diet chronicles Diet chronicles (12): lessons learned October 1st, time for another update. First of all, I have to admit that I didn't consume only beef throughout September, I only made it one week. But I learned a lot of valuable lessons.
code-lessons Tailwind specificity First installment of a series of mini lessons I learn while growing into an actual software engineer on the job. Today: Tailwind specificity and why overriding classes doesn't work.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (11): next level September 1st, time for the next weigh in. Also, time to level up and start taking things a little bit more seriously. Because I'm finally ready to lift the bar and raise the steaks (sic).
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (10): staples After a lot of self evaluation, I've come to the conclusion that I'm still eating to much. In this blog, I'm going to go over my plan of attack to remedy this by systemizing my food intake with staple meals.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (9): slow and steady August 1st, time for the second weigh-in. Spoiler: I didn't lose any weight. But I don't even feel bad about it. Here's why.
life This one thing makes everything better Imagine there was an object that was single handedly responsible for all sources of happiness in your life.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (8): first results It's July 1st, which means that it's time for the first reevaluation and for my first weigh-in since starting this new approach. The results are in, and there's definitely good news to report.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (7): habit building So it's been almost 3 weeks since I started my new system of habits to get myself in shape long term, and it's been quite challenging at times. Not that the habits themselves are hard to stick to – not at all. But that is kind of the problem.
life Cutting political news consumption Over the last 3 years, I've seriously cut back on my consumption of political news and I can really, really recommend it.
code How to detect your own chrome extension A little while ago, I developed and published my first chrome extension. Now we want to start pushing it more from the main web application, so we need to detect whether or not users already have it installed. Here's how to do that.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (6): systems for success After the revelations I had analyzing all my previous dieting attempts, it's time for a new approach. No more diets. Instead, the new plan is a system of sustainable healthy habits that will lead me to success.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (5): revelations After analyzing the different approaches I've tried to getting fit, I've had a few major revelations about why I failed in the past, and what I need to change to do better in the future.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (4): snake diet and carnivore After stalling out completely on keto, I started fasting completely on the Snake Diet, losing an enormous amount of weight in no time. Then, I turned carnivore.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (3): counting on keto and weight watchers With my college days coming to an end, I didn't have time to exercise as much anymore and quickly got fat again. So I started counting with weight watchers, and later keto.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (2): college – becoming obese and turning it around After losing a lot of weight through diet and exercise, I slowly gained back more than double what I lost initially, getting to my biggest yet. Here's how I ended up turning it around.
diet chronicles Diet chronicles (1): how I got fat as a kid Over the years, I've tried many approaches to getting fit, from extreme dieting to extreme exercising, all with varying success. In this series, I share my story, my biggest lessons learned, and how I'm zeroing in on health today.
momentum Increasing your luck surface area If you're into reading biographies of very successful people, you might have noticed a pattern: there always seems to be a of lot of serendipity involved.
life Why you're gaining fat on carnivore You know you're on the right track. You learned how insulin is the key, that high carb foods spike your insulin constantly, making it easy to store fat and very hard to lose fat. And you cut it all out. So why are you still not losing?
life Lifestyle > face mask Fact 1: Obese people are 2-6 times more likely to require hospitalization if infected with Covid 19 and have a more severe course including need for intubation. Fact 2: Higher blood sugars (particularly
momentum The UX of you Think of the following three brands: Apple, Uber and BMW. What do these brands all have in common? That's right: all three are constantly credited with amazing user experience (UX) design!
Why you should never 'lower your standards' job hunting "Should I lower my standards?" Maybe you've had this thought creeping in your mind this week."Maybe getting into that company I love is too much of a long shot right now. Maybe
code How I made my first chrome extension I made a first version of a chrome extension for crashers, i.e. job seekers that are using the crash.co job hunting tool. This tool will make it easier for these job
life Why most nutrition science is garbage Imagine you wanted to know which phone was faster: the iPhone 11 or the Samsung Galaxy S20.But instead of setting up an experiment with tests, you decided to find the answer by
code VS Code keyboard shortcuts I recently bit the bullet and switched to using VS Code as my code editor. And I have to admit it works really nicely. Here are some keyboard shortcuts that make life easier.
code Why I stopped doing coding problems and why you should probably stop too I subscribed to the email list of dailycodingproblem.com a little while ago in order to learn how to think like a coder, but I recently found out that solving coding problems is
