Workbench

A collection of long form essays about tech. · 65

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Fast apps

Nowadays I have a feeling that most of the software or apps on laptops and mobiles are too complicated or over-engineered. The apps I am using nowadays have too …

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Kagi Small Web

What is Small Web? While there’s no single, perfect definition, we like to define the Small Web as personal blogs, independent videos, webcomics, and other …

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How to add random quotes to your (Hugo) website footer

To be honest, I love beautiful and brilliant quotes. They can come from anywhere, like smart people, movies, or books. I don’t care where they come from. If …

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Default Apps 2025

Earlier this year, I shared my default apps of 2023 here. This is the 2025 edition. The big change is that I’ve moved more into the Apple ecosystem, while most …

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Lightbi Version 2

Last week I released version 2 of Lightbi. I had been planning it for a very long time, but the time didn’t permit me until now.

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macOS and iOS 26 public beta impressions

I installed macOS and iOS 26 public beta today. The main attraction in this update is the design change called Liquid Glass...

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Useful PL/SQL queries

In this post, I’m sharing some handy PL/SQL queries that help with monitoring and maintaining Oracle databases...

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Difference between React and ReactDOM

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. ReactDOM, on the other hand, is a library that provides an interface between React and the DOM...

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Featured posts in Hugo

Today, I updated the about page to display featured blog sections dynamically using front matter tags. This replaces the previous hardcoded method for a more …

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To PostgreSQL

Earlier this week, I went to a seminar on Amazon AWS conducted by one of their partner organizations.

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Understanding Suspense

React Suspense comes handy when you want to show an indication to user that something is loading in your app. Loader is the simplest example for a Suspense …

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Hosting your Hugo site on Netlify

When I have built this website, I had checked for a free static host solution which is easy to use and maintain. After a little research I landed on Netlify...

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