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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 04/10/2026

build a VM for the LC3 computer in Go to learn how it works deeply. added property based testing using hegel. it helped me find so many bugs, pretty neat! I can play games on my own VM now! github.com/shraddhaag/t...

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GitHub - shraddhaag/toyvm: A toy VM created for learning for the LC3 computer.

A toy VM created for learning for the LC3 computer. - shraddhaag/toyvm

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 14/07/2026

Oh to be so nuanced and eloquent in the age of AI! We all can learn much from Ray 🙌

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 29/06/2026

Doing a fun project and the guide I'm following is brilliant, not only for the content but also for these hidden gems in it!

“The view that machines cannot give rise to surprises is due, I believe, to a fallacy to which philosophers and mathematicians are particularly subject. This is the assumption that as soon as a fact is presented to a mind all consequences of that fact spring into the mind simultaneously with it. It is a very useful assumption under many circumstances, but one too easily forgets that it is false.” — Alan M. Turing

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 03/06/2026

"If AI has taught me anything, its the worthlessness of sycophantic praise." such an astute observation that is felt across industries today! found this quote in a youtube video about book reviews of all things, great video too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbRR...

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Book reviews are gaslighting us

YouTube video by Below the Fray

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 28/04/2026

my favorite part about this "how the heck" series I've been working on is that people clearly have an appetite for the web being a clean and beautiful place where you can just learn things

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 28/04/2026

vickiboykis.com/2026/04/20/b... This article combines art, books, ML, mastery and hope all in one beautifully articulated piece. Been a while since I’ve read something that made me feel it’s not a waste of time to hone your craft. I agree with so much that’s in here, please give it a read!

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Build yourself flowers

Living and working in a world of generated code.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 11/04/2026

very relevant in today’s world. from the second edition of DDIA, gotta say i’m loving reading all the new material!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/04/2026

As far as I know there is literally no reason for this, it is just an incredibly lucky coincidence that we get to enjoy for free

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Humans are also capable of wondrous things.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 14/03/2026

started reading the second edition of Designing Data Intensive Applications and we're off to a good start... or are we?

We have also added discussions of sync engines and local-first software, workflow engines and durable execution, formal methods and randomized testing, GraphQL, and various other technologies that are worth knowing about. We have included a bit of legal context as well, by exploring the impact of the EU General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) and related law. We’ve also taken a few things away—for example, as MapReduce is now largely obsolete, we have rewritten the batch processing chapter accordingly, and we sadly decided to drop the Tolkien-style maps.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. "Floods" is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used to be. All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 09/03/2025

Was revisiting some of my past reads and I absolutely love it when small books pack a punch! This one is aptly named, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

The worst was yet to come, he knew. Already he could feel a world of trouble waiting for him behind the next door, but the worst that could have happened was also already behind him; the thing not done, which could have been - which he would have had to live with for the rest of his life.

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Vallari @vallari.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I wrote a blog on using vim for a week. It might help people trying to make the switch! Fun week, there were some tears ngl vallariagrawal.com/blog/vim-week/

Screenshot of my blog "Challenge: A Week of Using Vim"

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 20/02/2025

Wake up, mess up git rebase, use reflog to fix it, repeat 🙆🏻‍♀️

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 17/02/2025

Was doing a bit of research and wondering if there is a place to find a catalogue of incidents and their retrospectives? If there is a place where they are tagged with tech involved too, that would be a cherry on top!

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 10/02/2025

Got a female pilot on a flight I took recently. Gave me a little hope and encouragement amidst everything else going on these days ❤️

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 23/01/2025

best description of a developer debugging code 😁

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Leggy Pain 🇨🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦 @leggypain.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The heart wants what it wants and mine wants to use this pleasantly unexpected day off to put on something cozy and go to the library to practice sketching figures and portraits

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 07/01/2025

It’s absurd how much I relate with this. Can’t even count how many times I’ve rewatched Dune 2 at this point, it doesn’t get old!

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Barnes & Noble @barnesandnoble.com · 06/01/2025

Reading makes you live longer.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 05/01/2025

It’s fascinating to see how many of my small habits to big life decisions are so heavily influenced by people who I used to look upto when I was a kid, really. People don’t know the kind of impact they can have, what a beautiful legacy to have 🌸

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 04/01/2025

One thing that AI is definitely saving me time on is writing LinkedIn posts. I’ve never liked posting on LinkedIn and have often skipped posting professional updates, but thanks to AI that’s one less thing to procrastinate about!

