Technology

I sometimes get e-mails from job recruiters. Since I am currently employed in a decent position I haven’t paid too much attention to them. Although I know that I should continue to be open to new opportunities, sometimes I can’t help but wonder when I receive some of them.

A while ago I took one of the old desktop computers in the house and turned it into a basic home server. Right now its main functions are printing and file storage, and most of the time it can be turned off. To make this easy, I’ve kept the default behavior for the power button to shut down the system. But just shutting down a server like this is risky. What if someone is still logged in and working on something?

I bought a new car in 2020, and while I was test-driving it, I noticed something missing: an auxiliary audio (“aux”) port.

I still use a portable music player (sometimes called an “MP3 player”) to listen to my music.

Open data is data (like statistical and scientific data) that is free to use by anyone. During the COVID-19 pandemic, new data is coming from all directions on a daily basis.

One important aspect of open data is making sure that it can be used by computers. Computers make it much easier to collect and analyze data in order to find trends and make predictions, which is crucial in responding to a crisis.

E-mail may not be as prevalent as it was in the last millennium, but it still has its place, especially in professional settings. Here are some tips on formatting, based on my own experience dealing with e-mail.

(Following all these software design “best practices” is tough. Am I missing something? Am I asking too much?)

I finally decided to dive into “modern” PHP development, with all the tools it’s acquired since I started coding in PHP. Along the way, I’ve tried to apply those best practices in software design I’ve heard about.