Kazai Mazai Dot Com (Page 4)

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Hey, I'm Serge

I’m a software engineer, independent contractor, and digital nomad, sharing my journey through Kazai Mazai Dot Com—a blog, digital garden, and personal journal about everything: tech & coding insights, life challenges, and things yet to be figured out.

Dec

Posts

Check out my recently updated posts below or browse the full archive. Curious enough? Learn a bit more about me or dive into the notes.

Network Effects in Personal Productivity

How to make every minute automatically reinvested in other areas of life, by creating positive feedback loops and eventually result in organic progress in all related areas.

My Portable Homelab Overview

I've finally built my portable home lab to streamline the way I deal with my media data storage, backups, archives, etc.

Cursor for iOS Development – Installation Guide

Escaping Xcode’s monopoly is arguably one of the most significant advancements in iOS development in the past decade.

Notes

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It's a playground, an evolving collection of drafts, thoughts, ideas, and discoveries, all cultivated and gathered with care and curiosity: about these notes.

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Awesome MiniPCs

#Gadgets For the last couple of years, the Intel N100 CPU has been leading the

The Loss of Signal in the Generative AI Era

#AI Alignment, #Signal vs Noise The amount of generated content will surge in the next

Trustworthy Information Sources

#Signal vs Noise Trustworthy information sources that we can (and actually should) consider. Classification is

Dec

Journal

A timeline-based journal capturing reflections on life, work, and everything in between.

2021 Nov

How to Make REST API on Swift Even Better. Vapor RestKit 2.0 is Out

A BIG update for Vapor RestKit - fast pace RestFul API framework for Vapor. Build CRUDs with Sort, Filter, and Cursor pagination cleaner than ever.

Nov 22, 2021

2021 Sep

How to Make REST API on Swift Even Better. I'm Working On Vapor RestKit 2.0

I've started to work on a big update for Vapor RestKit. I've been using it for a while and noticed several shortcomings that were not noticeable at the stage of the initial design, both related to its internals and API.

Sep 27, 2021

2021 Mar

I've Spent 30 Years on This Planet

My initial plan to ride on a motorbike right into my 30 years old has failed. I don't have neither a bike nor even a moto driving license. I can't even drive it. So my Mom can be completely calm.

Mar 27, 2021

2021 Mar

My 100 Days of Code Challenge - What Can You Do in 100 Days?

Originally 100 Days of Code means a minimum of 1 hour of daily coding. Mostly It's popular among software engineering newcomers as it motivates them to learn systematically. In my case, 1 hour was not enough, so I picked a modified version: 100 Days of full-time coding.

Mar 23, 2021

2021 Mar

I Managed to Improve My Sleeping Habits After Long Years of Being a Night Owl

Why night is so attractive? My story of a real night owl that became an early bird. Consequences of bad sleep and tips that helped me to fix my sleep schedule.

Mar 18, 2021