2022-05-20   5 minutes read

Where I distill the components which make up an expert.

2022-05-15   4 minutes read

Where we go through the usual components which make up a modern web-based application.

2022-05-13   3 minutes read

Now that I have been running this for some time, I go through the decisions that went into the design of this website.

2022-05-11   4 minutes read

Reading notes for the first part of the book by Jonas Salzgeber, published in 2019.

2022-05-10   2 minutes read

The human brain naturally focus on what is wrong, what needs to be fixed. This practice consists in intentionally acknowledging the good things, no matter how small.

2022-04-30   1 minute read

Presentation of the main ideas on mindset as explored by research on developmental psychology.

2022-04-23   3 minutes read

Bringing attention to the difference between wealth as income and wealth as stored money or goods. Inflation and purchasing power are briefly discussed.

2022-04-12   4 minutes read

A reflection on some beliefs taken for granted about code reviews which leads to busy work and frustration. Three proposals are presented as solutions.

2022-04-10   2 minutes read

My proposal of a design for a personal Todo System with focus on open data formats and reliability for the next decade.

2022-04-05   3 minutes read

Common commands that a git user should know for daily usage.

2022-04-05   2 minutes read

Reflectoins on the reasons one might feel angry and action items to ensure it is under control.

2022-04-02   2 minutes read

We describe the most asymptotically efficient search algorithm for a pre-sorted list of elements.

2022-03-29   2 minutes read

Describes a 5th-degree polynomial that was found to approximate the sine function precisely up to 4 decimal digits. Useful for resource-constrained devices, games, or any applications where the precision of the least significant digits is not important.

2022-03-28   1 minute read

An article which lists the major areas of computer programming that are important for any programmer.

2022-03-28   3 minutes read

A quick guide on getting started with the GNU Make tool and using Makefiles to specify build targets and build dependencies. The make command is commonly used in Linux/Unix environments for building programs from source, but can also be applied for building derivate documents.

2022-03-28   4 minutes read

My personal research for figuring out how to pay personal income taxes for the first time while being an immigrant in Canada.

2022-03-24   2 minutes read

A brief comparison of the architectural decisions that underlie Apache and nginx, revealing why nginx has been taking the lead on webserver marketshare. We explore the thread spawning model and the event-driven model of Apache and nginx, respectively.

2022-03-23   2 minutes read

An informative article which serves as a starting point for non-technical folks which wish to create a website. This covers hosting, domain and SSL certificate.

2022-03-23   3 minutes read

A survey of competing single-board computers, as popularized by the Raspberry Pi, their technical specifications, price and availability in the Canadian market. 6 boards are compared: Orange Pi, ROCK Pi, Banana Pi, ASUS Tinker Board, Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Zero 2.

2022-03-16   3 minutes read

A ficticious personal conversation to help someone who is feeling overwhelmed with a few action items to reduce anxiety and go back to being calm.

2022-03-10   1 minute read

A description of the well-known Pomodoro Technique for time management.

2022-03-09   3 minutes read

A rambling about how the software industry has been preferring to pay the overhead for runtime and memory safety, in contrast with C programming, which is bare bones and mostly has no runtime overhead.

2022-01-04   3 minutes read

A survey of the available web applications for taking and keeping text notes, covering Google Keep and Simplenotes.

2022-01-03   6 minutes read

A list of items that I consider indispensable for a good preparation for a job interview aiming at a Software Engineer position. Most of the technical questions will fall within the presented subjects.

2022-01-02   2 minutes read

Step-by step instructions on how to install the XFCE graphical interface on Alpine Linux, which does not come with pre-installed GUI. Given that Alpine is lightweight, this approach yields a funtional Linux configuration with minimal resource usage.