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Muhammad Usman

A new blog for my love of keyboards

A new blog for my love of keyboards

I love mechanical keyboards, I have been obsessing over them for more than a decade and every once in a while. I write about keyboards here but I felt like the content I want to write about isn't as personal and oftentimes just content I want to have

Clear app updates after many years!

I first heard about Clear when over 10 years ago. I remember their launch was pretty hyped and I ended up paying the $1 to see just what was great about this app. It was so easy to use, one of the first apps to really use the swiping gestures

End of Year Health Report, 2023

End of Year Health Report, 2023

This year started out very differently than how it is ending, and I wanted to jot down as many of my thoughts as possible before I get busy with the new year's energy. I want to share an overview of my current health, how it has changed over

Refocusing on one thing

Refocusing on one thing

The past week has been a valuable exercise in discipline, pushing me to write and learn more frequently. However, I've come to the conclusion that I was devoting too much time to these activities rather than building and experimenting. This post touches on the above, but it primarily

Primitive Data Types

Primitive Data Types

Today, I'm at Eastside Coffee Bar & Workspace. It's a nice little coffee shop with a bunch of seating available to sit and work. I am not at my house because I wanted to get away from the noise of plumbing work that started today. I&

Hashing and Hash Tables

Hashing and Hash Tables

Today's topic is pretty straight forward. I got this one from the list of concepts that ChatGPT suggested. I think on days when I'm short on time or feeling less inspired, the generated list could be useful. Sidebar: today I am feeling a bit underpowered because

Recursion

Recursion

It's the weekend and I didn't have much free time today so I'm covering recursion. Recursion is an important topic in programming that often gets looked over because oftentimes it's used in self-evaluating algorithms. But before I go into Opinionland, I'