Installing dependencies on base images that GitHub actions offers can be clumsy and time consuming. Most build tools and environments come with official Docker images that we can directly utilise.

Sometimes it is beneficial to have different requirements file in a project depending on the runtime environment. This post shows how to easily maintain multiple requirements.txt files.

Firebase emulators allow you to develop locally and perform unit tests. It is very easy to run and connect to them.

SSH is by default disabled on a new image of Raspberry Pi for security reasons. But using the Raspberry Pi Imager, you can easily configure the initial setup of the Raspberry Pi OS and enable SSH.

Both interfaces and classes typescript provide a typed view of objects available in javascript. In some cases they look very similar to each other. So which one should you use?

Across many projects I’ve worked with, I’ve noticed some simple and effective steps for training neural networks to reduce frustration. I would recommend to follow these tips and tricks when training deep neural network models.

There seems to be a trend amongst manufacturers to ship ANSI keyboards as standard UK keyboards on new laptops which is very frustrating because what they are doing is incorrect.

Writing a large report or a thesis is very daunting task. In this post, I talk about how to write a PhD thesis and what each chapter should include.

Compiling LaTeX is very cumbersome and requires a lot of modules to install. While online apps have eased the stress of working with LaTeX, sometimes the best solution is to work locally. Using VS Code and its support for containers, I will look into how we can compile LaTeX projects using Docker containers.

With remote working becoming more important, in these short tutorials I will be covering how to effeciently work remotely for Imperial College Department of Computing students. I provide some pointers to main topics and encourage you to explore further.