Igor Bubelov

Everyone heard about Bitcoin, but it’s hard to find someone who can explain how it works.

Material is a well known cross-platform design system made by Google.

The review of ATOM RPG is one of the oldest posts in my blog.

I’m not a big fan of FPS, but I really enjoyed Metro Exodus.

Another month, another hyped up Korean movie.

The new season is as great as the old ones.

This game seems to be in an infinite alpha stage.

It was impossible to avoid all the hype around Squid Game.

This movie is pretty odd, and it’s certainly not for everyone.

I spent a good number of years working on Android apps, mostly because I believe that mobile platforms should be open, and Android has long been the only viable option.

Gone are the days when remote work was seen as something extraordinary.

Of course, the best way to test a new GPU is to play some games.

Well, Firefox can’t stop finding new ways to alienate its users.

I just bought a reasonably fast GPU, and I’m back to PC gaming.

Finally, I was able to get a GPU for my new PC.

It turns out, updating motherboard firmware is no fun.

What makes software like Miniflux or Syncthing so great?

I use webfeeds to fetch news and follow niche blogs.

Finding a good open source replacement for Dropbox/iCloud/whatever is hard.

I had a strange issue with my Dell laptop for a while: sometimes it would randomly mess with the display brightness whenever I moved my cursor.

Most of my fleet is running Ubuntu, but I always have at least one Debian machine.

Two good USB-related events this month: EU plans to force all device manufacturers to adopt USB-C.

Picture by Jason Hogan Science is amazing, but there is no real agreement on how it actually works.

This game is created by assholes, and they don’t really try to hide it.

Finally, I managed to beat the main Bloodborne storyline, and I must say, that’s one of the best games I played in a long time.

There are many good reasons why Docker Compose is popular among developers and self-hosting enthusiasts.

My vim journey progresses at a slow but steady pace, and I still have mixed feelings about it.

I love SQLite because maintaining a complicated client-server database is a lot of work for little to no gain in projects that don’t need to deal with high loads and multi-node deployments.

Just a reminder on why closed hardware and software shouldn’t exist.

Science is a beating heart of a modern world, but some people believe that it’s in decline now.

Blockstream is one of the most recognized names in the Bitcoin space, and I don’t think any other company can match them in terms of added value to the whole ecosystem.

I’ve been playing Bloodborne before, but I didn’t manage to beat it yet.

People keep asking unanswerable questions since the ancient times, and we tend to label such questions as philosophical.

Writing software is hard, mostly because the expectations are rather high.

I’m not a fan of mobile gaming, mostly because touch controls are awful and the average business model of a mobile game is pretty scammy.

Full disclosure: I’m a huge Final Fantasy fan.

One of the things I learned the hard way is the importance of preferring easily repairable hardware, especially when it comes to laptops.

I can’t wait for this GPU shortage craze to be over. so I can buy a decent AMD GPU.

This game feels like a low-effort TV series in a sense that it’s too stretched and artificial.

It looks like the US government starts to realize the harm done by big tech companies, which confirms my optimistic outlook on the future of tech industry.

Bad habits are hard to break.

I use JetBrains IDEs for most of my programming tasks, and it works great on my PC.

Being productive is important, and it feels like something every responsible individual should strive for.

There are many ways to access remote servers, but the most popular is Secure Shell Protocol (SSH).

I’m a big fan of Raspberry Pi, and I’m also a big fan of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is hard to use, and Lightning Network just adds an insult to injury.

I like this guide, but it’s a bit outdated.

I’ve been using Bash for a long time, but I never read its manual.

Time flies.

Chaincode Labs Podcast can be of interest to anyone curious about Bitcoin inner workings.