Tag: Improve

In this post I share a story about a mistake I made as an inexperienced Data Science hiring manager, and how it changed the way I conduct technical interviews. I also walk through an example Data Science interview prompt and show how stronger candidates approach the problem differently than weaker c...

Incollege I learned an exercise that drastically improved my writing skills. Writers call the practice E-prime. To write in e-prime, simply omit any version of the word “to be” from your prose. Drop is, am, are, were, or was, and also their cousins — the...

The simplest definition would say a breakpoint is a marker in your code to intentionally pause your app if the code is encountered at runtime. If you just click on the gutter to add one in Xcode, that’s true. However, breakpoints are capable of much more. Looking at breakpoints fr...

Python is easy to write and understand but you can quickly use it the wrong way and jump into a minefield of anti-patterns. This post curates a list of 21 concise tips that improve your code readability and efficiency. They are drawn from personal projects, thorough code reviews, and inspiring di...

Remember that prompt engineering technique called Role Prompting that allows us to control the default behavior of ChatGPT to get customized results? It started with something like “Act as a …”. and you had to include it in every single chat to get better responses. ...

Most home pages suck when it comes to accessibility. More eloquently: “96.3% of [the million] home pages [tested] had detected WCAG 2 failures according to WebAIM’s 2023 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages. What’s the cause? Ignorance? Cost to make it h...

One of the fundamental abilities required by Agile software development is the capacity to properly breakdown stories. This plays a crucial role in the capacity of performing short and quick iterations, while it helps business to efficiently deliver software solutions. Yet, this is not an easy task....

None of the ideas I’m about to share with you came from any self-help book. (Ok, maybe a couple). But it’s only through being immersed in the beautiful strangeness of life that these lessons can be felt, seen, and used to see the truth of them. Funnily, none of these are ‘...

It’s time to draw a line in the sand, friend. It’s time to stop pretending you don’t want real success, solid income and excellent health. Your excuses are lies, and they keep you down. I’m not the most successful, though I’ve done well and have everything I ne...

I always look for things that can increase my productivity. Here are the five things that I do on daily basis. Hi, My name is Vinay Kesharwani & I am the Founder of ScriptMint. I am a Full Stack Web Developer working. I am located in small district in India & I work from Home. I c...

Use Social Media: Harness the power of social media for exceptional customer service! Adopt a customer-centric mindset, empower employees, and reward outstanding service. A social-first mentality enhances brand presence and engagement. What better way to provide your products and servi...

Earlier I shared my view on how our current digital economy has made it easy to ask for experiences to be rated (Uber, Airbnb, Netflix). But this trend seems to be lacking in the workspace. Hierarchial and peer relations prevent us from sharing feedback, and most of us admit to having...

Over the last few years, I’ve taken part in almost 2,000 meetings. Not all of them are at the same level. Here is what I have observed and the 9 best practices you need to make your meetings effective. Research has found the average professional spends a third of his time in meetings. Th...

Imagine this: your creating an artwork. You’re super happy with it because everything goes smooth. However, as you progress in the process, you notice something’s not quite right. Yet, you can’t figure out what’s wrong with the image. Sounds familiar? The answer is simple:&nb...

I always look for things that can increase my productivity. Here are the five things that I do on daily basis. Hi, My name is Vinay Kesharwani & I am the Founder of ScriptMint. I am a Full Stack Web Developer working. I am located in small district in India & I work from Home. I c...

The greatest problem of Dutch culture is that it is not scalable by the reason that it lacks passion. I would say that the general opinion about Dutch people is really not positive. Vondelpark And it is not scalable for the following reasons: there’s no focus on emotion, it’s h...

An ever increasing body of scientific literature is documenting significant advances in healthcare research and novel treatments. However, these valuable insights often get lost in the exponentially increasing volume of published studies. A single query often results in a huge number of publicati...

Famous novelist and International best-seller author Haruki Murakami wakes up at 4 a.m and writes for 5–6 hours consistently when he starts to write a novel. He follows this schedule without variation for several months till finishing his novel. Regular consistent effort for long time makes...

Do you often have creative ideas in your mind, but are unable to put them to words? Maybe you have a friend whose English and communication skills you admire, or it was a TV personality’s speech that moved you, and you wish to speak like that. Don’t worry, we all have been there. Just li...

Lingo Blabla is a super user-friendly app where you can find an English partner immediately through just one click. Not only you can practice English anywhere, anytime, you can also make friends with people from around the world. Via this app, you will improve your English skills in a fun and easy w...