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Jan
05

Hey There! I'm Serge

I’m a software engineer, independent contractor, and digital nomad, sharing my journey through Kazai Mazai Dot Com—a personal journal, digital garden, and blog about everything.

Dec
20

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.

Cursor for iOS Development – Installation Guide

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.
Building iOS Mobile Apps with Redux-like Architecture

Building iOS Mobile Apps with Redux-like Architecture

One of the things I've been puzzling over recently. Can we benefit much from bringing redux-like architectures to iOS? How? And how can we get most of it?
Notion Task and Project Management Template

Notion Task and Project Management Template

My tasks and time management notion template that can be scaled up to handle multiple projects and users. Works best for managing to-do lists, tracking goals and prioritizing tasks.
How to pass secret env vars in Xcode and CI

How to pass secret env vars in Xcode and CI

The tutorial provides a solution for managing secrets as environment variables in Xcode and CI
My Portable Homelab Overview

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.
Network Effects in Personal Productivity

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.
Jan
04

Notes

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

Intel N100 SBC vs ARM SBC

#Single Board Computers The truth is that the magic spell doesn't work, and

Single Board Computers

#Gadgets See Also: [[Intel N100 SBC vs ARM SBC]] ARM Radxa Rock 5 * The Rock

Raspberry Pi 5 Outperforms J4125

#Single Board Computers Raspberry Pi 5 outperforms J4125 in benchmarks. According to the tests it&

How to Deploy Vapor App on a VPS

#Server Side Swift There is a nice tutorial describing how to setup continuous deployment of

A Few Years With Kindle Paperwhite 7th

#Gadgets I've been using Kindle Paperwhite 7th since 2021, here are a few

ICS Calendar Templates

#Obsidian Basic <%* var events = await app.plugins.getPlugin('ics').getEvents(moment(tp.
Dec
11

Journal

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

2019 Dec
17
Navigating the Crossroads: From Freelancing to the Next Chapter

Navigating the Crossroads: From Freelancing to the Next Chapter

I often ask myself: "what could be the next step after freelancing?". Should I step back to a full-time job, or scale up freelance to an agency?
Dec 17, 2019
2019 Jun
10
Key Takeaways From WWDC 2019 for Devs

Key Takeaways From WWDC 2019 for Devs

Finally, not a disappointing WWDC! New Mac Pro, Project Catalyst, SwitUI, and other things over there!
Jun 10, 2019
2019 May
02
Rising from the Ashes: Navigating Burnout and Rediscovering My Passion

Rising from the Ashes: Navigating Burnout and Rediscovering My Passion

One day I almost dropped the profession and ruined all that I had. Fortunately, just like the phoenix rising from its own ashes, I've managed to come back. More than 4 years have passed since I was at the bottom. But I still experience flashbacks of those times.
May 2, 2019
2019 Jan
23
Why I Moved From Medium to Self-Hosted Ghost Blog

Why I Moved From Medium to Self-Hosted Ghost Blog

What can blogging platforms give to online writers? Reasons to move from medium to a standalone blog.
Jan 23, 2019
2018 Nov
12
What I've Learned After 1.5 Years as a Freelance iOS Developer

What I've Learned After 1.5 Years as a Freelance iOS Developer

Now it’s about 1.5 years since I started freelancing and I can say that it seized me completely. It’s like being and an entrepreneur and developer at the same time and it seems to make a perfect fit for me personally.
Nov 12, 2018
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