Rahul RavindranBuilding standalone expo app locally with Turtle CLIMakefile recipe for testing changes frequently without relying on slow build times on Expo.Dec 24, 2020Dec 24, 2020
Rahul RavindranWhy is building an app this hardThis year I thought about building my ideas and I’ve already done a post on “Drone Trails” and the motivation behind it. The part I didn’t…Dec 5, 2020Dec 5, 2020
Rahul RavindranLessons learnt after spending 4 months building an iOS AppLessons learnt after spending 4 months building an iOS AppSep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2020
Rahul RavindranShort Story about Drone TrailsPast few posts on my blog have been about over-engineering, side-projects and firebase. All of which came out of me wanting to build this…Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
Rahul RavindranOverengineeringThis is a relatively well discussed topic in software development. However, I’m attempting to give it some context and resurface this…May 23, 2020May 23, 2020
Rahul RavindranHosting with Linode & SSLThis story is about me migrating my personal blog from Github to self-hosting on Linode. I thought it made sense to not host this on…Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020
Rahul RavindranWhat I wish I knew about FirebaseI’ve been working on my side-project for quite some time now. If you read my earlier blog post, I mentioned how I wanted to build an iOS…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Rahul RavindranA thing or two about side projectsI’ve been getting more time to focus on some side-projects now that I am working from home due to COVID-19. Around a month back, I had an…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Rahul RavindranAutomating your Linode deployment with Github ActionsLinode, HTTP/HTTPS & Deployment Part 2 | /var/log/shareMar 21, 2020Mar 21, 2020
Rahul RavindranHashMap should ship as default HashMap in JavaI have got back to writing code in Java (coming from python), and it is frustrating to see that HashMap in Java don’t have a default…Jan 29, 2017Jan 29, 2017