Some people are probably familiar with LeetCode as the site where those aspiring to work at FAANG companies practice for their upcoming coding interviews. I recently tried solving some problems on the site and found it really entertaining. Several programming languages are supported and I'm happy that Elixir
There's a new, hot version control system that replaces Git called Jujutsu (jj). I started to use Jujutsu a couple of months ago, during my summer vacation. I had read posts online from a lot of people who had made the switch and really liked it, which intrigued
In the beginning of this year, the owner of the .NET library FluentAssertions suddenly released a new version (8) of the library with a new license. Previous versions of the library were licensed under Apache License 2.0. But now the license was replaced by a proprietary one, requiring you
I have been using Gmail since 2007, but now I have decided to stop using Gmail for a couple of reasons. By using multiple Google products, you expose yourself to the risk of being locked out of all of them if you ever do something in one product that gets
I have a home server that's running 24/7. For my wife and me to access the services that are running on it when we are away from home, I have installed Tailscale on it and on our devices. I have also enabled it so that the server
I have used Pocket Casts since September 24, 2016. I originally started to use the app on Android because I wanted a podcast app that worked with Android Auto. I also paid for premium when they still offered premium as a one-time fee. My Pocket Casts stats are: * Listened for:
The latest news that Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading, is the last straw for me. Android started as an open-source project, but Google has slowly made it more proprietary and is locking down the ecosystem step by step. The developers behind GrapheneOS recently wrote
This summer is soon over. At least here in Sweden it's starting to feel like autumn with 15-degree Celsius days. In my adult life, this year I took a record number of weeks of vacation: 8 weeks in total. I spent 2 of them with my wife and
The audiobook Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff turned out to be mediocre. I had heard it mentioned on a programming podcast by a developer who recently became a parent. One of my biggest gripes with the book is that the author talks as if she's speaking for
I'm using Obsidian for my notes. I like that it's just Markdown files under the hood, so I'm not locked into anything. If the developers behind Obsidian ever would start enshittification, it's easy to escape. I'm using Obsidian on Linux,
Almost three years ago I bought the GoPro Hero11 Black Creator Edition, which was a bundle of the GoPro Hero 11 Black camera, the Media Mod case for connecting an external microphone, the Volta selfie stick which also contains a battery for extended battery life, and the Light Mod flashlight.
This blog is powered by Ghost, and it's installed on a Debian server through Coolify in two Docker containers. One container is the Ghost application itself and the other container is MySQL. The Ghost application also uses a volume in Docker for its content (files, etc). I wanted
There's something magical about traveling across a long distance. Especially when you're a passenger on a ship or a train, and when the trip is long enough to require sleeping during the trip. Knowing that there are staff who work while I'm sleeping, staying
Several years ago I read the biography on Elon Musk from 2017 written by Ashlee Vance and I remember finding it very inspiring. Recently, a colleague recommended the 2023 Elon Musk biography by Walter Isaacson, and I found it equally inspiring. I can highly recommend it. In particular I enjoyed
I have been using Linux for almost 20 years. I installed Linux for the first time when I was a teenager, inspired by the open source philosophy and interested in technology and programming. During these years, on my desktop or laptop, I have used a lot of different distros, such
I have always enjoyed writing and I've had various blogs throughout the years: WordPress blogs, static site generated ones, Tumblr, etc. I haven't had an active blog for a while now, though, until recently when I created one on Substack. I considered Medium as well, but
Previously in .NET you might have had a class like this that you would inject in your classes that needed a predictable time in your unit tests: public interface IMyDateTime { public DateTime Now(); public DateTime UtcNow(); } public class MyDateTime : IMyDateTime { public DateTime Now() => DateTime.Now; public DateTime UtcNow() =>
Wondering why Altcha is a killer captcha solution? Read about my captcha journey here! Why use a captcha solution? The purpose of a captcha solution is to make it difficult or costly for bots to perform a task, while keeping it easy for humans to perform the same task. Choosing
Comparison of different paid email services for your custom domain: * Migadu * $9/month or 90$/year * Unlimited domains * Unlimited addresses * Proton Mail * $5/month or $48/year * 1 domain * 1 user with 10 extra email addresses * Purelymail * $10/year or usage-based * Unlimited domains * Tiny fee per address * Fastmail * $6/month
I did some research to find what domain registrars have the best reputation and offer the best prices for .com domain names. Here is the list of my findings: * S tier * Porkbun * .com for $11.06/year. * 598 TLDs. * Spaceship * .com for $10.16/year. * 476 TLDs. * Dynadot * .com for
Do yourself a favor and remove any notifications you do not care about from your phone. It will improve your peace of mind and your ability to concentrate throughout the day if you are not interrupted constantly. I find myself to be the most productive when I start working before
There are two types of programmers: the one who continues to learn, and the one who stagnates by doing the same thing over and over again. Through my programming career, I have met older programmers with more years of experience. Yet, the number of years of experience is rarely a
The title is a bit tongue-in-cheek since artificial neural networks are modeled after the human brain – not the other way around. Still, an artificial neural network is a good model to use as an example. An artificial neural network consists of neurons organized in layers that are connected to each
Imagine lying on your deathbed, telling yourself: “I did not try very hard. But at least I lived an easy life without any struggles.” Would that be something to be proud of? Probably not. If you want to have something to be proud of in the end, it is more