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Nothing makes learning more fun than Obsidian. If you aren’t already familiar, Obsidian is a lot of things: a markdown editor, a knowledge base, a personal wiki, a community and more. It is an incredibly flexible piece of software that has had more of an impact on me than any other because it makes everything I do more enjoyable.
One of the most impactful projects I’ve been lucky to work on was the Puget Sound Fusor project in 2021. It was awesome to collaborate on such a cool project with a group of very talented physicists. I’ve always been interested in physics, and while computer science is much more my passion, being able to combine the two was really enjoyable.
This is the third and final part of my series on making a self-hosted short form media app. The first two parts can be read here and here if you haven’t already done so. This third part focuses on adding some useful extensions to the project we have completed up to this point. I will also elaborate a bit further on my motivation for this project.
This is Part II in a series about making a custom short form video (SFV) app like Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts. If you haven’t read Part I, I suppose that is a prerequisite for this post. This specific post focuses on building the frontend for our project and assumes that the backend is functional and loaded with media as described in Part I.
One of the most belabored topics on the internet is the negative consequences of social media, particularly short form video (SFV) such as TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Youtube Shorts. Despite harming attention spans, invoking negative emotions, and reducing life satisfaction, people (including myself) still find these apps entertaining. Recent studies show that the negative effect depends mostly…
A couple of weeks ago a blog post titled “Avoiding Skill Atrophy in the Age of AI” blew up online. It warned that over-reliance on LLMs causes the user’s programming (or other) skills to decay over time; a phenomenon a lot of people have been seeing in themselves and others. For months now, I’ve found myself struggling with data science fundamentals: NumPy, pandas, and Matplotlib. These three…
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I have decided to stop using Goodreads for the sole reason that it moves the emphasis of reading from quality to quantity. While it’s widely accepted nowadays that social media is harmful, for a while I thought a reading platform would be benign if not encourage healthy habits. However, I’ve noticed in my reading life that Goodreads has had a net-negative effect on both my understanding and…
Recently, I’ve had an influx of strangers and friends contacting me with questions about the MSc program at DIKU. Maybe you are one of them and have just been directed to this page! I’m always happy to receive further questions if you can’t find what you’re looking for here.
Ever since I can remember, I’ve been the guy with two watches. Over the years, I’ve had plenty of friends and colleagues asking about it, and now, I figure, it’s time to put my answers in one place.