When you think about Git, don’t think it as some alien computer programming language that only hackers with their hoodies in a dark room will understand. It’s actually just file versioning, like how you would use Google Drive to update different versions of a copy of the file you’re…

Recently, I’ve just moved to the Netherlands for work. Although it may been a just a few days since I’ve landed, but here are a few insights on some stuff to hit the ground running. Airport Once you landed, you’ll be greeted with a wealth of choice in Amsterdam. …

During the early 2000s back in my primary school, we used to have computer classes that teaches basic skills that mostly revolved around Microsoft Office. Lessons are ranges from something as mundane as typing into Microsoft Word to creating amazing websites using the now defunct Microsoft FrontPage. From time to…

Recently, I have came across an article from a Software Engineer from Pinterest about “How to Review Code as a Junior Developer”. After reading it the first thing on my mind was that, don’t think this just apply only for junior developers. As a matter of fact, it should apply…

For people around me, knows that I always give WhatsApp a hard time. Although they’re the pioneers that popularised instant messaging on our smartphones, but ever since they got bought by Facebook. It just seems like time has stopped in WhatsApp. They’re always a step behind all their competitors, that…

When Siri Shortcuts got announced back in 2018 on iOS 12, I could see a lot of potential, but I couldn’t find something that could put into good use my life. I have the same exact feelings about Notion, it started out to be a bit intimidating. But, the more…

As an Android developer, you will have definitely find your way into the Gradle configuration files. It’s the place where you import your dependencies, change your app version and build numbers. It’s also quite a mysterious island. Although it is something that we facing it everyday, but many of us…

When JetBrains revealed that they’ll be deprecating kotlin-android-extensions in version 1.4.20-M2 back in October 2020. I was puzzled by this announcement, because Kotlin Android Extensions introduced kotlinx-syntheics which was plugin that allows you to access to your views in your XML layouts, like they were properties. It was one of…