I have been following Manuel Moreale’s Experimental June plan to reduce consumption. The latest update was on June 29. That motivated me to finally start with a plan to reduce my screen time. The May 16 episode of Search Engine: How to stop being so phone addicted (without self-discipline or meditation) was another catalyst. I started on June 29 and as broken as Screen Time is, it’s still a good enough reporting tool. So far, I’ve succeeded in reducing my daily screen time from 3 to 4 h...| Ishan Sharma
I feel like I have a tumultuous relationship with TVs and monitors. It took editing system files to get rid of some persistent black bars in 2018. Then, in 2022, I had to jump through hoops to get volume buttons working on an Apple TV remote with my TCL Roku TV. I never got that TV to stop displaying a static screen randomly when Apple TV switched between HDR and SDR. In the middle of 2024, I sold TCL TV and got an LG C3. I kept my setup, treating the TV as a dumb screen and letting Apple TV ...| Ishan Sharma
I love tracking stuff. I’m not obsessed with the numbers, but I definitely do more tracking than your usual person. I liked Steam in the beginning because it provided a central location to track my playtime. RescueTime, a productivity tracking tool, was the first software installed on my computers for more than 7 years. A few recent things lead me down this rabbit hole of thinking how we humans and our society are uniquely centered around numbers.| Ishan Sharma
My thoughts on Frictionless Web and why I think small web is truly frictionless| Ishan Sharma
My thoughts on Steam Deck after owning it for a year and whether it is a good purchase in 2025| Ishan Sharma
Some links and thoughts on WP Engine Drama going on over in WordPress community| ishan.co
How reading a crazy book about Kaijus and watching an episode of True Detective made me think about joy| ishan.co
I recently got a Steam Deck for my birthday. Ever since its initial launch, I was on the fence about getting one. The first reason was that I already had a handheld in Nintendo Switch. And second, my top played game genre is Real-time Strategy (RTS), which doesn’t really work that well on a handheld. After using it for a week, I am a big fan of the device. This article is my collection of tips you may find useful and some interesting use cases you’ll want to consider before buying one.| ishan.co
YouTube downloads using yt-dlp are faster if you play the video you're downloading in browser.| ishan.co
My experience and advice on looking for an apartment in Vancouver.| ishan.co
Xcode 14's First Beta has a bug that may cause App Intents to work. Fortunately a quick fix is listed in release notes.| ishan.co
Some of my recent commits generated webhook payload that was missing `commits` and `head_commit` keys. That caused AWS Amplify to not publish new changes.| ishan.co
I recently moved this blog from WordPress to Hugo. In this post, I share why I chose Hugo, the theme I'm using and the tools I used for moving content.| ishan.co
How I got my Apple TV remote to learn volume control for my TCL Roku TV using some well timed battery switching| ishan.co
Amazon: iOS Engineer I joined Amazon in 2019 to work with the Seller Services group on Amazon Seller app. Past EyeLevel: Machine Learning Engineer, Intern Built first iteration of EyeLevel AI that helps hiring managers write better job descriptions. Worked on Slack integration using Slack API. Epictions/gai Technologies Wrote the REST API connecting PHP/Python/Node backend to AngularJS frontend for multiple products. Wrote the error logging and handling framework and integrated with backend.| Ishan Sharma
You can drop me a mail at hey (at) ishan (dot) co.| Ishan Sharma
Me I am Ishan Sharma, an iOS Engineer at Amazon in Vancouver. Previously, I’ve worked as a Full Stack Engineer at GAI Technologies and Epictions. If you want to ask a question or just say hello, feel free to drop a mail to hey (at) ishan (dot) co. This Site This site is built with: Hugo: Fast static site generator. PaperMod Theme: An excellent theme for Hugo. My fork with minor customizations is available on GitHub: ishansharma/Hugo-PaperMod.| Ishan Sharma
After trying a lot of things, I discovered the fix by accident. It's pretty simple, just remove the external disk and it should be fine.| ishan.co
Apple has a habit of releasing software and features and then neglecting them. Screen Time is one such feature that suffers from several bugs. I share my frustrations with the feature in this post.| ishan.co
