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Designing Pairing Codes: Tradeoffs, Mistakes, and a Simple Approach That Works

1 May 2026

Guides Programming Lessons Learned Architecture PHP

Pairing codes look simple, but small decisions can make or break the experience. Here’s a practical approach to designing short, readable, and reliable codes—without overengineering or unnecessary filtering.

Digital Hoarder: Stop Organizing Everything you Never Use

4 February 2026

Engineering Culture Productivity PKM Tools & Systems

Saving interesting things shouldn’t feel like a second job. This article explores why many personal knowledge systems fail, how separating capture from thinking helps, and what kind of tools actually survive daily use.

Set Up Git Backup for Obsidian

28 January 2026

Tutorials PKM Obsidian Git

This guide walks you through backing up your Obsidian vault with Git and GitHub, including repository setup and automatic syncing using the Obsidian Git plugin.

Set Up Passwordless SSH Access to Your Server

8 January 2026

Tutorials DevOps

Learn how to set up passwordless SSH access to your server for faster, secure logins using SSH keys.

Why Fixers Get Praise but Preventers Get Ignored

6 January 2026

Engineering Culture Proactive Engineering

We celebrate those who fix problems but overlook those who stop them from happening. This piece looks at the psychology behind that bias, the danger of rewarding firefighting over foresight, and why peace, stability, and resilience are achievements - not defaults.

An Unexpected Way to Connect Tasks, Notes, and Projects - Discovered Through Tududi

11 November 2025

Reviews Tools & Systems Task Management Tududi

A brief, hands-on look at Tududi — a self-hosted app for managing tasks, projects, and notes — and how it handled my personal Areas of Responsibility.

The Talk That Almost Didn't Happen

20 October 2025

From the Trenches Lessons Learned Public Speaking

How a broken dongle and unexpected closing keynote can teach you a lesson on letting go.

How To Create Custom Taxonomies and a Dropdown Menu in Hugo with Congo Theme

17 June 2025

Tutorials Programming Static Sites Hugo

Learn how to create custom taxonomies and dropdown menus in Hugo using the Congo theme — with working examples and CSS tweaks.

How I Started My Personal Blog and What I Learned in the First Year

12 June 2025

From the Trenches Reflection Writing

For a year, I wrote a technical blog without any predefined topics—just with the goal of writing, learning, and sharing experiences. In this post, I share the process, technical decisions, and lessons I learned — it might help you start your own.

Setting Up PHPUnit and GitHub Actions for a PHP Project

6 May 2025

Tutorials Testing DevOps PHP PHPUnit GitHub Actions

Learn how to set up a PHP project with Composer, write tests using PHPUnit, and automate testing with GitHub Actions.