ORMs are Object Relational Mapping software that are designed to help map data from the database into software objects (vice-versa). I was looking at Kotlin ORMs as I was writing software built on-top of Ktor, a Kotlin server application written…
This year, I applied for various positions – internships, full time positions, team lead, etc. Some were for serious purposes, a few were just for fun. I have interviewed quite a number of other companies as well but have only…
It has been ages since I have ever gone for a physical meetup. Work, university and COVID-19 simply made it impossible for me to attend one. My mind was cluttered with how much I hate university and many more. The…
In Fedora 34, Fedora team decided to switch from Pulse Audio to Pipewire. Pipewire is still very experimental and has various issues.
After I upgraded to Fedora 34, Pipewire refused to detect my audio. I read through forums on Archlinux,…
I encountered this error recently when attempting run an executable NodeJS file. This error was due to a mismatch of the currently installed npm packages against my NodeJS version.
What Caused The Error?
I installed my NPM packages and thereafter…
Recently, I encountered a weird issue with coroutines in Kotlin. A library that references a coroutine version that differed from my Kotlin’s coroutine could not compile. It resulted in the following error being displayed.
Cannot access 'kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope' which is a…
I recently ordered and shipped in a 16TB hard disk from NewEgg.
Some of my friends recommended me to buy an external hard disk, send to a forwarder and then ship it to Singapore. This is indeed a more affordable…
The following shows several examples of creating units or illusions in DotA 2 modding. This is with regards to server sided modding (custom games in DotA 2). It uses Lua as a language and requires some prior understanding of DotA…
Here’s a condensed list of things that happened in PHP world during September.
Change in error reporting
In PHP 8, “error_reporting=E_ALL” will be the new default. Currently, PHP uses “E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE ” for error reporting.
Laravel 6 LTS released!
Great…
Here’s a condensed list of things that happened in PHP world during August.
PHP 7.1.31, 7.2.21, 7.3.8 Released
Earlier this month, PHP team announced the availability of PHP 7.1.31, 7.2.21, 7.3.8. Please note that PHP 7.1 is on security fixes…