<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Suhas Dara - Blog</title><description>Software Engineer passionate about building innovative solutions and sharing knowledge through code and writing.</description><link>https://suhasdara.me/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Python Decorators</title><link>https://suhasdara.me/blogs/python-decorators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suhasdara.me/blogs/python-decorators/</guid><description>In Python, decorators are often shrouded by a layer of mystery. We tend to use
them without understanding how they work, but if understood properly, they can
really improve our efficiency. This blog will cover the fundamentals of
decorators, and assumes that you have an understanding of how functions work.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tech</category></item><item><title>Python Function Parameters</title><link>https://suhasdara.me/blogs/python-function-parameters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suhasdara.me/blogs/python-function-parameters/</guid><description>In Python, or every programming language, functions are one of the larger
building blocks. Functions allow reusing blocks of code and eliminate code
duplication. But, not everyone is fully aware of all the different ways to
pass inputs to functions. That is what I will be exploring in this blog.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tech</category></item><item><title>The Development Journey for Choosing an Architecture</title><link>https://suhasdara.me/blogs/dev-journey-architecture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suhasdara.me/blogs/dev-journey-architecture/</guid><description>This blog describes the journey that I, a developer took to decide the
architecture to use for the implementation of a recent project I have been
working on. It demonstrates the thought process a developer goes through to
come to a resolution.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tech</category></item><item><title>Understanding Strings in Python</title><link>https://suhasdara.me/blogs/python-strings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suhasdara.me/blogs/python-strings/</guid><description>Learn the differences between different string literals in Python and how
escape characters work differently between them. Also understand the encoding
and decoding functionality with Python strings.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tech</category></item><item><title>Generating excerpts using GatsbyJS Markdown plugins</title><link>https://suhasdara.me/blogs/gatsby-mdx-excerpts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suhasdara.me/blogs/gatsby-mdx-excerpts/</guid><description>Learn how to generate excerpts with `gatsby-transformer-remark` and work
around the lack of the `excerpt_separator` option in `gatsby-plugin-mdx`.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tech</category></item><item><title>FedEx + Customs = Nightmare</title><link>https://suhasdara.me/blogs/fedex-nightmare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suhasdara.me/blogs/fedex-nightmare/</guid><description>While being situated in Pune, India, I recently did a remote internship with
a New York-based company. They shipped me a laptop and peripheral devices via
FedEx and what followed was a nightmare.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>life</category></item></channel></rss>