Revert Python Version in Mac (Homebrew)

Homebrew upgrades packages to the latest versions whenever it tries to install a package. This has caused problems multiple times for me especially with the Python version. Recently Homebrew upgraded Python version on my Mac from 3.8 from 3.9. This has caused problems with gcloud. I installed python 3.8 version using brew install python@3.8. The installation was successful but python3 still referring to the newer version i.e python 3.9. The trick is to update the PATH to use Python 3.8. I’ve performed the following steps to revert Python version to Python 3.8. brew info python@3.8 After you run this command you will see lot of information, find the following lines If you need to have python@3.

Podcasts October 2020

Capturing the list of podcasts I listened over the month. Changelog - What’s so exciting about Postgres? Software Engineering Daily - Supabase: Open Source Firebase with Paul Copplestone Running in Production - Collecting and Processing Genomic Data to Help Cure Rare Diseases Brain Science (Changelog) - It’s OK to self-care Brain Science (Changelog) - I’m just so stressed

Podcasts September 2020

Capturing the list of podcasts I listened over the month. Changelog - Estimating systems with napkin math Brain Science (Changelog) - Clarity and expectation Brain Science (Changelog) - Dealing with conflict Code[ish] - The New Definition of Frontend Development Software Engineering Daily - Enterprise Investing with Ed Sim

Podcasts August 2020

Capturing the list of podcasts I listened over the month. Acquired - Whatsapp Brain Science (Changelog) - The science behind caffeine Changelog - Designing and building HEY Running in Production - Creating a Video Course Hosting Platform to Learn Go Deep Questions with Cal Newport - My New Task System, Deep Work with Kids, and Finding Purpose in Distracted Times | DEEP QUESTIONS Running in Production - DataWellness Helps Organizations Stay Safe and Compliant Deep Questions with Cal Newport - Improving Concentration, Influential Books, and Figuring Out What to Focus On | DEEP QUESTIONS Go Time (Changelog) - All about that infra(structure)

My new digital home

I was blogging on Wordpress (WP) (https://unreachable2027.wordpress.com/) and stopped writing anything new there from July 2015. I was updating only this page - Books I read and I am reading. I want to resume blogging. But, these days I am more into writing in markdown than in WYSIWYG editor. Though WP is very easy to manage and bundled with a lot of features, I’m inclined towards markdown. There are a couple of options for makrdown static site generators. Popular ones are Jekyll (written in Ruby), Hugo (written in Go). I am using Hugo and Mixedpaper theme and hosted on GitLab pages.

Reading Goal - 2020

Today is Jun 12, 2020. And I am making a reading goal for 2020. So far, I read 3 books and I am reading 4th book this year. To Read Money: Master The Game - Tony Robbins Never split the difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on it - Chris Voss and Tahl Raz The phoenix project - Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford Reading The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham Read The Culture Map - Erin Meyer The Best Place to Work - Ron Friedman The Richest Man in Babylon - George S. Clason Flow: The Classic Work On How To Achieve Happiness: The Psychology of Happiness - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Think and Grow Rich - Napolean Hill Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams - Mathew Walker Eat That Frog!