breathing
Mastery of skills allows us to have a greater impact on the world around us. Whether it's coding, painting, or any other skill, becoming better at what we do enables us to create more and make a difference. However, with countless skills to choose from, it's
purpose
I have already discussed the philosophical merits of defining our own personal purpose outside the context of the framework provided by traditional religions in the post Finding Purpose. In this post, I want to provide some more practical advice about how one might go about defining a personal purpose, vision,
philosophy
I haven recently been watching the TV show The Good Place. The titular Good Place is simply what we understand to be heaven; a place where some hope to go after they die to be rewarded for their good deeds while alive. It is explained that only the most outstanding
cognito
Amazon Cognito is a cloud-based, serverless solution for identity and access management. It provides similar capabilities as Auth0 and Okta. The main benefit of Cognito is that it is just another services within the AWS suite of services, and can thus easily be used if other parts of the stack
gcp
Cloud Functions provide a lightweight execution environment for code in various languages. They are the serverless compute solutions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that is similar to AWS Lambda functions in AWS. There are two different versions of Cloud Functions available: 1st Gen and 2nd Gen. 2nd Gen is recommended
nextjs
I have recently upgraded the Next.js and Next.js + Bootstrap Goldstack templates to Next.js 13. After following the upgrade instructions, I encountered encountered a few errors that I document here along with the solutions that I found. Error: The root value has an unexpected property The first error
joy
No one likes to suffer; but suffering is often the portal to a richer life.
habits
To change one's behaviour is not always easy - what can help is to start with some well-designed habits.
work
Work is an important part of our lives - but how important should it be?
meditation
Describes a mediation practice in which the mind is directed to the body, surroundings and interconnectedness.
book-review
Review and summary of the book Make It Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
transcendence
Many religions and self-help books suggest that there is one way to achieve a better and more virtuous life. For instance, there are the ten commandments in Christianity, the Five Pillars of Islam or the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism. Moreover, aside from core fundamental teachings, religions often feature thousands
