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Category Archives: daily note
MySQL/MariaDB Character Problems: latin1_ to utf8_
Yesterday I’ve upgraded one of my servers that is running on Ubuntu 18.04; since it’s reaching EOL it’s better to perform timely updates. While upgrading the OS, why not upgrade MariaDB, right? So, I’ve upgraded it to 10.6.12 and this morning realized that one of the sites has been ruined with messed up characters.
A Tweet turned into a Product: Handywriter
I’ve launched Handywriter today. It’s been one of my favorite tools in WordPress since I built it. It’s a good feeling to be a consumer of your own product. And, Handywriter is not an exception, it helps me a lot while blogging.
Overthinking is a hell
I’m struggling with overthinking a lot these days. And it’s not easy to deal with overthinking when you have an engineering mindset.
Hello, 31!
This year was like a roller coaster for me. Ups and downs, decisions, and changes…
En Paz…
Photo by João Costa on Unsplash
Photonized: On-the-fly image resizer and optimizer
Yesterday I’ve pushed a quick fix to my 2,5 years old photonized project. It’s a simple and easy-to-use image resizer and optimizer (based on photon). I’ve personally tested it on the large-scale websites under the high traffic (behind the CDN ofc) and it works quite well with the minimum configurations. So, you can consider as …
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Cold Brew
My coffee got cold again, sometimes I think my brain needs a pause button…
Thor & Dr. Jones
I recalled the song from The Big Bang Theory and it’s looping in my head all day long 😬 Thor and Dr. Jones….
We need a better OS
I think we need a better operating system. I’ve been using various operating systems in the last decade and still feeling there is a gap in the consumer operating system.