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WIP. Architecture is still not finalised Forever Notes Link to heading Forever Notes is a framework for Apple Notes. It introduces a concept that is very similar to Periodic Notes in Obsidian. However, one major difference is how Daily Notes are organised. Forever Notes takes inspiration from the concept of Multi Year Diaries where a page for a date has sections for multiple years.
📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail 📮 Mail Server: iCloud 📝 Notes: Obsidian ✅ To-Do: Todoist 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: iOS Camera 🟦 Photo Management: Apple Photos 📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud 📖 RSS: NetNewsWire 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: iCloud 🌐 Browser: Arc Browser 💬 Chat: iMessage 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop 📑 Read It Later: Raindrop 📜 Word Processing: Pages 📈 Spreadsheets:…
I moved my Blog from Jekyll to Hugo! Why? Link to heading Jekyll’s tooling often broke. I found myself upgrading and spending weekends trying to fix something that should’ve felt automatic. Markdowns Link to heading Authors in the book The Pragmatic Programmer tells us to store as much data as possible in Markdown. And Markdown seems to have won the markup war. (See relevant Hacker News Discussion…
My friend Nami send me this Instagram Reel about a concept called The Wednesday Waffle. I found the whole concept intriguing. Sort of like a weekly accountability update — with friends. I missed the first one due to my best friend’s wedding. However, I did send her an update as soon as I could. As of writing this, the next update is due tomorrow. I haven’t done much this week. But I’m hoping that…
Introduction Link to heading Apple enjoys a unique position in the mobile business. It manages a platform that runs on an exclusive range of devices. For developers, this means they can expect their app to run similarly to how it runs on their own devices. This allows Apple to make design choices that make ’things look bad’ and reasonably expect developers to make the necessary changes…
Today I learnt about Off by 100% bias. When a consumer sees “130% more”, they likely do not put much thought or effort into actually computing what it means,” she adds. Instead, the consumer’s mind “jumps” to the first thing that makes sense, the straight “30% more” calculation. const number = 50 ; const delta = 25 ; const final = number + delta; // 75; const percentage_increase = delta / number;…
TLDR; Link to heading TIL that you can have recursive components in React! 💡 React uses one-way data flow, passing data down the component hierarchy from parent to child component So while thinking in React, it may not immediately occur that you can call a **parent** inside the **child!** But it is possible Consider a Data Structure like this: Link to heading const comments = [ { content :…
What is it? Link to heading Here is what Arc Search has to say about Arc Search! Basic Stuff it does Link to heading It does the basic stuff you expect a web browser to do. You can use it to open and browse websites and search the web. Cool Stuff it does! Link to heading The cool stuff is the Browse for me feature.
Web Browser Link to heading A Web Browser, ultimately, is an application that lets you send a request to a URL and displays the HTML response on your screen. Apart from displaying simple markup, it also has the ability to run JavaScript and style using CSS. Web Page Link to heading Web Pages have been relying on the “running JavaScript” part more and more. When Angular 1 came out, you were…
The Basics Link to heading No Data + Fetching Data = LOADING Yes Data + Fetching Data = FETCHING Why? Link to heading As long as the data we have is not invalid. We have no reason to hide it away from the user. Examples from around the world Link to heading Loading Fetching YouTube Loading State YouTube Fetching State Apollo App Loading State Apollo App Fetching State Fotmob Loading State Fotmob…
TIL Link to heading It’s physically impossible to touch anything because we’re made up of atoms. When we get too close to an object, our electrons and the electrons of that object will repel each other. However, our brain interprets the sensation of those repulsion forces as the illusion of “touch” even though they never actually touch.
The Case for Default Applications Link to heading Simple, built-in apps often outperform complex specialized tools because they’re easier to use, more efficient, and more reliable. They’re designed for common tasks, optimized for usability, and focused on getting the job done without unnecessary complexity. Prerequisite Link to heading An Apple Device - (iPhone, Mac or iPad)
📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail 📮 Mail Server: GMail 📝 Notes: Notion ✅ To-Do: Todoist 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: iOS Camera 🟦 Photo Management: Apple Photos 📆 Calendar: Google Calendar 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud 📖 RSS: NetNewsWire 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Google Contacts 🌐 Browser: Safari 💬 Chat: iMessage 🔖 Bookmarks: Notion 📑 Read It Later: Todoist 📜 Word Processing: Google Docs 📈 Spreadsheets:…
What is a Stash? Link to heading From Julia Evans’ blog article titled Some miscellaneous git facts 👉🏽 * *the stash is a bunch of commits** When I run git stash to stash my changes, I’ve always been a bit confused about where those changes actually went. It turns out that when you run git stash , git makes some commits with your changes and labels them with a reference called stash (in…
Premise Link to heading In order to visualize geospatial data, we are employing the google-map-react library. However, we have encountered a performance issue when rendering a substantial volume of data points. This issue manifests as a temporary unresponsiveness of the page, followed by a noticeable slowdown in subsequent operations. These symptoms suggest the presence of a memory leak. This is…
1. Do not overuse useEffect Link to heading For developers, useEffect is often seen as a replacement for componentDidMount . However, strictly speaking, it is not. The name suggests that it is a place to manage side effects, but that is not entirely accurate. useEffect is actually a way to synchronize local state with an external store. This means that useEffect is a purely asynchronous method…
Hello! I’m a software engineer based in Bangalore, India with a focus on frontend development. Currently, I work with Bridgestone to develop mobility solutions that improve driver safety across their US fleets. I'm currently reading Rahul Krishna's favorite books » Share book reviews and ratings with Rahul , and even join a book club on Goodreads. I've recently read Rahul Krishna's favorite…