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10 reasons why you should start with the Front End when creating a website I am a full-stack software engineer. Today I will talk about a design choice that I found repeatedly useful over the years, for developing new applications from scratch, in particular new webapps. When creating a new application, always start with the Front End. More precisely, always implement the UI first, then do the…
And why you should do this too Does your GitHub Repositories’ Page look like this? * Some entries in the page have been removed for brevity in illustrating the point. All remaining entries are as seen on the repositories page of this user. ** The user has been picked at random and my intention is not to criticize, but to offer it as an example. See the issue? Let’s have another look. First project…
From London to Paris by Bike — The Ultimate Guide A 3 day trip via Dieppe and Lalandelle Do you want an amazing New Year Resolution? How about cycling from London to Paris next summer? While this requires a few weeks of training, it is an achievement available to all cyclists — from beginners to seasoned riders. What you are about to read here is the most complete guide on the internet for this…
Micropreneurship, new mental frameworks and a thriller I admit it, until 2015, I hated reading… Then, I found a hack to get myself to read more and it worked. 5 books in 2016, 10 books in 2017 and a whooping 14 books in 2018. Today I picked 3 books which really impacted me in 2018 and which probably should be on your shelf as well, if they are not already. 1. Start Small Stay Small (2010) — Rob…
Yet not much can be done about it We looked into it, but unfortunately we cannot do anything about that - The Police This week, a video made by a former NASA engineer was trending on YouTube. Amassing an impressive 50 million views at time of writing, the story was picked by BBC and many other news agencies, as it is usually the case with viral videos. If you haven’t had a chance to watch it yet,…
What I learned after my first week Merry Christmas from Sunny Brazil. Two weeks ago I packed all my belongings and moved to Juiz de Fora, Brazil. The plan was to be closer to my girlfriend and her family and to immerse myself in the amazing culture of the country. All nice and easy, except for the Portuguese language, which for me is the hardest challenge. After two weeks in the country, and…
My meditation dramatization in Sahara New Beginnings It was May 24, 2016 and I had a major issue. At that time, I was in the midst of my Master Thesis project at Imperial College London. With a bit more than a month left until the deadline, I was getting more anxious every day. Some early mistakes in the project, combined with some decent, but ultimately wrong assumptions about the domain space…
A 24 hour self-guided itinerary of Iceland’s higlights | Tour by car Is it worth going to Iceland for just one day? Starting April 29 2018, WizzAir introduced a new low cost flight: Luton (LTN) — Reykjavik (KEF) and, accidentally, I was one of the first to find out about it. I did not miss the chance and I got my hands on the £30.98 return ticket to Iceland without blinking. The catch was that we…
Be careful how you name those <div>s I used to turn off all browser extensions while developing Web Apps locally to avoid unintended code injections into my pages. However, a few months ago, while I was writing an integration for a client into officeroo.io , I started receiving bug reports that some of the images on our page are not loading. Strangely, everything worked fine for me… … Until I…
It was July 2016. Exams were long finished, the Master Thesis was submitted, the shy London sun was sparking bright, it was a nice summer day. I was about to go for a short trip to Romania, just before starting my new job in Chicago. I was carefree… Well, except for one thing: I had no money in Romania. All my (little) savings were in the UK and the thought of a 3% Foreign Exchange Fee for my road…