Sarthak Batra

thoughts about frontend dev, digital experiences and education
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How to work efficiently in engineering teams

Oh, no! Another developer self-help gospel from a developer who isn't even twitter-famous. Anyway...

Notes on Identity - on the Internet (Part I)

A gentle introduction to identity on the internet and why it's important

Running React with HTTPS locally on custom domain

Setting up react dev server to serve pages over HTTPS is easy. To serve a local custom domain over HTTPS? Not so much.

Incremental SASS Builds with Gulp

Why gulp is re-compiling all the SASS files in your folder every time and what you can do to fix it

Getting Started with CSS Battle

In a world plagued by CSS-in-JS vs SASS and 'CSS in not a real language' tweet storms, comes a fun competitive game to park all discussions aside and flex your CSS muscles.

Let Your Videos Go Unwatched

How I stopped using YouTube's Watch Later feature and embraced the reality of the internet- and my life.

The Sense of An Ending

Binge watching patterns, short distracted attention spans, endless scrolling feeds and our hooked minds constantly reaching for the comfort of a phone - What do these technological habits steal from us?

How many digital experiences make up for a physical one?

Here’s a thought experiment: would you prefer talking to someone every day just over text chat or would you rather meet them once a week for an hour? What if instead of a week, you only met once a month – would that change your answer?

git diff: Twitter Privacy Policy

I got an email from Twitter yesterday titled 'Important updates to our Privacy Policy'. My first impulse was to delete the email 'cuz ain't nobody got time for that. But then, I decided to actually have a look - the first time in the history of receiving these kinds of mails. This is what I found.

Digital Hoarding Services

I have a problem: I like to hoard links. I know you have that problem too. Everyone does. Read more to get some tips from the time when I decided to do some spring cleaning

The Art of Getting By / Barely Breathing

A look at my regretful past of rote learning and being a 'successful' student

Can You Think Outside the Box?

What do advertisers and recruiters mean when they say 'Think Outside the Box'? Let's explore...

A Profit/Loss Analysis Of My Engineering "Education"

Has the money I've spent in my engineering education been worth it?