Posts ❃ Alkamauss

Leave Me Alone

on solitude, privacy, and the exhaustion of living in a world that refuses to let us be alone.

Core Supplements

a personal log of my research and experience with vitamin D, magnesium, and other essential supplements; not medical advice.

On Hate

defining hate as an active and corrosive process.

Losing the Questions

learning to see life not as a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced by letting go of the search.

Opting Out of the Algorithm

on asociality and the irony of social networks that treat their users as commodities rather than individuals.

Digital Garden

on tending a garden as a way of cultivating knowledge and ideas over time, a digital space that grows into a kind of second brain.

An Outsider Inside Myself

the strange feeling of living my own life, yet remembering it as if i were watching someone else’s.

The Virtue of Simplicity

complexity is rewarded for its noise, while simplicity is taken for granted.

A Discipline of Subtraction

perfection is achieved when there is nothing left to take away.

Crafting a Minimal SVG-to-Favicon Generator

a technical dive into the process of building a self-contained favicon generator

A Terrible Time to Be a Writer

an effort to try and write something that feels real and honest

Quarter-Life Renaissance

reframing the ‘quarter-life crisis’ as an intellectual rebirth focused on craft over career.

The Dream Laptop for Productivity and Portability

My best dream laptop for working while traveling

Open Letter of Admiration to Ado

Thoughts after the Wish concert on the 27th of February in Jakarta

Git LFS Crash Course

A quick introduction to the basics of Git LFS

ARIA: aria-label vs. title attribute

What’s the difference, and which one should you use?

Strength From Within

24K gold is valued for its purity, but its strength comes from alloys. similarly, our character is forged not from perfection, but from our flaws and experiences.

RIP Google Domains - Exploring New Digital Homes for Our Domains

In the wake of Alphabet shutting down Google Domains, many of us are looking for alternatives to move our domains to, especially for our dev domains

A Serendipitous Stroke of Events

What a delightful year it has been

Prologue to the Beginning of the End

how the end of a chapter built on external requirements became the prologue to one built on an internal compass.

Scheduling a Routine - a Disciplinary Process

A take on a disciplinary start at life and in general

CSS Framework Is Wasteful

Do you really need a CSS framework? Here’s why I think I don’t

Mental Exhaustion Is No Joke

This is probably the lowest point in my life, so far. I managed to survive and get back but at what cost?

One-Hundredth of a Light-Year Away

setting a personal pace in a vast universe and acknowledging the gravitational forces that define my orbit.

RIP Sapper - Svelte Is Moving to Snowpack

It’s been a fun ride using Sapper but all good things must come to an end. Svelte is moving to Snowpack and ditching bundlers

Protect Your Cookies

Learn why you should care about your cookies and how you can protect by securing it

Semantic Commit Message

a practical guide to writing semantic commits

Shallow Water Blackout

What is it and why is it important for you to know this

What Is JWT and Do You Really Need It?

What is a JSON Web Token and do you really need it for your app.

Utilize Modern DevTools

Utilize modern developer tools like formatter and linters to make your life as a developer easier

CORS Crash Course - Client or Server?

A brief yet sufficient explanation for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

How to Set up Sapper With cPanel

Setup your Node app with cPanel hosting

Configure Static Site Hosting with your Custom Domain

Quickly setup your custom domain in just a couple of steps

Secretlab TITAN Chair First Impression

first impressions of Secretlab TITAN series chair

Persona from A Hacker’s Perspective

Persona should be the first step to any development plan

Admin Dashboard with Svelte and Firebase

Creating a full-fledged admin dashboard in under 3 hours

Complete Flutter Development Automation

Check out how to automate your Flutter development workflow

Importance of Proper Git Usage

A good commit can come a long way in the future and it can significantly reduce debugging time with descriptive body

Test-Driven Development: A Double-Edged Sword

Is TDD really worth the time to invest for a maintainable and clean codebase

Block Internet Access for a Program

block any program from accessing the internet in Windows using firewall rules.

Fix Double-NAT on Your Network

detect and fix Double-NAT issues that break remote access in apps like Plex, using traceroute, bridge mode, and port forwarding.

Use an SD Card as Permanent Storage in Windows

mount an SD card in Windows as permanent storage.

Get the Latest Windows Update Now

ways to install the latest Windows updates immediately.

Set Up Plex Media Server on Raspberry Pi

set up a Plex media server on Raspberry Pi for home streaming.

Django Setup with GitLab and Heroku

create a Django app with GitLab CI/CD and deploy automatically to Heroku.