Fahim ul Haq

Great developers don’t write good code: they write good tests. This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. In light of the CrowdStrike fiasco, I discussed how proper testing could’ve prevented the massive software outage. Today, I’ll

Spoiler: Even if you don’t know how to code, you already know a few algorithms! This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. Algorithms are at the heart of the technology we see around us. They generate your social

Will AI will make software engineers obsolete? Your burning AI questions answered. This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. Note: This post is adapted from a blog I originally wrote over on educative.io, called Will AI replace programmers?

Here’s a 4-step process that will help you select the optimal data structure for any problem you encounter. This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. Once you understand some programming basics, like loops and conditionals, you’re ready

What a small, yet devastating bug can teach us about effective software development This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. On July 19, we saw what might have been the largest IT outage in history. 8.5 million Windows

Why your best solution as a student won’t make it in the real-world — and that’s okay. This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. When I started my first job as a professional software developer, I was shocked

The magic starts after you click “run” This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. When I was a new programmer, there was one essential under-the-hood process that perplexed me for some time: how programs get executed. Specifically, I wondered,

This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. Note: This post is adapted from a blog I wrote for CS students over at Educative. If you’re currently a student, you can get 6 free months of access to Educative

This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. Time flies! I have been writing Letters to New Coders for two months. I sincerely hope you have found value in these letters so far. I will say, writing every week has

This blog was originally published on Substack. Subscribe to ‘Letters to New Coders’ to receive free weekly posts. As someone who started a company that helps people learn coding skills, I hear this question all the time: “Is learning to code hard?” (In fact, the last time I was asked