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HTML 101: Web programming for absolute beginners

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is to the world wide web as English is to Americans; it is not only the language with which we communicate, but also a very part of the culture. Mozilla defines HTML as the most basic building block of the web. All user-facing content in the world wide web is written in HTML, from games to web applications to videoconferencing.

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Bars that linger

Today I was listening to some of my favorite songs and I started remembering some of the bars that have remained in my brain longer than I expected.

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Rules I follow when writing web code

A couple weeks ago, I started a brand new web project I call Record Rack. It's an inventory application that I'm working on with an old college mate specifically targeted for the African market. Maybe, I'll talk more about the story of Record Rack in a later post.

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Bash shortcuts I use often

Bash and the terminal are two of the best things to happen to computing. I can talk to the soul of the computer with just the tips of my fingers — talk about sheer power! It's the OG ChatGPT 😉.

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Best battle rap slogans #2

More battle rap slogans I like!

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Best battle rap slogans #1

As you may or may not know, I watch a lot of battle rap 😄. Here's a list of some of my favorite battle rap slogans. Enjoy!

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I made my blog a little faster

Let's admit it: the speed of this blog sucks. I've been trying to ignore it for a while, because I was thinking my code was perfect 😇 but it got too bad to ignore. Load times were taking up to 4 seconds, and it was embarrassing.

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Fruit inspectors in the faith

Most people in the faith are alright. They understand the one thing that binds all Christians: the gospel 🙏.

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Code is communication

Just like music, poetry, or even language, code is a form of communication. Each line, each variable name, each class name etc. tells a story and gives context to the reader of the code.

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Using types defeats the purpose of JavaScript

I read an article on dev.to (again) that talked about how important it is to know types used in JavaScript to do Typescript.

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