by Fikri Rasyid | Jul 15, 2025 | Essays
I’ve been using Cursor (IDE + integrated AI Agent) for the past couple of weeks now and how it feels so far: it is good but it is only as good as your capability of giving it the right direction and the right context. What I feel is left unsaid so far: Coding skill...
by Fikri Rasyid | Jul 14, 2025 | Essays
I just realized this recently: I think i’ll have a hard time recognizing who I was 5 years ago. Me 10 years ago is even more unrecognisable from the current me. In a nutshell, people change. World view, body shape, experience, confidence, etc. Then it hits me: If I...
by Fikri Rasyid | Sep 19, 2022 | Essays
It took me years to realize that most thing in life are team sports. There are occurrences where you can thrive alone but in many circumstances, you need to be in a team where you can took advantage of the team’s resource + teamwork so you can grow and even outgrow...
by Fikri Rasyid | Sep 19, 2022 | Essays
Satya Nadella said this during Windows 10 event in 2015: We want to go from users needing Windows to choosing Windows to loving WindowsSatya Nadella My first reaction toward this was combination of chuckle, shrugging, and a good-luck-bro. I’ve been (and still) so deep...
by Fikri Rasyid | Sep 7, 2022 | Essays
My somewhat simple observation on roles in a tech organization: Junior role: Not familiar with the codebase, don’t know who to ask yet, have significant amount of insecurity when asking because still in a phase of proofing thy worth, solving what’s in front of their...
