Why I Write

Ten years ago, I published my first post in this blog titled Set up your own server. It was related to my work as a software developer. Around that time I also began my journey in self development and personal finance, and started publishing posts as well about those topics. I named my blog Technology and Financial Independence (TechAndFI) as I am working in tech.

Origins

That would have been a good origin story of this blog, but that would not be completely accurate. The main reason why I started writing is because of ads. I was thinking of a way to earn money on the internet, and Google Ads were one of the more popular choices back then. So I bought a domain, set up a simple blog (with a single post), and sent my application to Google. Continue Reading

Do What Is Hard

When I started my personal development journey a decade ago, I came across this line from motivational speaker Les Brown:

If you do what is easy, your life will be hard. Continue Reading

What if you already won?

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
Viktor E. Frankl

Many of us, after a long hard day of work, seek to “unwind” by doing mind-numbing things: watching videos online, playing games, or endlessly scrolling social media. Our jobs and our work do not provide us with a deep sense of meaning, and so we crave distraction at the end of it. Continue Reading

Programming Is Dead

What a bold statement, especially coming from someone who makes his living around programming.

Decades in the software industry exposed me to many hype cycles. No-Code solutions, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, and most recently the rise of Large Language Models (LLM) and AI technology. But in contrast to the earlier hype, something feels different this time. Continue Reading

Here be default_scope!

I love Rails. Most of it I truly appreciate as a developer, but there are some aspects that I do not like. The most heinous of these from my perspective is default_scope. I dislike it so much that I was even compelled to write about it!

In Rails, you use scopes to define commonly used queries, such as getting active users, archived posts, and so on. Continue Reading

Tech and FI

Technology and Financial Independence

Origins