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Starting a Portrait Photography Business
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get my photography side hustle off the ground. My initial assumption was simple: people are always …
Photography vs Programming: a Minimalist Perspective
As I build my photography side hustle while working full-time as a software engineer, I keep returning to one idea: minimalism. Both fields pull me in …
What Would You Do When You Retire?
We’ve all heard the classic question: “What would you do if you won a million dollars?” It’s a fun daydream, but let’s be honest, most of us know …
LLMs and an old dev
A lot of developers seem to be afraid of generative AI and LLMs because it may replace their jobs. But as an older developer who sometimes have a hard …
Photography in the age of Generative AI
Generative AI has made my job as a software engineer much easier, but it’s also a bit scary. The question everyone is asking is whether AI will …
Parenting is hard
Only when you have wrong expectations. It is so easy to know what is right action but sometimes so hard to do it. Ayden is having rough morning. Well …
2024 Scribdfest in Vail
Scribdfest 2024 took us to Vail, Colorado for a week with the team. The mountains were unreal. We stayed at the Grand Hyatt, explored Vail Village, …
2024 San Diego
San Diego is one of those places that just puts you in a good mood the second you land. This trip was a mix of beach days at Paradise Point and …
2024 Fort Worth Stockyards
A day at the Fort Worth Stockyards with the family. There’s so much character in this place, the old brick buildings, the rustic signage, the …
The things you own end up owning you
“The things you own end up owning you.” - Chuck Palahniuk. I was minimalist. It was very easy and stress-free life. I did own many things …
Parenting is hard
Only when you have wrong expectations. It is so easy to know what is right action but sometimes so hard to do it. Ayden is having rough morning. Well …
Credit cards vs Pokemon cards
Ayden: I don’t want to lose my Pokémon cards Amer: ok Ayden: Pokemon cards are very important Amer: how so? Ayden: they have all the information …
Ayden says
Ayden: After we die if plants are eating our body how will we go to heaven Amer: Our soul goes Ayden: And we get a new body Amer: Sure Ayden: Can we …
The Highly Sensitive Parent by Elaine Aron
Could you be highly sensitive person? A highly sensitive person is someone who can get overwhelmed by various senses such as noise, smells, clutter …
It is so hard to choose
Ayden deciding his career: “There are so many cool job, I want to be fireman, goalie, dad, police officer, monster truck driver.”
Backup VPS
Here are simple steps to backup your VPS. Backup MySQL database Create a directory to store the backup files. Then run mysqldump command to backup …