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The Maintenance Price Tag
·424 words·2 mins
Development Process Company Culture
When adding new features to a software product, we tend to plan them by the value they bring versus the cost of development. However, it’s critical to consider that they also come with a maintenance price tag attached to them.
10 Years Working Abroad
·985 words·5 mins
Personal
Today, I’m celebrating 10 years since I moved to Europe and became a migrant worker. Living abroad helped me grow as a programmer, professional and a human being. This is a short summary about the process, challenges, and key learnings from this experience.
Rails Routing: Advanced Constraints for User Authentication without Devise
·431 words·3 mins
Application Development
Many times we mount engines and restrict access to admin users via Devise. In this post, I’ll show you how to do the same when using a different authentication mechanism.
Running MNT Reform OS on an NVMe Disk
·1107 words·6 mins
Hardware
Running the MNT Reform 2 from an SD card is not a bad solution. It’s similar to the way a Raspberry Pi is run. However, I wanted to free the SD card slot.
MNT Reform 2 DIY Kit Review
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Hardware
The MNT Reform 2 laptop was made available on Crowd Supply in June 2020. This review is for the DIY kit version, and I’ll focus on the experience of supporting this project and its vendor through crowdsourcing, the process of putting the machine together, and my first impressions. I plan to share a second post with my thoughts on the experience of using the device as my computer for personal use.