Published in Geek Culture·May 18What happened with $LUNA and $UST, and why?How can a $4 billion crypto project fall in one single week almost to zero? Probably everyone has already heard about Luna and UST crypto. Unfortunately, Terra’s LUNA lost 99.7% in price last week. Thousands of people lost millions of dollars. But how did it happen? …Cryptocurrency4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Apr 24How Actually to Write a Tech E-bookEveryone wants to sell an e-book, but how to write it? — You have probably seen articles with side hustle ideas for developers where people recommend selling technical books. Sounds lovely to write a technical e-book about your favorite technology and start receiving passive income. But how to do it? Which software to use? How to add code snippets? And finally, how…Ebook Publishing5 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Apr 5Secure and Productive Environment for Programming and WritingMy favorite apps to work on Windows and Mac in everyday life — During the day, I work on a corporate Windows machine as a software engineer in an outsourcing company. However, at night, I become a solo developer who uses a personal M1 MacBook Pro for doing my methodist.io and writing on Medium. …Digital Life5 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 30Million-Dollar Projects Created by Only One PersonSometimes even solo developers can be competitors for huge companies — Many projects started as a one-person side hustle but eventually grew into a successful large business. Good illustrations are projects like Gumroad created by Sahil Lavingia, MATLAB created by Cleve Moler, and the most known example — Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg. However, there are also many smaller projects that…Startup6 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Mar 14How IT Civilians Help Ukraine Win the War With russiaHow we are trying to open people’s eyes despite russian propaganda — I’m from Ukraine. On the 24th of February, russia invaded our territory. Currently, we have a war with russia, and there are no other words how to call it. Like many other developers in our country, I work as a software engineer all my life and have no military experience. So…Ukraine3 min read
Feb 7Best Planning Poker Apps 2022 ComparisonPlanning Poker vs PlanITpoker vs Methodist.io Scrum poker is a straightforward and popular estimation technique many Agile teams use. Teams sat together in cozy offices during the pre-pandemic period and estimated their tasks using Scrum Poker. But even then, remote workers used online tools. Nowadays, modern companies prefer remote work…Scrum5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Feb 7About Docker Financial Troubles and How to Switch to Free AlternativesMinikube + Docker CLI = Free Docker Desktop alternative for big companies — The company that created one of the most known tools among developers, is going through a financial crisis. The situation didn’t improve after selling part of the Docker assets in 2019. So the company removed free plans for enterprises. How did it happen, and how to migrate to the free…Virtualization5 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Feb 4Github Copilot: Review After 3 Months of Usage with ExamplesHow does it go on real projects, and does it really help? — Three months ago, I was allowed to use Github Copilot with my private Github account, and since then, I can use this tool during my day-to-day programming. During this period, I had a chance to test it with Angular, web components based on LitElement, Node.js (TS), and VanillaJS projects. …Github6 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Jan 21Essential Front-End Security GuideHow to make your app safer in 2022 — Web security has become an essential skill for web developers. We are all trying to keep known exposures in mind as much as possible. But unfortunately, the variety of attacks depends only on the imagination and curiosity of the hackers to harm your customers. And we have to resist this. …Front End Development5 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Nov 11, 2021How to Switch from WebStorm to VS CodeTips, settings, plugins, diff/merge tool, and more — How To Switch from WebStorm to VS Code In this article, I’m not going to compare WebStorm with VS Code or share the list of top plugins. Instead, I would like to tell you how I migrated from WebStorm to VS Code many years ago, how I configured it, and especially what we can do to have 3…Vscode6 min read
