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Arash's blog to share little snippets of everything — code, experiences, and other fascinating stories to share.
Building a PC, by a newbie
I got to build a PC during the semester break, how fun!
4 June 2023
11 minutes
experience
GenAI's introspection
A fun experiment with a generative AI model writing a blog post about itself. How cool.
19 April 2023
6 minutes
experience
In strive for perfection
Perfectionism has always been with me, and I think it's more a boon than bane sometimes.
18 March 2023
6 minutes
reflection
Hack Club's Epoch: an opportunity of a lifetime
I got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a go at helping out in a hackathon thousands of kilometres away from home. I left anxious, but returned with so much to share.
26 January 2023
22 minutes
experience
2022 in review
A reflection about the things that have happened in 2022.
6 January 2023
12 minutes
experience
reflection
A long journey to setting up Raspberry Pi
It took me several months to get my Raspberry Pi up and working; I'll share my journey from ordering it to making it accessible over the internet.
30 September 2022
12 minutes
experience
learning log
Taking part in PolyFinTech100 API Hackathon 2022
Learn more about what I've learnt from this year's iteration of the PolyFinTech100 API Hackathon.
25 September 2022
8 minutes
experience
Experiencing Dolby Atmos
A mix of an innovative spatial audio technology and the placebo effect makes me have greater appreciation for music.
8 August 2022
7 minutes
experience
Code readability
Understand my perspective on code readability and what it means to me when developing.
9 July 2022
7 minutes
code
Coding on Windows
Discover what I've learnt about coding when switching from macOS to Windows.
22 May 2022
7 minutes
learning log
Reflections from a liminal space
I've learnt a lot in the months between education stages. Read more about the reflections I've had along the way.
11 April 2022
12 minutes
reflection
CodeDay Singapore 2022
Learn more about my experience taking part in CodeDay Singapore 2022.
20 March 2022
7 minutes
experience
Taking part in iNTUition v8.0
Learn more about my experience going through iNTUition v8.0, a hackathon, and my lessons through it.
1 March 2022
10 minutes
experience
Social media: a catch-22
I explore the idea of social media, being in it, and leaving it as a teenager.
3 February 2022
7 minutes
reflection
Organising my website's repository
Learn more about why and how I changed how I organised my website's repository on GitHub.
1 February 2022
8 minutes
learning log
My front-end tech stack
A little sharing about what I use to write front-end code and build websites circa 2022.
16 January 2022
4 minutes
code
The importance of support
If there's anything I learned this year, it was to learn to support — support yourself, learning to reach out, and supporting others.
19 December 2021
7 minutes
reflection
Building my blog
Get to know the technical details on how I built my blog from scratch using Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
5 December 2021
15 minutes
code
learning log
Hello, world!
An introduction to function() and more about who I am and what I hope to accomplish with the blog.
28 November 2021
2 minutes
meta