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Context.

I recently saw Gwern’s blog. The design and content are great. I want my blog to be like this — a page in the internet that has its own personality and feels crafted. Currently, It’s just a dump of my thoughts and it’s using the default Jekyll theme. Though I like the look of it, I want to add more quality of life features to it while keeping it s…

Hi. Starting today, I’ll start this blog as a personal log of everything that I want to say. I mainly plan to add my opinions on some topics that interest me (I’ll stay away from rants) and helpful things that I learn and encounter as I go.

Since I am coming into the computer industry without formal education on the topic, this blog could also be …

Typing all day makes my pinky sore. This is how I got rid of it:

Superuser.com: How do I hit the “Ctrl” key without straining my pinky?

I press both ctrl keys with the edge of my palm. It’s perfect; I don’t have to stretch my pinkies, and my fingers don’t have to move away from where they’re supposed to be.

Only downside is that this technique won…

I’m starting a new category of posts called “Code Snippets” where I share code I find interesting.

In this first installment is a simple code snippet I originally wrote in Powershell to scan a local port continuously and do something when the port is found:

function deploy(): 
	if ( port_exists(port) ):
		do_something()
	else: 
		deploy()

deploy(…

I met my goal.

I posted a blog post on August 6, 2021 stating that I want to get a job before april 2022. During that time, I was creating projects for my resume. I was reading up on what people in the industry have to say about landing a job without a degree. The most common advice is to have projects that demonstrate my skills to potential emplo…

I was tasked to create ethereum smart contracts in my previous job.

the library most recommended by other developers to create smart contracts was hardhat.

to create and debug the smart contracts, I developed them using test-driven-development methods. The tests gave me a way to print out and inspect variables.

just as I was done with the develo…