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Switched Debian to Manjaro
Posted on January 11, 2021 with 3 minutes read time
I finally baited and made the switch from AntiX to Manjaro. AntiX is great. It’s fast and it really works in older computers but I feel there is something missing and that something is from my usual workflow or probably I felt that I’ve outgrown AntiX and wanted something more. Maybe along those lines. Don’t get me wrong. AntiX is a wonderful distro. You can give an old laptop or PC another chance by using this operating system.
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Moving to Linux
Posted on December 2, 2020 with 2 minutes read time
Two weeks ago, Tailwind CSS reached version 2. There were a lot of features under the hood and one of them is Dark Mode. I haven’t tested the feature yet but I’m going to in the future as a lot of people have enabled Dark mode in either their operating system or their browser. Renovate bot created a PR to upgrade my Tailwind CSS dependency to v2. I was excited to upgrade only to find out that they have dropped support to Node v10.
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Migrated to Yarn v2
Posted on October 22, 2020 with 4 minutes read time
If I remembered correctly, the first attempt I did with Yarn migration was in July of this year. Yarn v2 was still in beta at that time and boy, it was a whole new world: Everything broke! I am very meticulous when it comes to updates and I make sure that I update to the latest available version because there might be critical bug fixes and/or performance improvements. But the downside is, it’s not nice to have the latest version when it breaks stuff, just like when I first fiddled with Yarn v2.
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Applying to be a Happiness Engineer
Posted on October 2, 2020 with 4 minutes read time
I am a huge WordPress fan. I’ve used it since 2008, and it’s still my go-to Content Management System despite its quirks. I really want to integrate it to my site, but it needs a proper web server and a database to function. Prior to focusing on my website to create content, I used different free hosting services to have a WordPress website. Everything was running smoothly except having a secured website, which is a paid service.
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Spotify Time Capsule
Posted on September 29, 2020 with 1 minute read time
Spotify recently created a new playlist just for you: The Time Capsule. I discovered this last night on the homepage of the Spotify app while looking for playlists to listen to. It’s aim is to bring you back memory lane on the songs you loved the most. My guess is that the curated music is based on the songs you’ve liked, you’ve saved on your playlists, or just based on the songs you’ve listened to.
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Netlify CMS fail
Posted on September 19, 2020 with 2 minutes read time
I spent the last two or three days integrating Netlify CMS for my website. The goal was to have a remote way of writing my blogs. I’ve been blank these past few months and it would be a great way to update my blog while I’m on the road. My website didn’t see an update for two months because I was busy with another project: Cryptocurrency. I was looking for a way to have a passive income without shelling out money from my pocket and cryptocurrency fits this idea.
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New website look
Posted on September 9, 2020 with 1 minute read time
After two months, I’ve finally released a new look for my website. This was the outcome of the conversation I had with a friend. I really wanted a minimalist look for my website because the previous version was too chaotic. Fairly new to Tailwind CSS, I experimented with different fonts. It was done too much that I end up having a chaotic website. A few weeks ago, while reading some upcoming changes, I discovered that they were offering a typography plugin where it would take care of the customization on the things you can’t control, say {{ .
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Updating Yarn and Webpack
Posted on July 14, 2020 with 2 minutes read time
I’ve been using JAMstack on my website for quite sometime and I’m happy with it although there were frustration and confusion along the way but it’s part of learning. This site is powered by Hugo, I use Yarn instead of npm, and Webpack as a module bundler. I am not a pure developer. I’m a graphic artist and a photographer yet I was able to grasp how to build a website without using WordPress.
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Started with WordPress, ended with Hugo
Posted on July 1, 2020 with 4 minutes read time
How much was your first salary? We need to inspire the young generation. This was on my Facebook News Feed a couple of days ago when I remembered how I started blogging. I was a freelance blogger and the pay was decent at that time. You get $5 for a 50-word article while you get around $25-$30 for a 250- or 300-word article. I started out with Xanga when I was in high school.
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More developments for the site
Posted on June 23, 2020 with 2 minutes read time
It’s kind of weird to be quiet for quite a long time. I didn’t have a good topic to write on as I’ve focused myself on further polishing of my website. So far, I’m really happy with the outcome and at the same time, I’m familiarizing myself with front-end development. I just realized today that front-end development goes beyond configuring a static site website. There are a lot of frameworks for Javascript and it would take an insane amount of time to learn them all and so far, I’ve only managed to learn Go on the fly because of Hugo.
I'm Vince from Davao City, Philippines.
My recent work experience was in Cebu City, Philippines where I work as a Graphic Designer / Customer Support Agent for a card company based in San Francisco, USA. The main job was to determine and fix the mistake in a customer's order.
I returned home January 2020 before the pandemic started. While at home and staying safe, I learned Go and Javascript. The site's main framework is Hugo. Previously, I chose to have a Hugo + Webpack set-up with Webpack handling most of the assets (CSS and Javascript). When I migrated to Linux before the end of 2020, I dropped Webpack. Hugo Pipes is handling the site's CSS assets. No more Javascript.
I've also learned Python as well while staying at home and made a few random Python programs.
You can follow my social at Instagram, LinkedIn, and Telegram.