Zain Rizvi
zainrizvi.io · Personal blog · on HN since 2020
Zain Rizvi is a software engineer with a decade at Google and Microsoft who writes about tech, careers, and self-improvement.
What HN saysHN mostly links his time zone falsehoods post, and also his writing on woodworking and note-taking systems.
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- 1Falsehoods programmers believe about time zones (2020)8 people · 159 points · first shared 2020 · 84 comments on HN
- 2Google taught me to turn Impostor Syndrome into an Advantage5 people · 116 points · first shared 2020 · 24 comments on HN
- 3Why software engineers like woodworking3 people · 560 points · first shared 2022 · 247 comments on HN
- 4Do More by Doing Less3 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 5Remembering what you Read: Zettelkasten vs. P.A.R.A2 people · 124 points · first shared 2020 · 62 comments on HN
- 6Hacking the bureaucracy to get stuff done (2020)2 people · 119 points · first shared 2020 · 65 comments on HN
- 7P.A.R.A. vs. Zettelkasten: The False Binary2 people · 4 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 8Interview advice that got me offers1 people · 642 points · first shared 2020 · 359 comments on HN
- 9Banks help scammers with their bad UI1 people · 96 points · first shared 2020 · 76 comments on HN
- 10What's it like as a Senior Engineer?1 people · 30 points · first shared 2020 · 3 comments on HN
- 11Unconventional tips for Mastering Software Interviews1 people · 7 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 12Effective Altruism Is Suboptimal1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN
- 136 ways woodworking is like software engineering1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 14The Software Engineer's Career Ladder1 people · 1 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 15Homepage1 people · first shared 2020
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ZainRiz · 2020-04-07
https://zainrizvi.io
It's a bit sparse but I try to post the more interesting things I'm learning about tech, business, psychology, and self improvement.
About me: I'm a software engineer and I've spent over a decade working at Google and Microsoft, mostly building their clouds. Now I'm engineering at Stripe
Here are a few of my favorite posts:
* How to Setup a Free Custom Domain Email Address: https://zainrizvi.io/blog/how-to-setup-a-free-custom-domain-email-addr…
* So You Want to do Deep Work: https://zainrizvi.io/blog/so-you-want-to-deep-work/
* Be Creative by Asking Better Questions: https://zainrizvi.io/blog/a-more-beautiful-question-summary/
snypher · 2024-03-01
Here's a great blog post about fun coding around timezones
https://www.zainrizvi.io/blog/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-tim…
xpe · 2024-11-07
It would be too coarse-grained to say I'm categorically dismissive of paper-based systems. My views are more nuanced.
Right, I'm aware of Luhmann and Zettelkasten and ZK-inspired systems. I'm glad it works for him and many others.
Still, if one goes down the rabbit holes of ZK and knowledge management systems, you will sooner or later find some videos that leave the realms of productivity and venture into the farcical.
This is important to recognize: "There is a common mistake people [make] when [using] PARA, Zettelkasten, GTD, Bullet Journals [...]. / They assume each system is universal. / These systems were [NOT] built for mass consumption." - 2022 blog post by Zain Rizvi titled "PARA vs. Zettelkasten: The false binary" https://www.zainrizvi.io/blog/para-vs-zettelkasten-the-false-binary/
hipadev23 · 2024-09-22
Your assumption is quite wrong.
https://www.zainrizvi.io/blog/why-software-engineers-like-woodworking/
foolswisdom · 2023-11-19
And don't forget about https://www.zainrizvi.io/blog/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-tim…
stavros · 2021-09-27
Hm, I thought I read about that here[1] but I can't find it now, so my brain may have made it up. Nepal is 45 minutes off, though, apparently!
[1]: https://www.zainrizvi.io/blog/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-tim…