Araz Gray

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Thoughts, articles, memories, and events by Araz Gray.

Like a Traveler Who Wasn't Welcomed

The heaviest days are those when change is imminent and you're the last one to change. It's like the feeling of the last member of a group facing execution, with even the fellow members absent to mourn. Or like the feeling of parents whose children have gone to the other side of the world, leaving t... Read All

Resolving Issues with Ruby Gem Repositories

If you have recently experienced problems connecting to Gem repositories (Ruby package management), it's likely due to HTTPS restrictions. To resolve this, you can switch the default repositories to HTTP. Use the following commands in your terminal:gem source -r https://rubygems.orggem source -a htt... Read All


Believe Me, We Are Dead

In less than a week, two animal shelters were attacked (!). First, the animals at the Varamin shelter were killed, and its owner was also stabbed. Then they attacked Mrs. Raoufi’s shelter, set it on fire, and both the animals living there and Mrs. Raoufi, the owner and founder, died in the fire.I re... Read All

Sweetness and Bitterness

It's August 21. There are 31 days left until autumn, and we’ve endured a few months of unprecedented summer heat, probably due to the drying up of Lake Urmia. Generally, Tabriz has a cool September and its nights have a certain good feeling that I’ve never been able to name. We have 31 days to make ... Read All

Rapid Business Launch in the Style of Guerrilla Tactics

If you or those around you have ever started a business or at least made an effort in that direction, you’ve likely encountered or are familiar with the dungeon of idealism and the endless "what ifs" of delivering the best product. It’s the endless loop of improving a design, product, or service tha... Read All

From the Pain I Endure

This year started off well but has continued with great difficulty. Heavy experiences that I paid a high price for. At least life kept flowing; I didn’t drag 1393 (2014) into 1394 (2015) to continue it. I didn’t want it to turn out this way, but sometimes there’s nothing you can do except adapt to t... Read All

For the love of our Flask

Aside from the two ducks I had in my childhood, we never had a pet. Later, we had a flask that would start making a gurgling noise whenever silence prevailed. It played the role of a pet for us and contributed to strengthening the foundation of our family.Yesterday, after many years, it fell and bro... Read All


7+1 Principles for everything

Philosophy is a method for finding a way in life or discovering a better state for anything. The value of your philosophical knowledge is directly related to how much it is applied in your life. No one is obliged to respect your philosophical beliefs. No one is obligated to be interested in you... Read All

Literature Belongs to the Losers

All the songs, books, poems, sidewalks, and streets. Everything that exists belongs to those who left a part of their hearts somewhere. Winning and succeeding can be somewhat exhausting. In other words, the ideal conditions of life are so fleeting that related songs are limited to a stupid song from... Read All

A Rainy Night with Ali-Agha Vahed

It's raining, and the fog is so thick that you can't see more than 10 meters ahead. Most of the poems I know are about separation; I don’t know any to soothe a beloved's pride. I turn to Ali-Agha Vahid. Maybe he can help me. But, contrary to my expectations, what came was something that left me in s... Read All