Today Quincy Larson interviews Santosh Yadav. The son of a textile worker, he grew up inner-city Mumbai and studied hard to get into university. From there he’s worked as a software engineer for 16 years. Along the way, he’s picked up every distinction imaginable including Google Developer Expert, GitHub Star, and Microsoft MVP. Santosh shares […]
Daily Archives: December 20, 2025
Recently, I wanted to understand how smart home devices actually work. When you scan a QR code and a light appears in your Home app, what’s really happening? When you tap “on”, what bytes travel across your network? The best way I know to understand something is to build it, so I created a virtual […]
Back in 2023, when I started using ChatGPT, it was just another chatbot that I could ask complex questions to and it would identify errors in my code snippets. Everything was fine. The application had no memory of previous states or what was said the day before. Then in 2024, everything started to change. We […]
Databases are one of the most important parts of a software system. They allow us to store huge amounts of data in an organized way and retrieve it efficiently when we need it. In the early days, when the volume of data was relatively small, engineers prioritized fast data retrieval and stored data in B-tree […]
Learn how to build a complete 2D Pixel Art Tower Defense game in Unity from scratch! We just posted a step-by-step tutorial on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will guide you from a blank project to a fully playable game with a main menu, multiple tower types, enemy waves, and three unique levels. Frank from […]