Take-Home Assignments That Don’t Waste People’s Time
I’ve been on both sides of the take-home. The good ones share scope, time boxes, and a clear rubric. Here’s what we changed and why.
Practical notes on
shipping software
I’m Haseeb — a full-stack engineer writing about backends, databases, deployment, and the small habits that keep production stable. Specific examples, real mistakes, no hype.
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The Day CSS Layout Stopped Feeling Like Magic
Flexbox for one dimension, Grid for two. The simple mental model that turned years of guessing into a real skill.
Why I’m Writing This Blog (And What You’ll Find Here)
A short manifesto: practical engineering notes, real mistakes, no hype. Here’s what to expect and how I write.
The Code Review Comments I Find Myself Writing Most
After thousands of PR reviews, the same handful of comments keep coming up. Here are the patterns and why each one matters.
Replacing a Folder of Cron Scripts With n8n: A Practical Walkthrough
How I migrated a pile of brittle Node and Bash scripts to n8n workflows, what I kept, what I threw away, and the gotchas nobody mentions.