A private story about growth
Today, I am going to share a rather intimate story about myself. One that is quite private, but a quintessential Singaporean story. A story about growth.
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My new Network Attached Storage and its Hardening
I got a Network Attached Storage from Synology a few months ago, and I did some very rudimentary hardening of it. Here are some notes.
First Impressions on Frontend Runtime Safety - Zod in a Day
How to achieve runtime safety with Zod on the Frontend
What is the shared responsibility model
In my final semester in school, I made a presentation about security threats faced by cloud technologies. In that session, my professor began his questioning with a simple question: "What is the shared responsibility model". I let my teammate answer that question that day because she was a
Publish-Subscribe VS Request-Response
My personal learning notes of publish-subscribe VS request-response patterns.
Reflections on the past 2 years
I am thrilled to share that I have transited to a full-time role at Staizen! It has been a long and challenging journey, but it has been worth every moment. I want to reflect on my past 2 years of experience and growth.
Build Productivity Tools with Raycast
Raycast is a Spotlight alternative on MacOS. What is it and how to write extensions for it?
A Practical Example of Encryption of an Apple App, Thoughts about Markdown - interesting things
This week, I was reading up on the end-to-end encryption of Bear and I have some thoughts about the benefits of text-based formats like Markdown.
PARA System and The Economist - interesting things
Hello, its the weekend before National Day here in Singapore and here are some updates of what I am reading. I am still a software engineer and I still read up on development news, I just want to write about other things that I find helpful and interesting. The PARA
Personal Updates July 2022
Some life updates, tech I've been learning and books I've been reading
Interesting Things to read - 5 Apr 2022
Things I came across from late February to early April. React 18 updates, Authorization VS Authentication concepts and many more.
Interesting Things to read - 19 Feb 2022
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Interesting Things to read - 5 Feb 2022
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Interesting Things to read - 29 Jan 2022
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General
2021 Favorite Things List
This is a list of my favorite things I came across this year.
Extra Fundamentals
Interesting things to learn on your semester break
Hey university students, want to learn some interesting tools and technologies during your semester break? Here's a list
Computer Science
What happens when a Windows user tries to use as much CLI as possible
For the past week, I found many CLI replacements for GUI tools that I no longer enjoy.
ReactJS
How to modify parent component in React
How do you change a sibling or parent component from a child component in React?
ReactJS
React hooks with Firebase v9
None of the current React hooks for the RealTimeDB works with the Firebase v9 SDK release. So, I wrote my own.
General
Mid Year Lookback - Design Patterns in Software
I just spent the first half of 2021 working on various finance applications despite being a full time 3rd year computer science student.
The Angsana Series
Babel - The Angsana Series Part 1
Babel is a compiler. Babel is a transpiler. Babel is a piece of software that helps developers write modern JavaScript without having to worry about compatibility with browsers.
General
Two weeks of Linux
About 2 weeks ago, after many minor inconveniences of Windows 10, I decided that it was time to give Ubuntu a try after a 6 years hiatus.
Web Development
Dynamic Animated Gradient in CSS
I made an animating gradient with only CSS and one DOM element.
General
New Tools and Toys for Work - My Setup in March 2021
Starting 2021, I am working as a DevOps Intern at Staizen as part of my university Professional Internship semester-long program. This is all the cool toys I use at work and at home. Check it out.