Tech & Travel Notes

I resisted journaling for most of my adult life. It seemed self-indulgent, the kind of thing people do because they read about it in a productivity book and want to feel like they are optimizing thems

The Fetch API is the modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest and the foundation of how JavaScript applications communicate with servers. It is available in every modern browser and in Node.js since vers

Taipei is one of the most underrated cities in Asia for food. It does not have the international profile of Tokyo or Bangkok, but the density and quality of affordable eating in Taipei rivals anywhere

Security is not optional, and it is not something you can bolt on after the feature is built. Every developer working on the web should understand the most common vulnerabilities and how to prevent th

Vietnam stretches over 1,600 kilometers from north to south, and traveling its length is one of the classic backpacking routes in the world. The country changes dramatically as you move south: the cli

Python is widely recommended as a first programming language, and the recommendation is sound. Its syntax is clean and readable, the community is large and welcoming, and the language is used professi

Software developers have a complicated relationship with sleep. The industry celebrates late-night coding sessions, shipping at 3 AM, and the mythical 10x engineer who apparently does not need rest. T

CSS Grid and Flexbox are the two most powerful layout tools available to frontend developers. They solve different problems, and using the right one for the right job makes the difference between clea

Barcelona receives over 30 million visitors a year, and most of them follow the same script: Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, Las Ramblas, Barceloneta beach. These are worth seeing, but they are also pack

Reading more is one of the most common goals people set. It is also one of the most commonly abandoned. The problem is not that people lack the desire to read. It is that they approach reading as a ch