Ali Zaini

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Thoughts on App Builders

July 27, 2024

Some thoughts on low-code/no-code app builders based on my experience at Palantir and a start-up.

Technology

Software Development

Reviewing 9 Months of Gym

May 1, 2024

Hotel gym, hitting 100kg bench press and some data!

Health

Fitness

Gym

My (Brief) Start-Up Experience

April 25, 2024

I gave a start-up a try and here's what I thought.

Career

My experience being on a TV show

Jan 17, 2024

I was on a TV show similar to Dragons' Den/Shark Tank

Personal

Reviewing 3 Months of Gym

November 01, 2023

Started going to the gym 3 months ago - want to review the progress.

Health

Fitness

Daily Temperatures

Sept 10, 2023

A walkthrough to the Daily Temperatures problem.

Programming

Problem Solving

3Sum

Sept 8, 2023

A walkthrough to the 3Sum problem. First in a series.

Programming

Problem Solving

ChatGPT

March 11, 2023

My experience with ChatGPT, Copilot and GPT3 and their usefulness as tools for developing code and generating content. I also revisit my blog post from a year about GitHub Copilot to see how things have changed.

AI

Programming

ChatGPT

Internship/Graduate Software Engineer Application Guide

March 11, 2023

A guide I wrote before I even started my job to outline the process of getting a job/internship.

Computer Science

University

Internships

Work

Advice for studying CS at university

March 11, 2023

Some old advice I wrote a while ago, decided to share.

Computer Science

University

Thoughts on AI Tools Like GitHub Copilot

March 3, 2022

Will artificial intelligence also be replacing software engineers and programming as we know it?

AI

Programming

Blockchain Is an Overly Glorified Spreadsheet

Feb 17, 2022

Some reasons why blockchain isn't as amazing as it's made out to be.

blockchain

bitcoin

What Is This Blog

April 30, 2021

It's a record of random thoughts, opinions, experiences, reviews and technical guides. If I bother to write any.

general