About
Hi!
I am Rudrank Riyam, a writer and a developer. I like to write about my experiences and want to share my thoughts. I also do technical writing about Apple Platforms development.
Words have power, and I want to utilise them positively to inspire the people reading this blog.
I recently watched this movie, and it left a mark on me.
If I cannot be the sun that lights up the earth,
If I cannot be the sun that shines upon the earth,
I can still be a Lamp and light up my Street.
12th Fail
As a kid, I always mispronounced his name as Rudrank Kipling. Reading the poem always reminds me that I should stay hopeful on my way down and humble to the ground on my way up.
If— by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
Conferences
- [SOON] "Widgets, Widgets, Everywhere, Not a Pixel to Spare", KWDC, Seoul, South Korea.
- "Harmonising AI & Melodies: Crafting a Personalised Music App", iOS Conf SG, Singapore
- "Widgets, Widgets, Everywhere, Not a Pixel to Spare", Do iOS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- "Designing a Typography System with SwiftUI", plSwift, Warsaw, Poland
- "Build Fast, Ship Faster: CI/CD for Indies", Deep Dish Chicago, Illinois, United States
Podcasts
- "A Guide To Freelancing As A Developer with Rudrank Riyam", with Jason Dubon
- "Developer Productivity with Rudrank Riyam", with Leo
- "Get INTERNSHIP at APPLE Cupertino..." with Mayank Gupta
- "iOS Developer, WWDC Scholar, Developer Advocate @Codemagic ft. @Rudrank Riyam, Unboxing DevRel", with Mayank Gupta