Mind Matters

...totally unnecessary information from my head

Pen on top of an open book

NaPoWriMo 2024 day 2

Day 2 of NaPoWriMo.

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Pen on top of an open book

NaPoWriMo 2024 day 1

Day 1 of NaPoWriMo.

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Pen on top of an open book

NaPoWriMo 2024 is (almost) here

It's that time of the year again. April is National Poetry Writing Month (or NaPoWriMo) in America. The simple goal of the challenge is to write 30 poems in 30 days, kinda like a 30-day exercise challenge.

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Color pencils of different lengths on a table

HSL over RGB (and hex)

Which is better, HSL, RGB or hex? In this blog post, I will be exploring each of the common color representations in CSS.

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Mountains

SQLite vs the filesystem

I know it seems like I'm beating a dead horse at this point, but I must say, I'm loving every moment of it. Not necessarily because I like to shit on SQL (though I do), but because I am currently enjoying the benefits of avoiding the language completely.

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"Filesystems corrupt data"

The other day I was going through different blog posts on my RSS feed reader, minding my business, when I came across an article called Why do We Need Databases and SQL. I have already made a post about SQL but I figured it would be nice to see if the author had any legitimate points. Let's dive in. 🏊

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ABACABA with Drake

Can you spot the ABACABA pattern in Drake's chorus?

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The Bible is descriptive, not prescriptive

The purpose of the Bible is not to tell you what to do; its purpose is to describe God's character. In this blog post, I would like to elaborate on that statement.

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Yin-yang symbol

The audacity of yin-yang

Heaven and earth. Light and darkness. High and low. Good and evil. Two forces, bold enough to go head to head directly, but at the same time, find a sort of opposed union.

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Love the stranger

I was reading the book of Deuteronomy recently and came across the scripture above. It reminded me of who God truly is and how his character can teach a lot of lessons about life. In this blog post, I would like to talk about God's love for the stranger.

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