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The Effects of Music while Coding

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The Effects of Music while Coding

A wise man once said “where words fail, music speaks”. But does that apply to coding?

How Bad IT Holds Airlines Back

How Bad IT Holds Airlines Back

💡Disclaimer - This article summarises and expands upon the content from the video below. The Airline Industry's Problem with Absolutely Ancient IT - Wendover Productions IT failures. Compiler errors. The mere sight of these messages can cause at least a mild annoyance, or even make your entire day disastrous. You

Mindfulness and Meditation

Mindfulness and Meditation

Your mind is churning, your heart is pounding 24/7, and you're lying in bed awake every night. We're here to offer you a way out!

Getting Started with Personal Projects

Getting Started with Personal Projects

Thinking of building a personal project this term? Begin your project with this six-step guide and find some tips to start strong!

Optimise Your Study Life: Study Apps

Optimise Your Study Life: Study Apps

In the second part of this series, Alex Xu walks us through study apps you can use to boost your productivity!

Optimise Your Study Life: Study Tips and Habits

Optimise Your Study Life: Study Tips and Habits

The first of a two-part series, Alex has compiled all the tips and habits you need to optimise your study life!

There Is An Imposter (Syndrome) Among Us

There Is An Imposter (Syndrome) Among Us

So many of us have been there. Feeling like the only one who doesn't belong. The only one who doesn't deserve it. How does one live with Imposter Syndrome?

Secure Your Next Interview: A Guide to Writing Résumés

Secure Your Next Interview: A Guide to Writing Résumés

Having trouble landing that job interview? New to job hunting or need a quick refresher? If your career is to be a thousand mile journey, let this guide be your first step to success.

The State of Virtual Reality: Where does VR go from here?

The State of Virtual Reality: Where does VR go from here?

✨ Virtual reality ✨ has been a dream of humanity even before we had the tech to make it possible. But what does a future shaped by VR look like? 🤔

Getting That Grad/Intern Role

Getting That Grad/Intern Role

Getting a grad or intern role in tech is a great way to start your professional career. Unfortunately the process isn't always straightforward, that's where this step-by-step guide comes in.

Beginner's Guide to Vim: The Aesthetics

Beginner's Guide to Vim: The Aesthetics

Welcome to the second part of the Beginner’s Guide to Vim! In Part One, we covered the basic ways that you can navigate, insert text, and save a file in Vim. But it’s hard to ignore that the default editor has some... interesting... aesthetic choices.

Consumer Cybersecurity 101

Consumer Cybersecurity 101

Nothing is ever 100% secure, regardless of what a service or device you use says. You always take a risk when using technology. We should only use technology when we deem the benefits of doing so to outweigh the drawbacks. Part of ensuring that imbalance relies on your actions when using technology.

Beginner’s Guide to Vim: The Basics

Beginner’s Guide to Vim: The Basics

Welcome to the beginner's guide to Vim! Since this is a complete beginner's guide, it makes sense to start with the question: why even use Vim in the first place? You've got Atom, VSCode, Sublime, Gedit, and even Nano. What makes Vim worthy to use above all of them? * Vim

The 14 Essential Vim Commands

The 14 Essential Vim Commands

The 14 most essential commands you need for your everyday typing needs are right here! Bookmark this site for easy reference later, or even use this as a starting point to build your own cheat sheet.

Too Big to Fall?

Too Big to Fall?

The top of the mountain is daunting for young startups at the bottom looking up. Hungry to revolutionise, they aspire to reach the summit; changing the world in the process. But for those who dare disrupt the market to become new industry leaders, the path ahead is perilous and uncertain;

Catch Up For Finals (in isolation)

Catch Up For Finals (in isolation)

It’s already the end of another term, and with finals around the corner hopefully there’s something in here for you in our Catch Up for Finals study tips compilation! We’re going to cover a range of topics, from good study habits to maintaining your wellbeing, so there’s something here for everyone.

A Guide to Posture

A Guide to Posture

Did you know there are serious health implications of prolonged sitting??! Not going to lie, during quarantine, all I've done is eat, sleep, and go on my laptop. At least during uni I used to walk at least 1,000 steps a day; now the most I walk is my

A Roadmap to Product Management for Students

A Roadmap to Product Management for Students

My name is Andrew Vo! Currently, I work in product management at Atlassian, where previously, I was a summer intern. Prior to product management, I worked across data science and software engineering at Shippit, Google and WiseTech.

A Guide to Monitors

A Guide to Monitors

Looking at a big screen is nice but also very useful throughout your time at uni. No matter what degree you study, you will almost certainly be viewing digital content on a computer and having a good monitor will make that job easier, more efficient and more enjoyable. So, in