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Breaking Down My 2023 Internet Profits

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

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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

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MAS TBill Calendar: Add to 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.

Creating a Spaceflight News Blog with HTMX & JSON API

The other day, I was casually browsing the web and stumbled upon the need for an API for my new little project. Instead of starting from scratch, I thought it would be great if I could find an existing API to build upon. That's when I came across

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

I Built a Google Calendar Add-on. Here's What I Learnt

I made Tournacat, an add-on that syncs upcoming Esports schedules of tournaments to Google Calendar. Two months later, Tournacat has garnered 4 paid users and is slowly growing. In this post, I will share my experience building Tournacat using various technologies including Cloudflare Worker, Hugo, and Google Apps Script. Along

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

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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’

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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

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How I Sync Daily Challenge With Leetcode API to Todoist

If you have ever been on a job hunt for a software developer position, you would have come across the so-called LeetCode style interviews. Even though most of us don’t have to invert a Binary Tree at our actual job, that is how most coding/technical interviews are conducted

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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