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Building Castles in the Drive

Building Castles in the Drive

In The Expanse, humanity’s sprawling interplanetary empire rests on a single, elegant piece of fiction: the Epstein Drive. This miracle engine effortlessly defies physics, allowing ships to accelerate continuously, cross the solar system in mere days, and make far-flung Ceres as accessible as a commuter suburb. The show’s true genius lies in its grounded illusion: it layers the Drive with convincing jargon, detailed specs, and plausible limitations ("the Tori models can’t sustain 5G burns for more than 12 hours"). You’re genuinely tempted to believe it because the entire world feels engineered, not simply dreamed up.

Bryant Gumbel Was Right

Bryant Gumbel Was Right

Remember Bryant Gumbel? Back in the mid-90s, as the digital world began its explosive growth, the then-Today Show co-host famously dismissed the internet as a passing fad. "I'm online, and I think it's a fad," he declared, suggesting we'd all soon forget about it. History, of course, seems to have mocked him. The internet is now the bedrock of modern life.

When the Fail-Safe Processes becomes a Metric

When the Fail-Safe Processes becomes a Metric

At some point, in any company, there is always a new process introduced. This process promises to make things better, safer, and more efficient. In theory, it's brilliant. On paper, it addresses all the potential pitfalls. But then, it hits the real world, and what sounded like a stroke of genius becomes a bureaucratic nightmare, often leading to the exact opposite of its intended outcome.

Good News, Nobody's Going to Read It

Good News, Nobody's Going to Read It

When I encourage friends to start blogging, a common fear pops up: "What if I'm wrong?" or "What if no one likes what I write?" It's a completely understandable concern in an age where online engagement can feel like a high-stakes game. Being "wrong" on the internet can certainly generate a lot of attention, sometimes overwhelmingly so. But for every viral misstep, there's an entire digital forest of content that goes completely unnoticed.

How to learn anything as a beginner

How to learn anything as a beginner

In a world overflowing with "how-to" guides and expert advice, it's easy to fall into the trap of endless consumption. We binge YouTube tutorials on video editing, devour articles on effective writing, or meticulously study blueprints for building. And while these resources can be helpful, they often miss a critical point: for true beginners, the most potent learning tool isn't a tip, it's repetition.

Giving Away Your Best Ideas Actually Gets You More Clients

Giving Away Your Best Ideas Actually Gets You More Clients

I recently had a firsthand experience that perfectly illustrates this. I was helping a small startup on a project in my spare time. I set up an application from top to bottom, documenting the entire process with screenshots and everything they could possibly need to manage it themselves. My thought was, "Great, they're probably good to go; they won't need a developer for this again." I had essentially given them all the tools for free.

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The Machine Fired Me

The Machine Fired Me

It was 7am when my phone rang. Instead of an alarm, it was my recruiter disturbing me from a pleasant dream. It was too early for a phone call or to be caught off guard, so I did not answer. I went to take a shower and get ready for the day. On my way to work, I listened to the voice mail she had left.

Download a file from the command line in Windows

Download a file from the command line in Windows

As a Linux user, I can't help but spend most of my time on the command line. Not that the GUI is not efficient, but there are things that are simply faster to do with the keyboard.

I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server

I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server

The majority of the traffic on the web is from bots. For the most part, these bots are used to discover new content. These are RSS Feed readers, search engines crawling your content, or nowadays AI bots crawling content to power LLMs. But then there are the malicious bots. These are from spammers, content scrapers or hackers. At my old employer, a bot discovered a wordpress vulnerability and inserted a malicious script into our server. It then turned the machine into a botnet used for DDOS. One of my first websites was yanked off of Google search entirely due to bots generating spam. At some point, I had to find a way to protect myself from these bots. That's when I started using zip bombs.

Just Fired

a book by Ibrahim Diallo

After the explosive reception of my story, The Machine Fired Me, I set out to write a book to tell the before and after.

I started as a minimum wage laborer in Los Angeles and I set out to reach the top of the echelon in Silicon Valley. Every time I made a step forward, I was greeted with the harsh changing reality of the modern work space.

Getting fired is no longer reserved to those who mess up. Instead, it's a popular company strategy to decrease expenses and increase productivity.

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How to detect when the images are loaded

It is simple to load images to the page using JavaScript. We can create it using two methods then append it to the DOM. var img1 = document.createElement("img…

Are you new to JavaScript?

JavaScript can be a little bit challenging at first. There are a few things that once mastered will make your journey smoother. These are the little things that I want to explain to you here. I make the frustrating things as friendly as possible so you don't have to stress over it.

Photography

Every little corner has a story. Sometimes a camera tells the story and a picture is worth a thousand words.

There are professional photographers and then there is me who happens to have a camera on my phone. Here's to what came out.