PinnedWhy your new year’s resolution failsBecause there’s no such thing as new year, new me — Remember that annual gym membership that was never used for 11 months? How about that online courses or books that you bought but never even bothered to open? Let’s talk about that diet plan that you followed for few weeks, then ended up forgetting about it. Can you still remember…Self Improvement8 min read
Published in Geek Culture·PinnedThe Inevitable Age of AIRich corporations and powerful countries will never stop — Rich corporations and powerful countries will never stop “Not all problems have a technological answer, but when they do, that is the more lasting solution.” — Andy Grove It was year 1880, the population of United States had grown to the point that it took them 7 — 8 years…AI5 min read
PinnedThe Information DietBecause our brain needs one — How many times did I interrupt myself before I can start to write? How much time is wasted because of my compulsive scrolling of smart phone? How vulnerable am I to easily give in to procrastination? How stressful is the thought that I didn’t achieve anything because I wasted time…Mental Health10 min read
PinnedPursuing Happiness is a TrapPursuing happiness is marketed by our society as something that we can obtain. And that’s where our mental health started to screw up. — Pursuing happiness is marketed by our society as something that we can obtain. And that’s where our mental health started to screw up. If you are feeling anxious or depressed and have met me years ago, I can make what you feel worse by saying happiness comes from within you…Happiness8 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Mar 29SwiftUI Tutorial: Adding GesturesWork with various types of gestures in SwiftUI — SwiftUI does the heavy lifting by simplifying how gestures are coded so that developers can be more productive. The framework has several built-in gestures that’s commonly used on Apple devices such as tap, long press, drag, and magnification. …Swiftui6 min read
Mar 27Swift Programming Tutorial: Property Observers using didSet and willSetHow to run a code before or after a value changes — For the sake of convenience, property observers are built so that developers doesn’t need to write a code repeatedly each time a value of a property (or a variable) changes. There are basically 2 kinds of property observers: willSet — executes a code right before the property changes. didSet —…Swift Programming3 min read
Mar 19Swift Programming Tutorial: Final ClassUsing inheritance allows you to inherit the properties and methods from other class. It is meant to avoid writing the same code when… — Using inheritance allows you to inherit the properties and methods from other class. It is meant to avoid writing the same code when dealing with multiple classes that has similar properties or methods. But for whatever your reason is: whether it’s for the sake of security or type safety. …Swift Programming2 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Feb 23SwiftUI Tutorial: Persistent Data using UserDefaults and AppStorageHow to save the changes in your Apple app — In my previous SwiftUI related tutorial, we created a note taking app where user has an option to change app’s appearance. Although the app works fine, closing it will revert all the changes made to its default value, which includes the notes written in the TextEditor. In this tutorial, we…Swiftui7 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Feb 17Dart Programming Tutorial: String Interpolation and ConcatenationEveryone who writes code deal with strings whether they’re a veteran programmer or a new coder. — Everyone who writes code deal with strings whether they’re a veteran programmer or a new coder. This article is part of my Dart Programming Tutorial series. What is String Interpolation If you’re not familiar with string interpolation, the topic may sound florid. But don’t worry, it’s not as complicated as you think it is…Dartlang2 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Feb 14SwiftUI Tutorial: Working with FormCreate a simple note taking app that changes appearance — Form in SwiftUI is a struct that works like a container for categorizing controls. Initially, the standard use of Form is to have a dedicated view for requiring certain input to users. One example is a shopping app that ask for payment and shipping information via Form. …Swiftui6 min read
