Tech & Travel Notes

The command line intimidates newcomers. A blinking cursor on a black screen offers no hints about what to type next. But once you learn a handful of commands, the terminal transforms from an obstacle

Seoul has a reputation for being expensive, but that reputation mostly comes from people who stay in Gangnam hotels and eat at tourist restaurants in Myeongdong. The Seoul that locals live in is drama

Social media is saturated with elaborate morning routines involving ice baths, meditation, gratitude journals, and 5 AM alarms. Most of it is performance. The actual science of how to start your day i

REST has been the dominant API architectural style for over two decades. It is not the newest or most fashionable approach — GraphQL and gRPC compete for attention — but REST remains the most widely u

Southeast Asia has been the proving ground for budget travelers for decades, and in 2026 it remains one of the few regions where you can travel comfortably on $30 a day without feeling like you are su

Cal Newport’s 2016 book Deep Work introduced a term that has since become part of the professional vocabulary. Deep work, as Newport defines it, is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognit

TypeScript has gone from a niche Microsoft project to the default choice for new JavaScript projects. The 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey placed TypeScript as the fourth most used language overal

Kyoto was Japan’s capital for over a thousand years, from 794 to 1868. During that millennium, the city accumulated more than 1,600 Buddhist temples and over 400 Shinto shrines. It is impossible to se

Most people approach habit formation backwards. They rely on motivation and willpower, then blame themselves when both run out. The research on behavior change tells a different story. Sustainable hab

Docker has transformed how software is developed, tested, and deployed. If you are new to the concept, this guide walks you through everything from the fundamentals to running your first containerized