CONTENT UPDATES

A Third Year page, which contains information about all of the modules I have taken during the Autumn semester, is now available. It is scheduled to be updated in the Summer to cover all the modules taught in the Spring semester. The "CV" page and the "About Me" section on the home page have been updated as well.

articles filtering

The "Archive" page now contains filter which allows for the blog articles to be filtered by category and year.

redesigned footer

Yet again, the footer has been redesigned. The new version better matches the look of the website. Furthermore, social media icons are slightly larger in order to resolve accessibility concerns related to mobile devices.

performance improvements

The website now runs on the newly released Rails 6.1 and Ruby 3.0. Internal testing have shown dramatic load time improvement in some circumstances.

others

Some of the other improvements are redesigned tables layout, as well as better error handling if an image cannot load.

Couchbase Introduces New Developer Experience for Capella

Couchbase released the all-new Capella. It is the project I have been working on for the past few months. Capella is Couchbase’s database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering and is expected to become the company's flagship product.

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University

August 29, 2022

Going back to University for an in-person graduation

On July 28, a year after I graduated from the University of Sheffield as a software engineer, I went back to celebrate my achievement in-person. I met many of the students I used to go to university with and also collected my Mappin Medal award.

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Music

August 29, 2022

Taylor Swift announces "Midnights"

At the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift announced her tenth studio album — Midnights — is to be released on October 21. At the ceremony, she was awarded three awards, including "Video of the Year" for "All Too Well" (Taylor's Version).

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Personal

August 20, 2022

The road to Couchbase

In July 2022, I moved to Manchester, UK, to join Couchbase as a Software Engineer. I was thrilled to end up in the front-end team which would allow me to gain professional experience in a field I have shown continuous interest since a child.