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Projects so tiny that people can barely notice (ouch).

How I Saved Scraped Data in an SQLite Database on GitHub

Some time back, I stumbled upon this amazing idea of Git scraping made popular by Simon Willison. It involves using GitHub Actions to scrape data and save it directly into a Git repository. Essentially, for each new set of data scraped, a new commit is created in your repository. The

How I Made a Chrome Extension To Help With Rephrasing

I decided to teach myself how to create a Chrome extension and a little bit about running LLM directly in web browsers. It was quite a fun and interesting experience, and I thought I wanted to jot down my thought process and whatever I’ve learned. Why I Made This

New years fireworks

My 2023 Year in Review

Making Internet money is kinda cool. As I wrap up 2023, I decided to jot down the various Internet revenue streams that I have made throughout the year. However, little did I anticipate the nuances involved. Ironically, I usually pride myself on being a well-organized person. But honestly, I never

A person standing and looking into his own reflection

A Look Back on 7 Years of Automating Stuff

A little bit more than 7 years into my career, I thought it would be fun to pen down a summary post about my adventure in automating various tiny aspects of my life. Most if not all of the stuff here sprouted from my own problems and itches I needed

Google Calendar

How I Made a MAS T-Bill Google Calendar

I finally had enough of manually checking the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) T-Bill calendar from the official site. Just miss the buying window? Great! now I'll have to wait for another week or so. Sometimes life gets in the way, then you forget, then you miss again.

Automatically sync Esports schedules and tournaments to your Google Calendar with Tournacat

How I Built a Google Calendar Add-on for Esports Fans

I made Tournacat, an add-on that syncs upcoming Esports tournament schedules to Google Calendar. Three months later, Tournacat has over 90 users and is slowly growing. Here, I want to walk through my experience of building Tournacat using Cloudflare Worker, Hugo, and Google Apps Script. Along the way, I encountered

Dota 2 The International Event

Add Dota 2 Upcoming Match to Google Calendar

💡Update March 2023: Check out this Google Calendar add-on instead I rely heavily on Google Calendar to manage my rather chaotic schedule in life. Probably like you, I want to know what and when is the next Dota 2 tournament happening, especially for Major Championships and The International. I want

Michelin Chef Plating Dishes

How I Scraped Michelin Guide Using Golang

At the beginning of the automobile era, Michelin, a tire company, created a travel guide, including a restaurant guide. Through the years, Michelin stars have become very prestigious due to their high standards and very strict anonymous testers. Michelin Stars are incredibly coveted. Gaining just one can change a chef&

How To Build a Pastebin Clone for Free

How To Build a Pastebin Clone for Free

Today, we will be building a Pastebin clone — a web service that allows users to upload and share text through links known as ‘pastes’. What follows is my journey of how I create a Pastebin clone using serverless functions through Cloudflare Worker. If you are not familiar with Pastebin, I’

I Built My Own TinyURL. Here’s How I Did It

Designing a URL shortener such as TinyURL and Bitly is one of the most common system design interview questions in software engineering. While meddling around with Cloudflare Worker to sync the Daily LeetCode Challenge to my Todoist, it gave me an idea to build an actual URL shortener that can

How I Built A Craft Beer Search Engine For Free

How I Built A Craft Beer Search Engine For Free

Craft beers are delicious. Expensively delicious. When I first came to Singapore, I was introduced to the wonders of craft beers. Coming from Malaysia, I felt spoiled by the number of choices available here. Soon, my friends and I got caught up with the craft beer fever, but there was

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