Month: April 2025

:::info Authors: (1) Zhenbang Feng, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (jasonfen@usc.edu); (2) Hardhik Mohanty, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (hmohanty@usc.edu); (3) Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Zhenbang Feng, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (jasonfen@usc.edu); (2) Hardhik Mohanty, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (hmohanty@usc.edu); (3) Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Zhenbang Feng, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (jasonfen@usc.edu); (2) Hardhik Mohanty, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (hmohanty@usc.edu); (3) Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Zhenbang Feng, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (jasonfen@usc.edu); (2) Hardhik Mohanty, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (hmohanty@usc.edu); (3) Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, … Read more

:::info Authors: (1) Zhenbang Feng, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (jasonfen@usc.edu); (2) Hardhik Mohanty, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern, California Los Angeles, CA, USA (hmohanty@usc.edu); (3) Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, … Read more

The modern tech stack isn’t dysfunctional. It’s highly functional — at suppressing a specific kind of mind. Not the underperformer. Not the amateur. But the one who sees through it. The system doesn’t fail to reward brilliance. It intentionally penalizes uncontainable intelligence: The kind of intelligence that’s recursive, systemic, deeply causal, structurally non-compliant — and … Read more

Like many students, I do not enjoy scrolling through endless PDFs. I would if I could skip reading and just ask my textbook questions. So, naturally, I did what any lazy-but-resourceful person would do: I dumped the entire PDF into an LLM and started asking questions, praying to God that the answers were accurate. Spoiler … Read more

There was a time I believed that if I just wrote a perfect spec—everything would go smoothly. The devs would build exactly what I envisioned. QA wouldn’t miss a thing. The product owner would nod in agreement, and we’d launch on time. That fantasy lasted about two sprints. I Was Trained to Believe Specs Were … Read more

This article is part of the series: ‘Towards Vaadin Developer Certification,’ which aims to explain the fundamentals of Vaadin while I study for this certification. The topics covered here are an integral part of the ‘Vaadin Developer’ Certification. Styling in Vaadin goes beyond simple theme definitions. Some components, like Grid, require dynamic styling. Additionally, fonts … Read more

This article is part of the series: ‘Towards Vaadin Developer Certification,’ which aims to explain the fundamentals of Vaadin while I study for this certification. The topics covered here are an integral part of the ‘Vaadin Developer’ Certification. While Vaadin offers built-in themes like Lumo, customizing themes is often necessary to align the application’s appearance … Read more

This article is part of the series: ‘Towards Vaadin Developer Certification,’ which aims to explain the fundamentals of Vaadin while I study for this certification. The topics covered here are an integral part of the ‘Vaadin Developer’ Certification. Theming is a fundamental aspect of any Vaadin application, allowing developers to define the look and feel … Read more

When most companies talk about expanding into new markets, the first instinct is to crank up performance marketing, localize the website, or spin up a regional sales team. But here’s the truth: you can’t scale what you don’t understand. In one of my most pivotal roles, we were tasked with launching into two new regions … Read more

Hallo my gals and boys!! Let’s talk alignment. In fast-scaling tech companies, misalignment between product, sales, and marketing isn’t just inconvenient — it’s expensive. Teams operate on different metrics, tools, and timelines. The result? Disconnected strategies, delayed feedback loops, and missed revenue opportunities. But alignment isn’t about more meetings — it’s about building the right … Read more

Hey gals and boys! Let’s talk facts. Not long ago, sales enablement was synonymous with static PDFs, battlecards, and quarterly workshops. Sales managers hoped reps remembered key phrases or used the right slide deck — but insights were limited, and training was often one-size-fits-all from startups with 5 people in sales teams to enterprises with … Read more

The Disaster That Disconnected a Nation In January 2022, the Kingdom of Tonga experienced a catastrophic event when the Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano erupted, triggering a tsunami with waves reaching up to 1.2 meters. This natural disaster not only caused immediate physical damage to homes and infrastructure but critically severed Tonga’s submarine … Read more

Keep your happy path flowing, not nesting TL;DR: Arrange your code so the main logic flows along the left margin, handling edge cases early with guard clauses. Problems 😔 Cognitive overhead Readability Excessive indentation Maintainability Control flow confusion Stairs Code Solutions 😃 Use early returns Apply guard clauses Handle errors first Keep the main flow … Read more

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Claude Desktop + MCP Quietly Transformed my Product Thinking By @asitsahoo [ 3 Min read ] Discover how Claude Desktop with … Read more