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The overweight’s guidePhoto by Pablo Merchán Montes on UnsplashAah, finally summer holidays. I am in Muttrah, one of the best and the most-desired cities here in Oman, for tourists, especially for the amazing...

Writing a Simple User Defined Type System in Kotlin — Part 3: SerializationThis is part of a series about building a User Defined Type system using Kotlin. If you haven’t read the previous parts (Part 1 and Part...

Having been a practicing DDD developer for some time, I have always been fascinated with the concept of event sourcing. With that said, I was always intimidated with the implementation details. Most online resources on...

Useful ways to make your life easier if you work with geospatial dataScreenshot by the authorFor my job, I spend a fair amount of time working with GeoJSON and geospatial data. That is because this type of data is at...

Demystifying the philosophy of Apple.Photo credit: Medhat DawoudThis month Apple announced the new iPhones, bringing back the iPhone 4-like design. But the design and the spec sheet weren’t the only highlights of...

This piece was originally published on the Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation & Development newsletter. A big thanks to Patricia Jacoby for editing and feedback.The “never” normal, the age of...

Investing in Data and AI — When and WhyIn a previous 3-part series, we discussed the main hurdles that prevent businesses from creating value with data. In particular, we highlighted the importance of the timing...

Control Legacy Electronic Devices Via the InternetMany legacy electronic devices can be IoT-ified inexpensively. Image by Gerd Altmann from PixabayI’m fascinated by the idea of smart consumer electronics. When it...

Common Mistake #1: Incorrect references to 'this'As JavaScript coding techniques and design patterns have become increasingly sophisticated over the years, there’s been a corresponding increase in the proliferation...

IntroductionArrays and Lists are the most used data structures in C# programming language. Both of them store data like integer, string, instances of the class, and so on. They seem very similar at first glance, but...

The easiest way for parsing request payload and query parametersIntroFor a very long time Flask was my first choice of framework when it came to building micro-services (until python 3.6 and async/await came to life). I...

Why we need a guiding hand to curate humanity’s technological tree.Natural EnlightenmentIs innovation growing or slowing?Many great minds have tackled this issue because it’s a litmus test for an important point of...

Article with music: Irreplaceable — Beyoncéhttps://medium.com/media/eb82064d193c77e6c19da3edf09f0ff4/hrefOne of the issues that I don’t enjoy dealing with is memory-related. Probably because the journey to find...

Writing is creative expression… and you cannot truly express yourself if you’re trying to cater to someone elseBongkarn Thanyakij | PexelsWhen I started writing four months ago, it was because I wanted a break...

The Asylum, the maker of Sharknado and 300+ other b-movies, churn out a profit-making film every month. How do they do it?Sharknado from TheAsylum.ccThe Asylum takes a film idea, a budget of “well under a million...