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Nish Tahir

Principal Software Engineer. I write about engineering and fun projects I work on.

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Messing with the DSO138. A $25 oscilloscope

We got a new toy at the office a while ago which I've been super excited to get my hands on. When I accidentally stumbled across a sub $25 oscilloscope I honestly did not know what to expect and quickly jumped at the opportunity to "borrow"

Programming the MSP430 using docker

Docker is awesome. It's super handy for many things especially in the dev ops world but a personal favorite use case of mine would be creating disposable execution environments and workspaces. It's great to be able to quickly download preconfigured environments where I can get stuff

Essential docker - talk write up

So a little while ago I gave a talk about docker where I talked about why I think you should be using docker as well as how to get started. Special thanks to the ever persistent and high energy event organizer for her help in making making it possible. The

Pitfalls working with jitpack

If you work with java or the JVM a lot, you're probably familiar with build tools like maven, Gradle and the like. These are all backed by some variety of Central repository where the tools search for and retrieve dependencies usually such as Maven central. However, publishing artifacts

Why automated recruitment tools fail

It's no secret I've been on the job hunt for a couple of weeks now. The hunt for a great team to work with is as much a challenge for me as it is for companies. Recruiters are supposed to somehow help relieve frustration on both

Accident analysis: US Airways Flight 1549

Abstract An Airbus A320-214 experienced an almost complete loss of thrust in both engines. The aircraft was subsequently ditched on the Hudson River approximately 8.5 miles from the site of its departure. Of the 150 passengers and 5 crew members on board the flight, the majority of people on

How to get IDEA to detect kotlin generated sources using Gradle

So I recently got my hands on Kotlin and it's been great so far. However one of the things that the IDEA kotlin plugin doesn't do[1] is detect the kapt folder which contains any sources generated from annotation processing. This can be fixed using the

Hands on with Machinarium

I love indie games. They give me a break from big AAA titles by providing small but well-developed experiences. They tend to be sincere expressions of what game developers "want" to create without having to bend to the will of big publishers only concerned about the bottom line[

Git gud - Talk write up

I recently gave a talk at the TTU geeky weekly on Git SCM[1]. It gave a general overview of SCM, basic features of git as a SCM tool and a little about the git internals. Thanks in part to the IEEE and special thanks to the event organizers. The

Is Kanye Zipfy?

I came across an interesting tool over the weekend. Kanye rest is a quick hack that a couple of students over in Manchester put together over a long weekend[1]. It's a fully Restful API that has some pretty interesting endpoints[1:1]. For example, the album endpoint