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WTF-IS: Omarchy
90% of what you need to survive in Omarchy as a Ubuntu/KDE refugee Omarchy is an opinionated Linux setup created by DHH (David Heinemeier Hansson, the guy behind Ruby on Rails) and released in 2024. It's built on top of Arch Linux, using Hyprland as the window manager. But the story goes a l... Read all
03 September 2026Mistake-Proof Design
Back in the 2000s, when I was creating my first websites, I had one that looked perfectly fine on my computer. Months after publishing it, I happened to check it on one of my friend's computers. It was completely broken. My response was something like: "Well, you need a 1024×768 monitor ... Read all
12 May 2026How to set global key shortcuts in Wayland
If you're a dropdown terminal person, you know the deal: one key, instant access, no friction. I've used the grave key (`) to show and hide my terminal for as long as I can remember. Then Wayland came along and decided that key is off-limits for global shortcuts. Relearning decades of muscle memory ... Read all
26 February 2026How To Deploy a React Application with Apache2 on Ubuntu?
For old-generation developers like me, switching from jQuery to React in terms of deployment concepts was horrifying. Remember when deploying meant just FTPing some files and refreshing the browser? Those days are gone, replaced by builds, bundles, and server-side rendering. Let’s assume you wrote ... Read all
13 January 2025WTF-IS: MySQL Database
Data runs the world. Whether you’re building a website, analyzing customer behavior, or automating tasks, you’ll eventually need to store, retrieve, and manipulate data. That’s where MySQL comes in.MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that enables efficient stora... Read all
17 November 2024A free and easy way to watch whole World TV Channels online with IPTV
Literary there is no ad-free and free and comprehensive option to watch worlds TV online on web or mobile app. IPTV is a simple way to stream a TV channel using not cable, not satellite but Internet, So for this, you need IPTV lists and a client to play stream on Mobile or TV. Full list of IPTV ... Read all
26 October 2023Using SSH Tunneling as VPN (with Clients for Mac/Linux/Windows/iOS/Android/TV)
Due to extreme internet censorship in my region, I was forced to find a way to connect to free internet in the past few mounts. In a world where none of the other VPNs like ExpressVPN or OpenVPN or even v2ray/shadowsocks works, You have no choice other than being creative. In this tutorial, I’m goin... Read all
13 July 2023WTF-IS: LaTeX
LaTeX (pronounced La-tek or sometimes Lay-tek) is a document preparation system created by Leslie Lamport in 1984. It’s built on top of TeX, a typesetting system developed by Donald Knuth in 1978. But the story goes further back: TeX was based on troff, an even older system written by Joe ... Read all
14 November 2020Understanding L10n, I18n, and Related Terms
Whenever you want to implement formatted data and multilingual support based on region or locale, you will eventually encounter the terms i18n and l10n. Sometimes, you may also see terms like G11n or Globalization. In this article, I’ll explain the definitions and differences between these terms. ... Read all
14 November 2020Understanding OWL: The Web Ontology Language
In November 2002, the World Wide Web Consortium proposed OWL as a semantic markup language for publishing and sharing web ontologies. OWL is based on RDF and derived from DAML+OIL. It is one of the semantic markup languages that uses clear and formal definitions of classes, instances, and relationsh... Read all
15 October 2020WTF-IS: VIM
Vim looks intimidating because it does not behave like most modern text editors. There are no obvious buttons for everything, and pressing a key does not always insert that character. Instead, Vim is built around modes, commands, motions, and operators. Once that idea clicks, Vim becomes much... Read all
18 July 2020Essential Steps After Installing Ubuntu 20.04
I’ve had my issues with Ubuntu for a long time, but after trying many other distributions, it unfortunately remains my first choice if you don’t want to deal with the thousand-and-one problems of other distros. From non-working shortcut keys when your keyboard language isn’t English on Deepin, to Mi... Read all
12 May 2020