Notes from the Burrow

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Muhammad Usman

Setting up a Mac (with command line tools)

It’s probably my 10th or 20th time setting up a computer and each time I start this process, I think to myself that I should be writing it all down so next time it’s easier for me and maybe it will get other some ideas on possible things

After years, I bought a personal MacBook

The last time I bought a macbook was in 2010. It was a 13″ Macbook Pro at the base specs. It was great, lasted me a couple of years and then I passed it on to a friend. Last month, I decided to order a new macbook, the ones with

I moved to Portland 🌲

Last week, I left Oakland, California and moved to Portland, Oregon. It’s a huge move for me and Kristen along with the pets but we wanted to try a new city while we can. Working remotely enables to move. I don’t have many impressions to share yet except

Connecting a relationship using a hook in Keystone.js 6

I’m writing this for the weary internet traveler because I spent 3 hours debugging this and finally had some coffee ☕️ and figured it out after running into a ton of errors. This is my desired outcome: every time a user signs up for my app, I want to associate

Packing up, and having a font for it

I’ve had a few interests this year, finding a good water enhancer (e.g. flavor mixes without sugar) being one of the recent ones but my interest this year has stayed pretty steady in typography. Mainly printing out labels has led me down rabbit holes of font families. I’

An introduction to music by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

This post was written in 2018 and has been sitting in my Drafts for over 3 years. I decided to write this after realizing it’s going to get deleted if I don’t get to it. When I discover new music, I love to go the extra few steps

Wood by Rostam

I love this song by Rostam, it has a warm sound to it and it reminds me of being between two cultures perfectly. I made a profile photo inspired by the album cover below: