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A case for better email

I believe some of the best talent in our generation will go to adtech and some other to vaporware ideas. And vaporware ideas are okay, some exploit the user but others bring about new ways of doing things. But engineering better ways to serve ads will yield some technology advancements

Orion might be a browser worth trying

I use Firefox as my primary browser on desktop, it's pretty much the best combination of performance, UX, and plugin ecosystem. Chrome was good for a cool decade but I just didn't like the fact that it was built by an ads company. Recently, a new breed of browsers has

Comparing the Spurcycle bell to its dupe

Recently I found out from a friend that Rockbros make a dupe for the $70 Spurcycle bell so I wanted to check it out. The Rockbros bell is listed on Amazon for about $13. With this big of a price difference, I had to try the dupe. Below is a

Reintroducing Redirector

Awhile ago, I was trying to link a Things.app list from my a Notion doc, in mobile apps this is usually referred to as deep linking. On web, most apps don't do this because you're never sure if the user is on the expected operating system when you try

On two months after leaving my full time job

It's been a full two months since I left my full time job at Block as a software engineer. The first month included days where I didn't even look at a computer screen and did what is essentially the capitalism version of "wasting time" but it helped me recover from

Dev notes from August 28th to Sept 1st, 2023

These are notes I've collected over the last week: Supabase notes 1. This was my first week using Supabase so I'm a complete beginner with it. 2. Supabase has dedicated places for making functions and triggers but the fields for taking the SQL or pgSQL queries are not very helpful

Recording set up #1

I've been really thinking about how different aspects of my life can play together. Recently, as my burnout from work has faded and I've started to recover from thoughts of "not having to work" or to be "productive" all day long, I've started to consider things that are fun and

Bike stats, trying out SvelteKit

Summary: I built this bikes page using SvelteKit. Below I go into details about all of it. I've been slowly getting back into writing code, mostly for fun, and not building anything serious yet. To start out with something fresh, I wanted to try SvelteKit. It's been on my radar

Two weeks of being "offline"

I quit my job at the beginning of July; it was an uncomfortable situation for me because I was not sure what I was going to do next. I wanted to see if I can find another job but while searching for other jobs, I really wanted to find a

Rose - a portfolio website template

Recently, I was talking to a friend about her portfolio website. She is a designer who hosts a website showcasing her design projects. It's hosted on Wix. My first question about it was: how much do you pay Wix to host this? Her: $100 per year with a domain. A

An overview of some Tailwind specifics

This post is for Tailwind users who jumped right into using the library like I did but didn't get a comprehensive overview of the core features that might change how you use it. I've collected some notes on this below: * All Tailwind measurements are relatively based on the default 16px

Macbook Battery info workflow for Alfred

Use this workflow to find out your Macbook's battery info using Alfred. Battery InfoBattery Info.alfredworkflow6 KBdownload-circle Cycles You can also get the battery's cycles by typing cycles:

Dozing off quickly, or sleeping anywhere anytime

I have a friend who can do two things that are so natural yet simultaneously so mystifying. First, he can fall asleep almost anywhere and I’ve seen him do it at random times of the day meaning it’s not his usual nap times. And second, he can eat

Reviewing 2023's first half

Looking back at the last 6-ish months of projects, happenings, thoughts, and life changes, I wanted to collect all that together into one post. What has happened over the first half of 2023 and a few months before then is actually a fallout event caused by the release of Warzone