About This Website

What Will You Find Here?

Most of the content on this website is about computers, programming, and software engineering, and sometimes other related areas like mathematics. I write on these topics because of my background in computer programming and software engineering (CPSE). Of course, I have other interests too, and I also write about some of those “non-technical” topics occasionally.

Broadly speaking, you will find two kinds of content here: blog posts, and “learning pathways.” The blog posts, as usual, are mostly standalone articles on topics that interest me. While they may refer to other posts here or elsewhere, you can generally read them independently of the others. They are also meant to be “shorter reads.”

The pathways, on the other hand, are generally longer, structured tutorials, usually on topics relevant to CPSE.

Why Do I Write Here?

There are a couple of reasons (primarily) why I write here:

• To share some of the interesting and useful things I have learnt over the years, and thereby connect with like-minded people. To have a conversation or sorts, though mostly a unidirectional one, perhaps.
• To learn and grow. Doubtless, there are lots for me to learn still, and I find that writing about something helps me learn it better than I would by simply reading about it.

A Little About Me

Hi there, my name is Amitav Mishra, and I’m a software engineer and architect by profession. I currently live in Bengaluru (previously Bangalore), Karnataka, India, and I have mostly worked in the space of backend, server-side engineering.

Other than computer programming and related fields, I like music (mostly Hindi film songs, though I do explore some other genres too), and dabble a bit in singing and photography. I’m a movie buff, and sometimes I’m dismayed at my capacity to consume immersive, entertaining content like movies and TV shows! I’m not a voracious reader, but I do try to read regularly—especially books and articles that are written well and have good quality content. More recently, I’m trying my hand a bit at writing.