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 03/01/2025

Have always been into baking and finally doing more of it this year. Learning to make breads, here are my first few baked things: ciabatta and banana bread to welcome the new year!

Italian ciabatta freshly out of the oven!

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 01/01/2025

I just finished publishing all 25 blogs explaining my solution for solving each day of #AdventOfCode! Huge shoutout to @mattboyle.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity to publish them on ByteSizeGo, what a fun and active community to be a part of 😁 Posting all links in the thread below 👇

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 29/12/2024

Learned crocheting this December to make hand made gifts this Christmas! Meet Totoro, Perry the Platypus and Ratatouille’s Remy 😁

Totoro and an orange chick crochet plushies

Perry the platypus and Ratatouille’s Remy crochet plushies!

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 26/12/2024

Finally done with #AdventOfCode and got my 50 stars 😁 Day 24 was _roughhhh_ but super fun! Learned about Ripple Carry Adder! All my solutions are here: github.com/shraddhaag/aoc Time to finish all writing the rest of the blogs! ✍️

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GitHub - shraddhaag/aoc: Solutions to Advent of Code.

Solutions to Advent of Code. . Contribute to shraddhaag/aoc development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 22/12/2024

I dealt with a severe pain in my wrist thanks to ulnar nerve deviation. I could barely type and couldn’t do many day to day activities. It took a whole year and a half for it to heal. Even now if I strain too much the pain comes back. Didn’t understand the important of ergonomics before 🙆🏻‍♀️

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 22/12/2024

#AdventOfCode Day 22 was a breeze as compared to the last day! The real struggle was understanding all the rules for both part 1 and 2. github.com/shraddhaag/a...

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aoc/2024/day22/main.go at main · shraddhaag/aoc

Solutions to Advent of Code. . Contribute to shraddhaag/aoc development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 22/12/2024

I really despise how being nonchalant has become the “cool” thing. I love nerding out about my silly little hobbies!

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 22/12/2024

This is so relatable! I maintain a todo list purely for the dopamine release when checking off completed tasks 😁

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 21/12/2024

You know a book of gonna be good when it starts like this!

24 hours of earth orbits with daylight in the northern hemisphere depicted.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 21/12/2024

#blogvent Day 12 & 13 are done! Wrote a couple blogs about solving #AdventOfCode Day 12 & 13: www.bytesizego.com/blog/aoc-day... www.bytesizego.com/blog/aoc-day...

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AOC 2024, Day 12: Counting Corners

Let's solve Advent of Code 2024 Day 12 with some polygon math!

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 21/12/2024

#AdventOfCode Day 21, these are getting real tough now 😅 In hindsight, the problem boils down to figuring out what direction to take first for the most optimised traversal. github.com/shraddhaag/a...

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aoc/2024/day21/main.go at main · shraddhaag/aoc

Solutions to Advent of Code. . Contribute to shraddhaag/aoc development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 20/12/2024

#AdventOfCode Day 20 Part 2 made me sweat. The end solution is so much more robust than the (in hindsight) brute force I was doing for part 1. github.com/shraddhaag/a...

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aoc/2024/day20/main.go at main · shraddhaag/aoc

Solutions to Advent of Code. . Contribute to shraddhaag/aoc development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 19/12/2024

#AdventOfCode day 19, I'm basking in these easy days! Yet again solved part 2 before part 1 because I read the problem statement wrong but oh well! github.com/shraddhaag/a...

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 18/12/2024

#blogvent day 11! Wrote about solving #AdventOfCode Day 11 with memoisation: www.bytesizego.com/blog/aoc-day...

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 17/12/2024

#AdventOdCode Day 17 what an amazing part 2, all about spotting patterns! github.com/shraddhaag/a...

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 16/12/2024

#blogvent Day 10 is done! Wrote about solving #AdventOfCode Day 10 www.bytesizego.com/blog/aoc-day...

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 16/12/2024

Rewatched Prisoner of Azkaban today and I forgot just how good it is as compared to the first two movies, what a step up. Brilliant cinematography. The changing dynamic between the grown up trio is shown so subtly yet done well! And the Whomping Willow, truly a character in this one. Loved it 💯

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garygrady.bsky.social @garygrady.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Day 15 Robots gone wild #AdventofCode

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 15/12/2024

Unfailingly kind is such a beautiful way of describing someone!

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Shraddha Agrawal @shraddhaag.dev · 15/12/2024

#AdventOfCode Day 15 was spend fighting stupid corner cases. I only realised a much much simpler approach to solve part two too late into the game. We did it tho! github.com/shraddhaag/a...

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