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Which Japanese SIM to pick? An IT professional's opinion (Ahamo, Rakuten Mobile, Povo)

An IT professional鈥檚 opinion on which SIM is best in Japan

November 24, 2023 路 10 min 路 2065 words
Maskwire Logo

Maskwire - Building the email service I always wanted

Maskwire is a transparent email service that adds advanced features and tweaks on top of your existing email client and provider

July 25, 2023 路 5 min 路 1013 words
My travel router, the Beryl AX

The case for a travel router, feat. Beryl AX

I got myself a travel router in preparation for a longer travel period - let鈥檚 take a look at what it can do, and if you even need one

April 22, 2023 路 8 min 路 1597 words
Robot in a pocket

Building your own distributed CLI ChatGPT in Elixir with GenServer

Elixir is great for quickly setting up distributed services - let鈥檚 use it to build a distributed pocket ChatGPT service for your shell!

March 13, 2023 路 9 min 路 1816 words
Cat riding a rocket across the stars

On ChatGPT, GPT3 and Dall-E in my day-to-day life

How the recent AI breakthroughs assist me in my day-to-day life, both personal and professionally

February 16, 2023 路 8 min 路 1558 words
Robot in front of a keyboard

Refactoring code with ChatGPT

Refactoring code with ChatGPT in the navigators seat

December 4, 2022 路 14 min 路 2875 words
Unisync in action

Release - Syncing app configurations with unisync

Releasing unisync - an application configuration file syncing utility

November 19, 2022 路 3 min 路 507 words
Burning coins falling from the sky

On Crypto Burnout

FTX, Celsius, BlockFi, Hodlnaut, Terra - have we hit Crypto Burnout?

November 13, 2022 路 5 min 路 1065 words
A whale flying through space

Why and how I use k8s for my personal stuff (and love it)

I am a big fan of kubernetes for personal projects. Some say it鈥檚 overkill, but here鈥檚 why I don鈥檛 think so

November 5, 2022 路 10 min 路 1920 words
My released app - Masked Email manager

App release - Masked Email Manager for Fastmail

I鈥檝e released an app built with Golang + React Native that lets you manage Fastmail Masked Emails quicker

October 19, 2022 路 2 min 路 410 words
A gopher programming

Venturing into WASM with React Native and Golang

Investigating feasibility of using Golang + WASM within a React Native app

October 15, 2022 路 13 min 路 2591 words
Envelopes and Apple

Relaying emails with Hide My Email back and forth

How Hide My Email works, and how to use it to relay addresses to specific recipients

September 24, 2022 路 4 min 路 843 words