Why I (Finally) Bought A Kindle

It has been a little over a month ago when I finally caved-in and bought an e-reader – which was mainly influenced by my girlfriend who for months never failed to convince me and gave reasons on why it's a good buy. These e-readers have been

Learning Vim (Update)

Three months ago [https://www.domaquino.net/learning-vim/], I started my journey of learning how to use Vim. And since then, I slowly and painstakingly integrated it in my day-to-day workflow. Which I have to say, never lacked instances of confusion and frustration that made me reach

'Follow Your Passion' Is A Terrible Career Advice

We often hear the advice "Follow your passion" which is usually accompanied by the sentence in the same vein – "Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life". Just follow your passion and you will have a fulfilling career. Who wouldn&

The Beauty in Doing Difficult Things

As the Phoenix Suns lost Game 4 of this year's NBA Finals, head coach Monty Williams delivered one of the game's most unforgettable sound bite – everything you want is on the other side of hard.

We Don't Need Much

Saying no to things that you cannot afford is easy. The greater challenge, though you have the financial means to acquire it – is to have the discipline to consistently resist things that doesn't add value to your life.

Learning Vim

In a time when there's a lot of modern, feature-rich text editors like Visual Studio Code, Sublime, and Atom, why would someone invest time to learn and use Vim [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)]? Aside from Vim's notoriously known steep learning curve,

A Year of Working From Home

It has already been a little more than a year ago when a lot of people have started to participate in the great work-from-home experiment. Just two years ago, I couldn't imagine myself working effectively outside an office environment. I've always felt that I

Let Yourself Be Bored

If you're reading this there's a good chance that you'll get bored and stop after a few sentences. It's probably because your judgement deemed that there are other things that's worth your attention. This is what Amanda Markey and George

A Case For List Comprehension As The Best Programming Language Feature

I've always been fascinated by things that exemplifies simplicity and elegance. One way or another, you would notice it if you look carefully – it's not doing too much nor too little. It hit the sweet spot. In programming, conversations wouldn't go too far until

Ways To Make Habits Stick

The key for me was not to make it too difficult that I will feel anxious just by the thought of doing it again. But also not making it too easy that I will feel bored after some time.