qcy Fixing Audio Issues on TWS Earbuds I got my hands on the QCY QS2 wireless earbuds a couple months back and noticed the audio to be rather quiet out of the box. This was the case
Apple macOS Catalina Deleted My Files I had quite a scare after the update recently and it turns out Apple decided to move any user created folders that resided on the root of the drive to
VLC Fix Choppy 4K Videos on VLC Just the other day, I tried playing some 2160p sample files and noticed occasional stuttering during playback. This was rather odd since the player is automatically GPU accelerated by default,
Microsoft Get the New Microsoft Edge Now You can download the Dev and Canary builds for the new Edge browser on Windows and macOS now! Head here for more info and download links. The Beta channel isn't
ssl Let's Encrypt Certificate Renewals (TLS-SNI-01 Validation) If you've set up Let's Encrypt certificates in the past, you would've most likely received emails indicating that action is required in order to prevent upcoming renewals from breaking (starting
holiday Season's Greetings Happy holidays to everyone who stopped by this year and I wish you all the best for 2019! Here's a couple fun stats - for 2018, there were: Nearly 5K
work Integrating Your App with Zapier Just wanted to share a more personal experience on getting my company's app listed on Zapier, as this was definitely a more unique and involved process in contrast to the
slack Opinion: Is Slack worse than having a company phone? This can be said for any other team chat platform, as this was something I've always been wondering. Alerts overload or too many messages during off hours? Under the same
cloud Cloud (VPS) Hosting Compared Over these past couple years, I've tried a fair number of cloud server providers to get a better idea how feasible each one of them are. To be clear, we're
Apple DIY Laptop Repair (MacBook Pro, 13-inch) I noticed the keys on my laptop haven't been as "clicky" since I got it and due to the design of the more recent Apple MacBook Pro keyboard
opinion Opinion: VAR for Soccer You may remember a short blurb I wrote on GLT ages ago but now we've come a long way since that was deployed. For those unfamiliar with this, VAR is
travel Staying Connected While Travelling (Asia Edition) Living in a country with some of the most expensive celluar data plans in the world, I was shocked to discover the plethora of options available abroad where plans are
announcement Celebrating Five Years It's been quite an amazing journey and to realize that it has been that long since my first blog post (despite being absent for all of 2017 ). I want to
Wear OS Wear OS Adventure (with Battery Saving Tips!) It first started with backing the Pebble 2 HR around May 2016. Then come around November of the same year I received my unit and was thoroughly pleased with it.
opinion Opinion: The State of Crowdfunding Back from a super long hiatus, I really want to share my thoughts on the current state of crowdfunding and what I observed from the goods I received over the
Windows Disable Automatic Updates Using Group Policy (Windows 10) If you rather not have Windows silently downloading and installing updates in the background - you and I are on the same boat. For security reasons, it's a good idea
Linux SSH Key Setup Premise Sometimes connections requires a password or a really long command, so by adding your public key to the server you can just do something like: ssh user@123.45.
Linux How to Delete Partitions from Storage Media When it comes to trying new Linux distros, I find myself deleting hidden partitions from time to time. This is also useful when software tools set up your USB flash
DNS Resolve DNS Errors on Google Chrome Ever try loading a webpage and get greeted with a DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN or ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED? This is actually a DNS issue that could be resolved on the OS side. On Windows, find and run services.msc then look for "
web Change the Navigation/Status Bar Color on your Website Notice the color change of Chrome and the status bar when you visit certain sites on your mobile device? For example, on Android when you head over to say the forums of XDA-Developers or Victoria's Secret. Turns out this is quite easy to achieve
code Some Assorted Code & Script Snippets I've been posting assorted code and script bits to Gists on GitHub from time to time. Figured I'd share as some helped me solve certain problems, and you may find a few of them handy. They range from shell scripting to back-end and app
gitlab Update to GitLab 8+ We're seeing major updates that include UI redesigns for many software platforms these days and another one my personal favourites is GitLab. Straight down to business, if you're using their package server it's as simple as sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install gitlab-ce
ghost Upgrade Ghost to 0.7.0 With the brand new release of 0.7.0, I figured it'd be worth checking it out as this version comes with changes like the refresh of the admin interface. Be sure to make a backup of your blog by exporting posts and settings
Android Enable Smart Lock on your Android device I was playing around with the Mi Fit app and noticed an option to "Unlock device using band". Not needing an unlock pattern or PIN while you have a particular Bluetooth device nearby is pretty convenient. This however required allowing "Trusted
mongodb Restore a Collection from a MMS Backup So something happened and you want to restore just a single collection in your Mongo database. MMS by MongoDB (formerly 10gen) themselves can create full backups of your databases and replica sets, however when it comes time to actually restoring it can get a
