This page contains links to some of my writings on topics that interest me. Usually, they are inspired by problems that I experience in my day-to-day life.
I like pondering over the act or the process of doing something.
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Recently, I had to run Tensorflow Data Validation on over 500 public datasets from Kaggle to generate a baseline schema file for further analysis. I chose to do this using the xargs unix command.
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After years of using orgmode along with the org-publish package to run my website, I came back to markdown, shell & vim.
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I often work with text files containing pros (such as blog posts and git commit messages) and require adding a timestamp containing the current date, day & time.
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When you are staring at text all day long, little things such as the colors of your terminal screen & text editor start to matter. There is vast information & knowledge on color theory but very few colorscheme authors take this into account.
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AIMS or Aru’s Information Management System is a collection of shellscripts to manage information in plaintext. It is inspired by org-mode, and tries to replicate a subset of its functionalities which I frequently use. AIMS is completely tuned towards my workflow as a researcher and how I manage my digital notes.
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I have been working as a researcher for several months now and have been working towards my first publication for the past few weeks. I have a few points of reflection on the scientific process and what constitutes as a good researcher.
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I tried an experiment where I did data analysis in the terminal. I wrote a python module consisting of all the analysis code (where each method corresponds to a cell). I redirected the output to files/images and viewed the results using unix commands/vim. I wrote down my observations and interpretations of the results in a separate markdown file.
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I attended the ICAI session on Ethics & AI. It was a really informative session which touched upon some very interesting and intriguing topics. In this article, I share some of my thoughts on the matter.
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After 5 years of using vim, I switched to emacs in 2021. In this article, I lay down some of my observations along with my rationale for ultimately switching back to vim.
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After observing my workflow of managing bibliographic information in Emacs, I extracted the repeated actions into an Emacs package.
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In this article I describe my process for discovering relevant and important papers in a new scientific field. Researchers need to read a lot to develop a deep understanding of their field of research and stay current on the latest developments.
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Here I outline a workflow which I have developed to handle the non-linear nature of scientific research. There are days when one reads several papers without making much sense of them. However, a single paper the next day can result in a clear picture of the domain. The workflow acknowledges the fact that there are many more failures rather than successes in research. However, a failure is still an outcome—and this is what helps us decide what to do next—so it should still be recorded.
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