Fareez Ahamed

Tag: Essays (5)

The Illusion of Unlimitedness

May 24, 2026

Over a period of time, I have started to realize that unlimitedness is an illusion. It doesn’t bring any good. You don’t get very far with anything that you got without limits.

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Retrospect: JWT Authentication using Node.js Workshop in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai

Nov 14, 2023

Couple of months back, I was invited to give a talk to the Cybersecurity students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai by my professor Dr. S. Udhayakumar. When I was looking for topics, I zeroed down to JSON Web Tokens using Node.js as I have implemented it multiple times and having quite a good knowledge on it.

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Real Artists Sign Their Work

Jan 2, 2022

When I was reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, I came across the following line.

Real artists sign their work - Steve Jobs

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Do you really study?

Jul 30, 2011

When I started this blog, I wanted to write only about computer science but I really think that I have to express something that has been inside me for long and I think it’s the right time for that. This article is for the students of computer science or more generally students of any discipline.

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To my fellow readers

Jul 6, 2011

First of all, I introduce myself to my fellow readers. I’m Fareez Ahamed, a person who was impressed by computers from when I was studying fifth standard (well children now are introduced to computers more early now-a-days than those days). ‘How this stuff works?!’ is always a quest for many when they are introduced to new things. I’m no exception to that when I saw what a computer can do at first. It was at our printing press long back when I was studying fifth. The first software that I remember is Adobe PageMaker 5.0, something dedicated to printing industry. It did far better than what a traditional printing technique with very large space and tons of lead typesets can do.

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