You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Your name is your brand. This may sound like a cliche, but it’s true. That’s why it’s a very good idea to make sure that when people sear...

From time to time I tend to forget what’s my effective Git configuration, so I have to check it somehow. Most of the time I’d simply do the following:1 $ git config --list user.name=Bozhidar Batso...

It’s been over a decade since I’ve started using Jekyll and I’m still struggling with setting up Atom feeds there. Perhaps this happens mostly, because I rarely do any feed-related changes, so I te...

Yesterday I got yet another completely absurd cold email from an incompetent technical recruiter: I’m looking for a Front-end React (Next.js) developer to join our international team. It’s a Fu...

Here’s one random observation - (almost) nobody comments directly on blog posts these days. It seems that all the conversations happen somewhere else - Reddit, HackerNews, Twitter, Facebook, you na...

I wonder how many people remember the 12-inch MacBook that Apple introduced to much fanfare in 2015. It was supposed to be the future of computing, a super thin and light computer for the modern pe...

Today I’ve switched the blog’s theme from Hydeout to Minimal Mistakes. I did so for several reasons: I didn’t like the color scheme that Hydeout used for syntax highlighting, and I didn’t want ...

From time to time people ask me what’s the best way to get in touch with me, as there are way too many options. Today we’re all on half a dozen social networks, plus another half a dozen of messag...

From time to time you’ll need to inspect the contents of a locally installed Ruby gem. For instance - I needed to check the contents of my Jekyll theme (minima) earlier today, so I could override s...

Just wanted to let you know that for various reasons I’ve migrated the comments of (think) from Disqus to Hyvor Talk. I’ve described the process in a dedicated article. One small difference in the...