Chaining API requests with Redux Thunk
Recently I wanted to be able to gather an array of objects on the first API request, and then for each object, fire off another API request that will…
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About my coding environment
People often ask me about my environment setup, specifically the IDE and the themes that I use. I currently use VS Code , which I prefer over…
Fixing random restarts on my late 2011 MacBook Pro
Prologue My constant love-hate relationship with Apple products has been going on since the last decade. My first Apple product was the (back then)…
Putting Jenkins behind auth_basic Nginx reverse proxy
We have all been there and done that. And a simple Nginx reverse proxy with basic password authentication is no different. But what about putting Jen…
Oracle XE 11g master-slave (standby replication) on Docker
In this demo I show how to setup two oracle XE 11g instances as Master Standby replication configured on two Docker containers.
Git for Windows
Due to new workplace I had to adapt myself into using Windows (who would have thought after more than 15 years as a Linux power user!!). It took me l…
MySQL with HAProxy for Failover and Load Balancing
As discussed in a previous blog post about different types of MySQL HA architectures , using HAProxy for failing over and load balancing over cluster…
Tethering speeds with Three on Android
Just purchased myself the £25 monthly contract plan with Three which apart from 2000 minutes in calls and 5000 text messages, it allows me to perform…
OOP in Ruby - UK Income Tax Calculator
Today I wanted to learn more about OOP and do some actual coding. I started with a procedural paradigm and then recoded to OOP and learn from it. I w…
What have I been upto?
I took a long vacation in Malta! Now I am back in Aberdeen for a while until I go back to work in Edinburgh. Lately I did some self development exe…
Live from Aberdeen, once in a lifetime event
It's the 12/12/12 12:12:12
Bye bye macbook!
Today I departed from my beloved macbook which I faithfully used for the past two years. Due to increased workload I had recently upgraded machine (n…
Blogging from 3G tethered connection on E51
The connection is pretty fast to work on...I will explain how I tethered my E51 in another article! PS: This is not a bullshit post - since I work f…
What sort of music you listen when you work?
I personally like putting my media player in the background streaming classic rock, although at the moment I am listening to the whole Beatles discog…
Nokia e51 internet connectivity
I connect to internet on my E51 using one of these methods: 1. Wifi - this mobile has one hell of a signal strength, especially if you disable the …
Bye Bye Iphone 3GS, back to Nokia E51
Yesterday's midnight swim was remarkably inaugurated by an accidental iPhone dive which I left in the swimming trunks pocket. Apparently this is …
Change your Youtube login email
Today I managed to reclaim back my original youtube channel . I had to wait for Youtube monkeys for more than a year to be able to give us the option…
Linux DropBox syncing custom folders
As of the writing of this article, DropBox on Linux does not let you sync your work folders, but rather just lets you to take a separate copy. Even i…
Happy Birthday Alan Turing
Like Google Doodle, I am dedicating this post to Alan Turing , the father of Computer Science and inventor of the Turing Machine , which most people …
