Laptop as a 'home server'

Why am I using a laptop as an always-on, always-connected server for personal use.

Starting a personal blog

Decisions that went into starting a blog on github, how to start quickly and tips.

Emergency Liquid Cash Investment Options

Where to keep emergency funds in a higher rate environment: Savings Acc v CDs v Treasury Bills v Money Market Funds

Things to do at a new job

Timeline of things to do at a new job to get the ball rolling.

Tech Interviews: process, preparation and hacks

Approaching tech interviews: from preparation to offer acceptance.

Options Cheatsheet

Quick notes about option greeks and basic option strategies for a forgetful person like me.

Tax Advantaged Accounts

This note talks about tax advantaged schemes in the US I employee and my current thinking into why and how much I should be investing with these accounts.

New Personal Machine Setup

Handy guide to set up a new machine so everything is as is.

Investing, Taxes and Tax Advantaged Accounts

This note summarizes:

• Types of investment instruments and the taxes that apply to them.
• Taxed advantaged accounts available in the US and what investments make best use of them.
• Tax saving strategies related to investing.

Questions I ask myself

I want to ask myself introspective questions every day to keep me accountable and on track to achieve what I plan to achieve. I do end up writing the answers down in a time-log format, as described in a previous post.

Fearlessly make decisions under ambiguity

TLDR; learn to make the best decisions with limited information and resist the urge to figure out absolutely everything before making a move in the interest of time.

Categories for articles and books

I want to unify categories of articles and books I read and notes I take. I like to revist them frequently, and categorization will go a long way in making things eaiser. I couldn’t find any standard followed for books, or a popular technique that is more nuanced.

Discussion: change jobs or stay put

Questions to ask yourself when deciding whether to stay in your current team, change teams or look for new opportunities.

Tracking low priority tasks

I was already using lists in some form since years, but I wanted to capture a lower priority list of things to do when I’m sitting idle. I find myself in situations where I can’t spend time on anything important (commuting to work, those 15 wasted minutes between meetings), or have exhausted myself working on those. To make maximal utilization of my time, I essentially wanted to know what I can do in those short periods of time, which is very different in nature than primary tasks.

Project Accountability: How I track time spent

A friend asked me what I achieved in 2017 in December. As someone who takes pride in not wasting time, I was surprised at how little I had to show for. Sure, I moved to Seattle, started a job after grad school and finally exercised regularly, but I couldn’t fully describe how I spent 11.5 months.