My favorite motivational music for late night programming. Aerosmith - Dream On Eminem - Sing for the Moment Eminem - Lose Yourself Eminem - Not Afraid Macklemore - Vipassana Big Sean - One Man Can Change The World The Script - Hall of Fame 300 Violin Orchestra Extended Jorge Quintero Junoon - Jazba Junoon Macklemore - Make the Money Elton John - Circle of Life Big Sean - Sacrifices ft. ... Read more

The easiest way for me to learn a new language is to compare it with PHP. And to write down what I learn. PHP $variable = "variable is global unless defined in a function"; $anotherVariable = "No need to specify type."; function func() { global $variable; // This is how you access global variable in a function. $localVariable = "This is local and not accessible in any other function."; } Javascript ... Read more

Now that I have 10.5” iPad Pro, I am trying real hard to use it as a productive machine, possibly as a main machine. Unfortunately, it has been challenge. I almost want to return it but I really love the form factor of iPad. I am hoping that in next few updates, it will be almost usable as a main machine. For programming, I am in love with mosh shell. ... Read more

While playing with https://github.com/alexa/interactive-adventure-game-tool, I ran into following error: > interactive-adventure-game-tool@1.0.0 start /Users/amer/alexa/interactive-adventure-game-tool > node node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js /Users/amer/alexa/interactive-adventure-game-tool/node_modules/require-dir/index.js:97 if (!require.extensions.hasOwnProperty(ext)) { ^ TypeError: require.extensions.hasOwnProperty is not a function at requireDir (/Users/amer/alexa/interactive-adventure-game-tool/node_modules/require-dir/index.js:97:37) at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/amer/alexa/interactive-adventure-game-tool/gulpfile.js:1:85) at Module._compile (module.js:660:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:671:10) at Module.load (module.js:573:32) at tryModuleLoad (module.js:513:12) at Function.Module._load (module.js:505:3) at Module.require (module.js:604:17) at require (internal/module.js:11:18) at Liftoff.handleArguments (/Users/amer/alexa/interactive-adventure-game-tool/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js:116:3) npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! interactive-adventure-game-tool@1.0.0 start: `node node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp. ... Read more

Sometimes just a little extra awareness of what we are eating is all we need to eat healthier. For those who prefer simplicity over precision, this app is for them. Another great feature of this app is logging IBS symptoms. This app will let you log your IBS symptoms such bloating, constipation, diarrhea, etc. You might be able to see a visual pattern in timeline or report view. And that might help you identify problem foods. ... Read more

Occasionally, when people find out I am a programmer, they ask me if I will build them a website or an app on the side. As I spend all day programming at my work, I rarely have motivation to continue programming after work. However, talking to most people, I realize they don’t need a programmer; most of their needs can be met by a simple SaaS solution. Recently, I directed a few friends to WordPress. ... Read more

Managing WordPress can get time consuming. I have tried to move to static website several times but keep coming back to WordPress. But there are several advantages of static sites generators such as Hugo. I am advising a lot of my clients to use Hugo especially when they know that they will rarely ever update their sites. Here are some of main advantages of Hugo (or other static site generators) vs WordPress and other CMS. ... Read more

Here are a few my personal projects. Simpler Photo Food Logger This summer I was diagnosed with IBS. Doctor asked me to keep track of everything I eat and my symptoms. There are tons of apps for tracking your food but they were a bit to cumbersome to use. I didn’t need to track everything precisely, as my symptoms were not that bad. The easiest thing for me was to take photo of everything I eat. ... Read more

I finally bought 10.5” iPad Pro (Affiliate Link). It was mostly an impulse purchase. When first I started to use iPad, it felt blah. It is hard to find good apps or what apps you might want to try out. My main goals with iPad was to have a really small laptop replacement. So I was hoping for a decent code editor. There are some code editing apps but there is no way to try out them before purchasing. ... Read more

I have been learning Laravel for work. I was playing with Laravel back in 2011 but then got distracted with other stuff. In my view, the best way to learn new technologies to create a something with it. As an indecisive person who rather enjoys collecting data instead of actually making a decision, I decided to build a website that helps with decision making process. I have used different formulas and methods for helping with decision making. ... Read more