Another year … another year passed by, I am getting older, getting wiser, here are the highlights of the year.
[Read More]"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" - Leonardo Da Vinci
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" - Albert Einstein
Backpacking Viet Nam
Nomad
I backpacked northern Vietnam for about 3 weeks and spent 988 EUR.

As far as prices go, Vietnam is a bit cheaper than Bali, you can get small beer for less than 1 EUR, a coffee for less than 2 EUR and a traditional Pho Bo (beef soup) for about 2 EUR. Also, transporation is important in backpacking and on average I paid about 10 EUR for a 6h sleeper bus trip.
[Read More]Month breaks
Trading
A very simple TradingView indicator that marks the start of every month with a vertical line. By default the vertical line is gray with 80% transparency but you can customize the style/color/transparency as you like.
[Read More]Surviving Bali
Nomad
I survived a month in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia with 2112 EUR :) I like the word survive but there is nothing to survive in Bali, especially in Ubud.
[Read More]In-file navigation
Emacs
Here are my Emacs in-file navigation goodies that I use on daily basis, splitted into 3 main categories:
[Read More]Configuration management
Linux
Syncing configuration files across multiple machines is one thing but it is more important to track the config changes and figure out what went wrong when the system breaks. Here is my setup for both user's dotfiles and system's configuration files.
[Read More]Leaving Apple, leaving Google
Opensource
I've finally broken the corporation cage and I am Apple and Google-free.
From MacOS to Linux was an easy jump, bought new laptop, installed Arch Linux and done but phone is a different story and moving from Apple to Google is like going from bad to worst, it does not feel right.
[Read More]Elliptic curves
Cryptography
The easiest way to understand Elliptic Curve (EC), point addition, scalar multiplication and trapdoor function; explained with simple graphs and animations.
[Read More]Package management
Linux
I've finally put together a fast, reliable and non-intrusive way to install/query/clean pretty much any software package on the planet in 3 easy steps.
[Read More]Zero-knowledge proofs
Cryptography
Zero-knowledge is a method to prove that you know a secret ``x`` (e.g. a password, private key, piece of knowledge, etc) without revealing that secret.
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