Category: Productivity
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The Art of Silence: Why I Need Time Alone to Think 🧘☕
With the chaos of 2025, two small kids running around, and a cat that thankfully doesn’t add to the noise, I often crave complete silence. Like, I’d trade almost anything for a quiet moment with a cup of coffee ☕, maybe some low-volume LoFi beats 🎵 in my headphones, and the cat chilling nearby. Why…
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The Grind, the Wins, and the Long F*cking Journey 💪🔥
You know what? My mood’s a bit brighter today. After four damn experiments with the same video on YouTube, it finally worked. 🎉 It took me four weeks to get this one piece of content right. Four. Weeks. And let me tell you, it was worth every tweak, every redo, every moment of “what the…
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Learning to Code While Life Was Throwing Curveballs 💻👶
When my temporary contract was ending, and my wife and I found out we were expecting our first baby, life got real—fast. But life doesn’t stop, right? Somehow, I managed to secure a full-time job (not exactly as a software developer, more like a semi-developer role). Today, I wanted to share the resources I leaned…
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Why Learning React Through Projects is a Damn Good Idea 🚀
If you’re just starting with React, forget boring-ass theory tutorials. The real magic happens when you roll up your sleeves and start building actual projects. Here’s why: 1️⃣ You Learn by Doing Documentation is cool, but projects force you to apply that shit. You figure out how components actually work, how useState and useEffect save…
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💻 Building a Website in One Evening: Fast, Cheap, and Secure
So, I recently made my own website, DevUnwind.com, in just one evening. 🤯 The goal? Minimum effort, budget-friendly, fast setup, and secure. Here’s how I pulled it off in about 4–6 hours, and all it cost me was $30 CAD for a year. Step 1: Finding the Right Domain & Hosting I researched cheap domain…
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📵 Kill the Noise: Take Back Your Attention!
Let’s face it—our phones are noisy little assholes. 📱 Between iPhones, Apple Watches, and every app fighting for your attention (hey Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, I’m looking at you), it’s a damn circus. And the worst part? We allow this bullshit by default. Here’s the truth: notifications are ruining your focus. They hijack your brain, whether…
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🔥 Job Hunting 101: How to Play the Game 🎯
If you’ve lost your job and been searching for a while, here’s my blunt advice: don’t announce it on LinkedIn or your resume/CV. Seriously, don’t. Keep your profile showing you’re still at your last job, and say you’re looking for a “new challenge” for whatever rational reason you can come up with. Why? Because the…
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🔥 Priorities: The Unsexy Key to Success 💻
Let’s face it—priorities are boring as hell, but they’re also the only thing that’ll save your ass when life (or work) gets tough. Everyone says it: “Focus on your priorities blah blah blah,” but they’re right. Especially in programming—or business—it’s the difference between getting somewhere or running in circles until you quit. Take programming for…
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🎮 Breaking Free from Gaming Addiction: My Personal Story 🚫
Growing up, video games were a huge part of my life. From Dandy, Sega, Sony PlayStation, to PC, I spent endless hours gaming—especially during summer breaks as a kid. I even remember pulling all-nighters at computer clubs with friends, playing until the sunrise. But things changed as I grew older. For 5 years, I quit…
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🏋️♂️ Discipline Is the Key to Long-Term Success 🥗💻
Discipline shapes every part of life, from health to career. Here’s a recent example: I noticed my weight creeping up after I lost track of my eating habits. Normally, I use the MyFitnessPal app to count calories and weigh myself daily at the same time, logging it all in the app (which syncs to my…