I design products, fine-tune strategies, build teams, and create rock solid software.https://samkhawase.comhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/2012-02-15-mongodb-introhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/2012-02-15-mongodb-introAn introduction to MongoDB and document-oriented NoSQL databases — features, data model, and use cases.Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/an-ode-to-the-tigerhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/an-ode-to-the-tigerA review of the Marathi film Raavsaheb, exploring the conflict between humans and nature in the tiger country of Vidarbha.Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/dumb-smartphonehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/dumb-smartphoneSetting up an old iPhone SE as a minimal, safe phone for a child using Apple's parental controls.Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/javascript-is-englishhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/javascript-is-englishDrawing parallels between JavaScript and English — how satisficing explains the dominance of both languages.Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/anonymous-functionshttps://samkhawase.com/blog/anonymous-functionsAn introduction to anonymous functions (blocks) in Objective-C — syntax, closures, and callback patterns.Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/json-serializationhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/json-serializationAn overview of JSON serialization and deserialization in iOS using NSJSONSerialization.Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/hacking-kindlehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/hacking-kindleJailbreaking an old Kindle and turning it into a school dashboard using Cloudflare Workers, Puppeteer, and image processing.Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/loolocator-1-introductionhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/loolocator-1-introductionIntroduction to building an iOS app using the MVVM pattern with Swift and OpenStreetMap.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/loolocator-3-location-providerhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/loolocator-3-location-providerBuilding a modular and testable location component for the LooLocator iOS app using CoreLocation.Sat, 03 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/postgrest-1-introductionhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/postgrest-1-introductionAn introduction to PostgREST, a standalone web server that turns PostgreSQL into a RESTful API, with Auth0 authentication.Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/postgrest-3-rest-servicehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/postgrest-3-rest-serviceConfiguring the PostgREST service with Docker and testing anonymous API access.Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/postgrest-4-auth0-servicehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/postgrest-4-auth0-serviceIntegrating Auth0 JWT authentication with PostgREST for secure API access.Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTSam 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Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/loolocator-2-modelhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/loolocator-2-modelDefining the data model for the LooLocator iOS app using OpenStreetMap's Overpass Turbo API.Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/remote-workhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/remote-workWhy the challenges of remote work — regulation, hardware, and human nature — outweigh the promises for many companies.Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/retrospective-2025https://samkhawase.com/blog/retrospective-2025A personal retrospective of 2025 — fitness goals, travel adventures, connecting with roots, and professional growth.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/thin-waist-problemhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/thin-waist-problemWhy tech hiring is fundamentally a narrow waist problem and strategies to overcome the information bottleneck.Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/postgrest-2-db-and-entitieshttps://samkhawase.com/blog/postgrest-2-db-and-entitiesSetting up PostgreSQL with Docker and defining database entities for the PostgREST tutorial.Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/upgrade-to-swiftUIhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/upgrade-to-swiftUIA step-by-step log of porting an existing UIKit app to SwiftUI, covering SceneDelegate, Combine, and MVVM migration.Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/whats-in-a-namehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/whats-in-a-nameThe fun story behind how a typo on a DOS computer in rural India gave me my nickname.Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawasehttps://samkhawase.com/blog/zig-kindle-gdbhttps://samkhawase.com/blog/zig-kindle-gdbDebugging a cross-compiled Zig HTTP client on a jailbroken Kindle using GDB to track down a kernel compatibility issue.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTSam Khawase