Apprentice to Senior in 3 Years
The technical gaps no one tells you about, and how I closed them.
I started as an apprentice software engineer in February 2020. I was 18. By October 2023, I was a Senior Platform Engineer at a FTSE 100 company. I wa...
Building a Personal Curriculum
Seeking knowledge is obligatory. I've been neglecting that obligation. So I'm building a structured curriculum to study what actually interests me.
That hadith has been rattling around my head lately. And I've been thinking about what it actually means to seek knowledge intentionally, rather than ...
Default Mode Was Killing Me
For 151 days, I let default mode run my life. Easy choices. Path of least resistance. It was killing me slowly.
171 days. That's how far into my 24th rotation around the sun I am. And quite honestly, About 151 of those days have not been my favourite. In fact, t...
We 5x'd our revenue with micro-influencers (and why small creators are underrated)
We followed what other successful companies were doing with micro-influencers and it worked better than expected.
So we 5x'd our revenue in a month by working with TikTokers that literally nobody has heard of, and honestly it worked way better than we expected....
The Butterfly Effect of Alphabetical Seating
How being seated next to someone in Year 7 because your surnames were alphabetically close can end up shaping who you become as a person.
I've been thinking a lot lately about how random life really is. Not in a "nothing matters" way, but in a "wow, the tiniest coincidences can completel...
I'm Turning 24 and I Don't Feel Young Anymore
Twelve days until I turn 24 and I'm having some thoughts about it.
I'm 12 days away from turning 24 and I've been having this weird realisation that I don't feel young anymore. Not in a dramatic, life-is-over way, jus...
25 before 25
I made a list of 25 things to do before turning 25 and I think you should do the same.
Scrolling through twitter (or X i guess?) last week, I stumbled upon a tweet that got me thinking. Ibrahim one of the founders of Deen Developers and ...
Did I Just Start a Blog?
Ever wondered why someone decides to start sharing their thoughts with the world? In my plato era I guess?
Well, if you knew me at 11 (insert meme - Ariana, what are you doing here?), you might remember my first web development project was a blog. Even then...
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