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After keeping my Emacs configuration somewhat static for a few years, I have made some bigger changes recently.

This post is a short summary of my latest software projects that I have worked on so far this year.

The Strangest Secret is an audio recording by Earl Nightingale produced in 1956.

It is time again to write down a few thoughts about investing.

This post covers the basics of using the shell in Linux, how to write shell scripts, as well as some information about processes in general.

Howard Marks from Oaktree Capital is one of my favorite investors.

In this post I am going to talk about the Suckless software tools and how I have integrated them into my workflow and daily use.

This is a summary post of different programming languages as well as my personal experiences and opinions about them.

I have decided to move my public Git repositories to GitHub from Bitbucket.

This post is about a little different topic than my normal topics of software engineering and investing.

This poem was made by ChatGPT.

I recently completed the game Cyberpunk 2077 and thought it may be a good idea to write a review of it.

Now that I have been investing in stocks for more than a decade (started in 2012), I thought it would be a good idea to write down some of the most important lessons I have learned during my adventures in the capital markets.

Most people tend to associate PHP with web programming.

Shopping is fun in general but shopping for shares of quality companies is really fun.

Since the beginning of internet, when first bytes began to flow between networked computers, script kiddies have been asking the age-old question on message boards, forums and mailing lists: "What is the best programming language?"

I have been using Emacs the normal way for many years and I am really happy with it.

A while ago I decided the learn the basics of the Assembly language for my x64 processor.

I have not been updating my website and blog in a while.

I have been using Emacs as my main text editor for writing PHP code.

There comes a time in the life of a serious software engineer when he wants to implement a custom programming language.

I have been thinking about the importance of being smart about personal finances as many people are now struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A nice personal financial goal to have is to own the same companies that you use, so that you will receive in dividends the same amount that you spend with them.

In the previous post we examined the potential performance issues with nested for-loops and how they can be improved using array lookups instead.

One of the most common issues that I see almost daily when reviewing code is nested loops where they aren't required.

One important aspect in securing a Linux system is closing any open TCP ports which don't need to be publicly accessible.

On this post I would like to introduce some generic utility functions for PHP.

Have you ever encountered a situation where the performance of your PHP script is not great, but you are not sure where the problem is?

I have been using Emacs as my text editor for a few years now.

It has been a while since I updated my blog, so it is about time.

This is a brief introduction into stock options and how they can be used by a long-term oriented investor, either to purchase shares at a discount or to generate additional income to supplement dividend payments.

I ordered Grant Cardones new book, Be Obsessed or Be Average, at the same time as The 10X Rule which I reviewed earlier.

In a previous blog post describing my investment philosophy I explained that I try to invest in companies of highest quality.

I must admit, I struggle to read books.

There are three main decisions that any business entity must make.

Since money and investing will be one of the main themes of my blog, I think it is natural to start off with a quick introduction into my investing philosophy.