am a full stack engineer and can work on prototype or feature development for web and mobile applications.

Technologies: Python, ReactJS, Flutter, Java, PostgreSQL

Know more about me here: https://makeall.dev/me/

Contact: ranuzz@makeall.dev

fitnessblender works really well. It has a paid program as well which I had used in the past for a while. Free content works really well if you are consistent :D

writing fiction and creating video games...

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I am a full stack engineer and can work on prototype or feature development for web and mobile applications.

Technologies: Python, ReactJS, Flutter, Java, PostgreSQL

Availability: 20 Hrs a week

Contact: ranuzz@makeall.dev

Don't have an answer to your question, but thanks to your post now I know a lot about Martin Gardner.

For me the biggest friction was putting what I developed from localhost to public domain. Now I use cloudflare pages and workers for most of my small projects and it actually helped a lot.

> Is it a good start for starting new project in tech world?

The answer is yes, You are skilled in a trade (software engineering) and want to sell what you make as a business, the motivation will always be money.

For example, A carpenter might be very passionate about woodworking but not necessarily about the TV cabinet that they are building. They build it anyway because there is a demand and they want to make a business out of what they know. Maybe you should start with small and manageable projects and see what clicks before going big.

Delegating some of the non-technical stuff helps, like marketing material, technical writing, bookkeeping etc. It doesn't cost much but saves a lot of time for development.

Introduction to Mathematical Thinking (https://www.coursera.org/learn/mathematical-thinking/home/we...). A foundational course on mathematical language and thinking, a great refresher course, at least for me after leaving school a long time ago

If you are looking for inspiration try '500 Lines or Less' [0]. It includes in-depth analysis of projects at hand and implementation. These are manageable project with a clear goal so you will complete them for sure.

[0] https://aosabook.org/en/index.html https://github.com/aosabook/500lines

Try PixiJS (https://www.pixijs.com/). There are other similar JS libraries as well. Try searching for 'pixijs vs ` in google. Personally I have used PixiJS for my blog too, which is also hosted statically.

cloudflare. I like how they solve a lot of interesting problem in very user friendly.

I am not sure if it fits the definition perfectly, but when I read your post this recently launched console came to my mind https://play.date. Its SDK is still not launched https://play.date/dev/

I am using an IKEA swivel chair `ÖRFJÄLL`[1]. I have a tendency to slouch or slump in a more comfortable chair and never got a hang of standing desks. This makes me sit upright for most of the time and my back loves it (so far).

[1] https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/oerfjaell-swivel-chair-white-vi...

I used to start and abandon projects to chase a new shiny idea, and I still do! So I started maintaining a blog, https://makeall.dev/ , it looks like a graveyard of unfinished projects but I'm hoping to improve its quality.