Logging Pitfall: Let’s just log everything! What could go wrong?


So last week I overheard one of our developers' discussion with the account manager who happens to be a tech person as well. They were talking about errors encountered by a client's website written in Python Django. The developer reported that the site just began crashing whenever this or that script starts to write things … Continue reading Logging Pitfall: Let’s just log everything! What could go wrong?

I Want a Side Job


Yes… I’m currently looking for a side job.

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I was carefully putting on my shoes when I told my mom the news. I’ve just put two plasters over an open wound on my right foot and I was avoiding friction. “I am actually looking for a part time job.” I wasn’t looking but I have expected a blank stare. “Why would you look for another job?” she shot back. Alright, maybe I was expecting something a little too dramatic or Hollywood.

It was six in the morning and I was about to leave for work. I could have stopped right there and saved myself from a lengthy conversation. I knew she would disapprove. She couldn’t see the point and the tendency that I, her son, could go from slightly underweight to skin and bones worries her like every other mom I know. “Why would you do such a thing? You don’t have a family that you need to…

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“The Issuance of NBI Clearances could make Use of Automation” thank God this Post is no longer important


I would have posted this a long time ago and I was thankful I didn't have to. NBI now has a solution. It may not be excellent but it works for now. I can say it's already a step to getting things working better for all of us. But I'm presenting this anyway just to … Continue reading “The Issuance of NBI Clearances could make Use of Automation” thank God this Post is no longer important

Some Realizations for a Beginner in the Philippine IT Industry


For the first time, I was invited to do some tech talk and it was in Adamson University. The event was part of the course on IT Issues taken by Computer Science students. It was quite on short notice and we came there rather unprepared and clueless of things. I was able to write down … Continue reading Some Realizations for a Beginner in the Philippine IT Industry

Cringeworthy Codes and Changing Standards


So I was on a bus last night and didn't want to spend the time sleeping. I typed these on my phone. I believe that all programmers at some point in their lives have written codes that were rather crude; an obvious understatement. No, they were awful. I could still recall my first few programming … Continue reading Cringeworthy Codes and Changing Standards


reblogging my holiday to Ilocos.

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More than three years ago my mom and eldest sister told me and my other sister Chen, the third eldest, that we’ll be going to the north to celebrate our graduation. Yes, due to certain circumstances we entered college at the same time. I was pretty indifferent then. I loved to see the north side of the country ’cause everybody was saying it was beautiful there but I was too busy with school to care about such trips. Eventually, graduation came and we could finally actually pay attention to plans for celebration. But sadly we realized we could no longer go to the north due to our huge expenses during the hell months of college. And so we settled for just a simple celebration at home. I knew it was coming but of course everybody wants a treat after their graduation so it was pretty saddening.

So when an invitation…

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The Startup Weekend Experience


So I was looking for something I could get happily busy with, the mobile applications development team to which I belong was into all this business model canvas thing, and I made it as a goal to get exposed and be active in IT events. And guess what? Startup Weekend Manila 3 was announced. The … Continue reading The Startup Weekend Experience