Tonight I just went through an evening full of emotions, from excitement, to surprise, to a nagging feeling that something was off, and finally to a big “aha”. The story starts on a freelancer platform where I hadn’t had a job for a long time :v. Today out of nowhere a stranger messaged me asking whether I could do...

They reckon they’ve caught a very common spending disease: Buy-Before-You-Do syndrome. Back when they first took up running, the first thing they did was not lace up and head for the lake. It was to spend a whole evening hunting down a proper pair of shoes and breathable clothes, the kind actual runners wear. When...

Anyone doing Node/JS/.NET dev already knows the node_modules folder is the black hole of the universe. Even a tiny demo project eats 50MB-200MB. Multiply that by a few dozen old projects you haven’t touched in a year (POCs, tutorials, side projects…) and there go a few dozen GB of your drive. The cleanup...

This post is a quick note because I keep forgetting the syntax and always have to google it again, which wastes time. The eternal problem: you edit package.json or a config file locally just to get things running, but git status or your IDE’s changed-files panel always lists those files, which is really annoying to...

Have you ever heard of the concept of type casting? In C# (or other languages), when you want to convert one data type into another, for example float to int, that is casting. Casting is split into two kinds: explicit casting and implicit casting (the not-spelled-out one). But have you ever asked yourself: “Can I...

Running a background process on Linux is a common requirement for developers, especially when deploying worker services built with C#. This guide demonstrates how to configure and manage a systemd service unit to run your C# worker service reliably on Linux. Step 1: Create a service unit fileService unit files...

Today’s log is mostly me jotting down a few notes on how the operating system (OS) handles programs. The OS has a bunch of pretty fun concepts, and once you start digging in you find they’re actually kind of interesting. OS - Operating SystemBack in the day, when electronic devices were still simple, the concept of...

Have you ever wondered which one of Any, Contains or Exists you should use, and why they had to “give birth” to 3 of them like that! Now let’s take a look together at why. Let’s go! Which one to use?When working with List, IEnumerable or array, using the Contains method takes full advantage of their efficiency...