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While casually browsing LinkedIn, I came across a post that truly caught my attention. Someone had shared an internal Apple memo urging employees to stop using typewriters in favor of word processing tools like the Apple II and Apple Writer Systems. This shift away from typewriters made me reflect on a similar trend in our […]

A lightweight solution for batch-converting images to WebP Why WebP Converter? As a frontend developer, I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve performance. Image optimization is one of those crucial aspects that’s often overlooked, yet skipping it can significantly impact a site’s speed and user experience. I frequently face the task of optimizing […]

Just when I thought I had left WordPress behind, I recently found myself trying to figure out how to dynamically add the year on a copyright notice. There are many ways you can accomplish this. My favorite solution is by using shortcodes. However, I can’t believe that WordPress still doesn’t offer some basic shortcodes out-of-the-box, […]

I recently found myself having to optimize several images, converting them from .jpeg to .webP. There’s an app I use for audio and video conversion via terminal: ffmpeg. I wondered if it would handle this image conversions as well, and as soon as I found it did I thought it would be a good idea […]

As a developer, I have quickly become best friends with artificial intelligence for my day-to-day tasks: developing new features, writing automated test, creating automated tasks, explaining obscure code written by others, reviewing and optimizing code, and more. Outside of work, I play around with AI to explore new ideas, perform research, and even help with […]

TL;DR: I don’t recommend it. Use arrow keys instead. Movements in Vim are great for QWERTY keyboard layout: h(left), j(down), k(up) and l(right). If you are using Colemak layout this does not sound ideal. I switched to Colemak earlier in 2024. I was hesitant to remap these keys because I wasn’t sure if I would […]

Building mechanical keyboards is so much fun. Even though I own a few of them, I had never built one from scratch, until now. Let me share with you a few of the things I’ve learned since I started my journey into this hobby. There are many factors to consider when building a mechanical keyboard. […]

A few years ago I volunteered for Hour of Code. I visited my older son’s classroom, and it was rewarding to see all 25 first graders in the room deeply engaged in a coding activity. We also watched some videos. Here’s the playlist.

Earlier this year, when I started teaching programming to my kids (4 and 6 yrs old at the time of this writing), I was not sure where to start because you need to translate lots of knowledge that is usually targeted for adults into kid friendly language. I found these two books that really helped […]