Hope for the Best but Expect No Less

As a parent I always worry about his future and him making mistakes in life. These freestyle jam sessions remind me of how he is growing up to be an independent person who makes his own choices and mistakes without me telling him what is right or wrong. I often tell him during these sessions…

Star Wars Squadrons in VR

Ever since I played Wing Commander back in the 90s I have always been fascinated by how we can represent a 3D world mechanism in a 2D screen. Back in high school I remember coding in C++ a first person pilot view game that let me blast away square asteroids. It was basically the Wing…

28 Days Later

Built an automated, wireless, bluetooth enabled, battery powered counter to remind myself how long I’ve been working from home. Uses an Adafruit Feather nRF52 board and a panel of MAX72xx LEDs. After working from home straight for a month, I am reminded of how lucky I am. Working in an industry that gives me the…

Thoughts on the Freeman Solution

I read the whole thing so I think I deserve to respond to this. I am one of the many Filipinos who decided to leave the country because of the traffic and daily commute horrors of living in Metro Manila. This was almost a decade ago. I can only imagine how much worse it is…

Oculus Quest: Is it Ready Player One?

TLDR; No. But… it is a ton of fun to use in its current iteration. I have never seriously considered getting one due to the cost constraints of an expensive VR headset that then requires another costly investment of a gaming PC. Along with the small library of software that is currently available on the…

The Greatest

What’s My Name? Those three words we’re uttered by the world’s greatest boxer and showman during his fight with Ernie Terrell. When Terrell refused to refer to him as Muhammad Ali before the fight, Ali promised him that he would make him. Many viewed this as part of Ali’s showboating antics which he was famous…

Just Another Day at Work: An 8 Year Review

Today is a big day for me. It doesn’t feel like it though. It feels just like another day to be honest. Other than this will be my last day working in my current place of employment of 8 years, it really feels like any other day. My level of duties and responsibilities has diminished…

Capital One: What’s in Your Interview Process?

A few months ago I underwent the coding assessment process for a FANG company which to put it mildly, I did not enjoy. You can read more about it here. I also briefly spoke about the interview process on a separate post. To quickly sum it up, the experience did not make me a better…

World’s Most Adorable REPL

The world’s most adorable REPL device. I hate python as a language but this cute little M5Stack device just might make me forget that I’m coding in it (at least for just a little while )