1. EA

    Programming tip: differentiate indexes and counts in code. Index starts at 0, count starts at 1. Count is also equal to array length. In python, one can do this

    1for count, fruit in enumrate(fruits, start=1):

    This has saved me a lot of confusion.

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    02 Oct 2024

  2. JO
    Ark payments

    Let me start with an analogy:

    On mainnet, when Alice wants to send to Bob, she has 2 options:

    1. Sign transaction and broadcast it (Bob will find it on mempool)
    2. Sign transaction and send it to Bob (Bob can broadcast it immediately or later)

    Let’s call it Send and Send Async respectively.

    In Ark there also 2 options for Alice (assuming Alice alread…

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    30 Sep 2024

  3. EA
    Applying design principles to my website - visual hierarchy

    I realized that my website’s article view looks weird. Here’s the screenshot:

    There are a few things that can be improved here but I recently realized how important visual hierarchy is to a design.

    The problem here is, there’s no one element that particularly stands out when the page is viewed. The user will either look at the logo or the title. …

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    29 Sep 2024

  4. EA
    The Philippines can't survive without Facebook

    Note: this is an unorganized, low-effort rant of how I feel about Facebook and how the Philippines’ depends too much on it.

    Public Information Office #

    In the Philippines, updates for most cities will come from the city’s own “Public Information Office” which posts updates on their Facebook page. They do not have their own website. Sometimes…

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    29 Sep 2024

  5. EA
    Applying design principles to my website - visual hierarchy

    I realized that my website’s article view looks weird. Here’s the screenshot:

    There are a few things that can be improved here but I recently realized how important visual hierarchy is to a design.

    The problem here is, there’s no one element that particularly stands out when the page is viewed. The user will either look at the logo or the title. …

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    28 Sep 2024

  6. EA
    Tracking my expenses using CSV

    I woke up one day and realized that I need to be more responsible financially. I wanted to start by tracking my expenses.

    Tools #

    I started by sticking to my usual tools, Markor on Android, Synthing and a CSV file expenses.csv.

    I can say it works really well. Entering expenses is quick on mobile, maybe because I’m used to working with CSV. T…

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    14 Sep 2024