Igor Bubelov

Table of Contents Preface Preparations Arrival First Stop: Shanghai Hotel Hipster Bar Winter Walk Propaganda Art The Bund Getting Around Coffee Battle Trains Second Stop: Shenzhen Hotel Tech Food Infrastructure Third Stop: Guangzhou Hotel Getting Around N…

Note: this only reflects my personal work in December.

TIL the “CE” mark is basically a self-assigned “trust me, bro” promise, and it’s not going to cut it if you’re traveling to China.

When I got my first programming job almost a couple of decades ago, I was put under the supervision of a senior programmer.

One of my slow-going hobbies is tinkering with microcontrollers.

So I’m a happy owner of a GL Inet Flint 2 router, and it’s a great piece of hardware.

Previous post Like I mentioned last time, I got bored with the French press and wanted to try making espresso.

We’ve been using Discord at BTC Map for quite a while, but it was never smooth sailing.

https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/populist-delusion/ Author: Neema Parvini Really interesting book, although pretty cynical.

Table of Contents Intro Node Descriptor Logical Type Complex Descriptor Available User Descriptor Available Reserved APS Flags Frequency Band Medium Access Control Capability Flags Manufacturer Code Maximum Buffer Size Maximum Incoming Transfer Size Server

I’ve been using Home Assistant for a couple of years now.

One of the most divisive topics in programming is whether to use an ORM.

Previous post (v28) Every Bitcoin release is distributed as a single archive containing many cryptic files.

ISBN: 978-5-04-165934-9 Author: Aleksandr Zvyagintsev Table of Contents The State of Nature: From Hobbes to Globalism Operation Unthinkable: When Allies Become Enemies Alfred Rosenberg: The Nazi Architect of Divide and Rule Greed as Policy: The Nazi Betra…

Previous post Table of Contents Dev Updates: Stability, Observability, and Performance Admin Updates: Growing Areas Backlog Trending Countries Trending Communities Global Metrics Conclusion Dev Updates: Stability, Observability, and Performance November w…

Previous post Table of Contents Merchant Comments Vector Maps Trending Countries Trending Communities Global Metrics Conclusion Merchant Comments I released merchant comments API last month, and I was busy integrating it in our Android app.

Previous post (v27) Every Bitcoin release is distributed as a single archive containing many cryptic files.

Previous post Table of Contents Merchant Comments Feed Reader Support RPC Interface Trending Countries Trending Communities Global Metrics Conclusion Merchant Comments I extracted about 900 valuable comments from our verification reports and I exposed them

Previous post Table of Contents Merit-Based System is a Lie Exit Tax High Cost of Living and Low Wages Politics Weather Conclusion Merit-Based System is a Lie Canada’s immigration is supposed to be based on merit, which sounds great on paper.

Table of Contents Introduction Scaling is Secondary Bitcoin Blockchain is for Savings Political Risks of Savings-Only Narrative L2: Beyond Savings Current Solutions Lightning Network Risks Benefits Summary Liquid Network Risks Benefits: Trustless Swaps Be…

Previous post Table of Contents Merchant Reviews Trending Countries Trending Communities Global Metrics Conclusion Merchant Reviews I bet most bitcoiners are aware of the concept of revealed preferences, and we noticed that many BTC Map users are abusing…

Mikhail Bakunin’s essay “Statism and Anarchy” outlines his critique of the state and his argument for social revolution as the path to improving the human condition.

Previous post Table of Contents Events + Areas Trending Countries Trending Communities Global Metrics Conclusion I didn’t post for a while due to an unexpected trip to Russia, but now I’m back in Phuket and here are my thoughts on BTC Map progress in July.

Table of Contents Preface Crossing The Border Moscow Samara Kazan Sochi Opinions on Events in Ukraine Sanctions Trends I Don’t Like Rampant Internet Censorship Lower Quality Journalism Higher Tax Rates Attitude to China Conclusion Preface I hate cold weat…

Previous post Table of Contents Help Needed: Delivery Key Metrics What’s Next: Kotlin Multiplatform Help Needed: Delivery Enabling you to spend sats in your local shops is our core mission, but it would be wrong to limit your shopping options while many r…

Previous post Table of Contents API V3 Key Metrics What’s Next: Delivery What’s Next: Improving Resilience API V3 BTC Map always had an offline-first architecture, meaning that you don’t need an Internet connection in order to see all the bitcoin-accepting

Previous post Table of Contents New Feature: Data Bundling New Feature: Companion App Warnings New Feature: Navigate to Merchant New Feature: Sharing Merchants Key Metrics What’s Next: Syncing in Adverse Conditions New Feature: Data Bundling It’s hard not…

Previous post New Merchant Notifications Adding your shop to BTC Map will now notify all the users within a 100 km radius, so they’ll be able to discover your shop in no time.

Previous post Data quality remains the main bottleneck, followed by the discoverability of the new merchants.

Previous post I’m not a big fan of mapping, but some things just need to be done.

Every BTC Map merchant has a last check date, which is used to figure out if the data is still reliable.

When we started working on BTC Map, we inherited about 8,000 places last verified before 2015.

BTC Map is our attempt to find all Bitcoin-accepting merchants worldwide.

Part 1 Here are the first results: Unfortunately, all the cucumber plants are dead, but I’ll keep trying.

Table of Contents What is Enlightenment?

Table of Contents Disclaimer Indoor Air is a Priority How to Reduce CO2 How to Reduce PM 2.5 Outdoor Air Monitoring AirGradient Open Air Unboxing DIY vs Pre-Assembled Assembling the DIY Model Mounting Software Setup Going Cloudless What Does Open Source M…

I’ve used a French press for years, it’s cheap, simple, and makes a solid cup of coffee.

I a coffee addict, but I never really knew how it’s made.

https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/upton-sinclair/king-coal King Coal is the first book by Upton Sinclair that I’ve read, and it won’t be the last.

It’s been a year since we launched the latest reincarnation of BTC Map, and the results so far are encouraging.

Here is a quote from an e-mail I received from Patreon this morning: Hi there, Recently, one or more of your Patreon payments may have been declined and erroneously flagged as fraudulent by your bank.

Part 2 I started with tomatoes and cucumbers, will see if they survive in tropics.

Table of Contents The Problem How to Choose an Air Quality Monitor Delivery Onboarding Assembly Accuracy Conclusion The Problem Clean air is becoming a scarce for many reasons beyond the scope of this article, so it’s not surprising that the air purifier…

I’m renovating my house in Thailand and one of my goals is to make the house more airtight.

Matter is an open and privacy-friendly protocol which allows smart home devices to communicate with each other.

I’ve been playing with the Nostr protocol for a few hours, and here are my main takeaways: It has much better fundamentals than Mastodon, and the people behind it are nicer and more competent.

I had to live without an AC for a few months, due to some renovation hiccups.

My laptop battery died a few weeks ago.

Table of Contents What is Money?

I’ve been running WireGuard for years and it’s been solid.