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Jibran’s Perspective

Jibran’s Perspective
Project 2: Gift cards to Pakistan I’ve completed a freelance project I was working on for a few months, and have started saying no to...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
I’ve completed a freelance project I was working on for a few months, and have started saying no to new opportunities. It’s time to work on one of my own ideas again. This is part of my plan to start failing more. I’ve decided to build a business sending gift cards to Pakistan -...
Jibran’s Perspective
Deploying Ruby on Rails to AWS with Kamal As part of a contracting project, I’ve been building an analytics dashboard for a feedback...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
As part of a contracting project, I’ve been building an analytics dashboard for a feedback collection SaaS. The app is built in Ruby on Rails and given all the nice things I’ve heard about Kamal; I decided to use it for deploying the app. The experience has been phenomenal;...
Jibran’s Perspective
Failure 1: Django + NextJS Boilerplate I have failed, and that is exactly what I had hoped for a few months ago in this blog post. This is...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
I have failed, and that is exactly what I had hoped for a few months ago in this blog post. This is a good failure. It has taught me things, lessons I can use in the future to avoid failing this way again. But first a bit of context. What did I fail at? In February of 2024 I...
Jibran’s Perspective
Bootstrap with Ruby on Rails 7 If you have a brand new RoR 7 project that you created with the defaults by running rails new...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you have a brand new RoR 7 project that you created with the defaults by running rails new <PROJECT> then you can safely follow the following steps to get Bootstrap 5 installed in your project. Install gems Add the following to your Gemfile and run bundle install. gem...
Jibran’s Perspective
Cookie Based Auth for Django and NextJS If you’re just looking for implementation instructions, skip my ramblings and go straight to the...
a year ago
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a year ago
If you’re just looking for implementation instructions, skip my ramblings and go straight to the code here. I’m currently working on my first project after deciding that I needed to fail more and practice finishing projects instead of abandoning them midway once they got...
Jibran’s Perspective
Project 1: Django + NextJS Boilerplate Links: Gumroad page Build Log My accidental new years resolution was to work on the 1 problem that...
a year ago
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a year ago
Links: Gumroad page Build Log My accidental new years resolution was to work on the 1 problem that has plagued me for my entire adult life; failure to commit and focus. I decided to work in 6 week “sprints” (inspired by Shape Up) and complete the projects I start - for some known...
Jibran’s Perspective
State machines - Why and how to use them in web development. What is a state machine? I think Wikipedia does a very good job of defining a state machine. A...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
What is a state machine? I think Wikipedia does a very good job of defining a state machine. A finite-state machine (FSM) or finite-state automaton (FSA, plural: automata), finite automaton, or simply a state machine, is a mathematical model of computation. It is an abstract...
Jibran’s Perspective
I have not failed enough I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast...
a year ago
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a year ago
I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast and started to think about how often I had failed in the past few years. The first answer was - not too much. I couldn’t think of too many instances of where I had “failed”. This was...
Jibran’s Perspective
My buildspace project For the next 6 weeks, I’m taking part in buildspace nights & weekends. It’s a cohort of people that...
a year ago
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a year ago
For the next 6 weeks, I’m taking part in buildspace nights & weekends. It’s a cohort of people that participate in a 6-week long “school” where they work towards any idea they have. The goal is to launch a “product” by the end of these 6 weeks, and to gain as much traction as...
Jibran’s Perspective
My knowledge management system This is a follow-up on my previous notes about Zettelkasten; Thoughts on Zettelkasten and the slip...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is a follow-up on my previous notes about Zettelkasten; Thoughts on Zettelkasten and the slip box. Since then, I’ve had a chance to read and think more about the problems I listed out with trying to adapt a Zettelkasten style slip box for my knowledge management system. I’ve...
Jibran’s Perspective
Thoughts on Zettelkasten and the slip box I had a bunch of thoughts yesterday about the Zettelkasten method and how I could use it effectively...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I had a bunch of thoughts yesterday about the Zettelkasten method and how I could use it effectively to manage my knowledge base. I started the day by dumping my thoughts into Logseq. Here they are. These are open questions for now. I plan to investigate this further and try out...