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Tips on being better.

Wj — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:45:57 +0000

Being better. It may or may not be one of the most profound short term goal ever, being said by everyone. Being better means bigger rewards and gains.

With my experience, I have found out 4 ways in which I have self improved.

My story.

Almost 2 years ago, my favorite activity was to eat, sleep, and stare at the computer. Being physically active wasn't on my strong side, and I was really lacking behind in terms of that.

Being inactive had struggles. I would most commonly, fail all my fitness tests, and would not dare to participate in any physical activity.

I don't know how and why, but at the start of this year, I decided to train. Running. It was one of my least favorite activities, and I decided to start.

I only had a set of really hot and thick clothing (which is bad for tropical climate like my country), and ran. The process of taking the first step, really didn't allow me to stop.

As I finished my first ever run for training, I felt a sense of relief and achievement. Although my timing was certainly bad, but from then on, I would go on to run once a week, to twice a week, to three times a week. By then, I noticed my face was getting a lot leaner, and that was one of my proudest moments.

Starting a habit is the hardest part. And for the next few sessions, I ran, and ran. I ran till I cried, I ran till I had one of the worst side stitches ever. And still ran. It taught me that discipline and resilience was the key to success, and not anything else.

After the first three months, I started going to the gym. And that was where I really upped my game.

How to improve

Fitness is really one thing, one thing I could see. My education, not so much. As I am improving myself on both studies and physical health, I would like everyone to share the same with whatever it is. From Coding, to your own problems.

So here are the 4 steps I learnt that led me to success and maybe you too

Get the courage to start out, or change
Fit it into your routine
Always think of the small little joys that may come out when doing the task you hate
Always look back and smile

The first step is the hardest, but the most direct. Let's say today, I make up my mind to start studying. I will study for 1 hour, and then complete the rest of my work. But I place priority on studying, something I want to get into on my life. Starting out may be hard, but once you hit the harsh reality and truth of your situation, you would do whatever it takes. This is probably why this article may come in use to you when you need it.

The second step is already a settled one. If you decide to start studying, find a timing that you would study. For instance, I would study from 8 to 9pm, before completing any last minute work until 10, and sleeping. Like my exercise, I decided to run every Monday at 5pm.

The third step, which I find the best way to keep you going, is thinking of the joys that come with doing something you don't like. For my fitness, I always look at the scenery when I run in the parks, and take in the nature. When I go to the gym and exercise, I appreciate the music, the professional equipment, and friends who are working out with me. When I'm studying, I may start to realize how peaceful it really is.

For the final step, once you've done this for 2 to 3 months, and start seeing tiny results, always look back and smile. Know that whatever you were 2 to 3 months ago were gone. Shiver at the fact that that could've been you if you didn't start. And that is a long term motivation.

Whatever you are, or wherever you are, it is always a goal to be better. Although I'm not a professional, I always like to improve, and so would you.

Right now I'm also reading atomic habits, (I read the first 3 pages 💀) But it looked like a really interesting book, so you may want to read up on that. Yes this is not a promotion, I just find this book interesting.

Hope you have a great day, and always improve.

DEV's chill

Wj — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:43:38 +0000

It's been such a long time since I made a post.

Honestly, I feel dev is the most inclusive and chillest platform ever. So thanks, remember to code, chill and have fun! Thanks for having me!

Posh terminals!

Wj — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 11:19:37 +0000

Posh terminals?

First thing you may notice, is that it isn't your regular boring terminal!

So what is this?

This is oh-my-posh, an open sourced project that basically makes your terminals posh. The best part, is that the community can create new fonts, new looks and styles. It uses NerdFonts, in which you can create one, and you can also create new designs at Oh-my-posh.

Some warnings!

Unfortunately, I feel that the documentation is lacking quite a bit. So I had to do some digging to get to this stage. But here are some things you would really want to know

If you are a windows user, install oh-my-posh for powershell. Command prompt is outdated and has really confusing steps to install, and I didn't even manage to install it in the end
I felt that installing oh-my-posh from microsoft store was the easiest (lmao, I'm lazy). I don't really know how to install oh-my-posh in other ways

I would probably help rewrite the docs for all the stuff in the not so far future.

Links!

For the fixes, and officials

Oh-My-Posh Official
Nerd Fonts Official
Changing fonts fix
Running scripts in Powershell
^ for this link, go to the Running Scripts in Powershell section
Inspirationnn

Thanks everyone! (for reading)

Let's see how you think of this! If you have any problems, feel free to comment! Ayo 🤨 !

UI post 2 😃

Wj — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 15:11:06 +0000

Hey welcome to another uppdatteeee

if you had seen the cover image, the logo has been redesigned. Due to extremely horrible community feedback (clears throat) it was messy 🤪

And yes UI structure is there!

Alright fun fact I took the time to make an obs studio, edit it, and make it into a gif and realized I couldn't upload it so: click on link
https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/eqn5yphcofjiiyry07du.gif

More socials?

Yay I have a tweeter too (imagine joining when tweeter dieded). You can find quick thoughts that I decided to post about Hot Web there and other posts.
https://twitter.com/wjplatformer

Credits to Custom Tkinter! https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter

Tkinter now...

Wj — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 03:31:04 +0000

Hmmmmmm

Welp, realized that the last post about Eel was not going well. Indeed, it was cool, but it was just a web server 🤷‍♂️, so I could do that on my own.

Another solution?

CustomTkinter! An open sourced module in python that let's you run tkinter, but more beautifully 🤯. Not only is this module well maintained, but it has a modern feel! Just what I needed. Hank you TomSchimansky.

Links

https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter

vs

🤯

EEL! and more stuff

Wj — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:25:58 +0000

YEAAA

Today, I found out this cool python dependency called, Eel! I am loving this. Electron is to make a website come to life on a server-side app. Eel is to make a website come to life using python. open source: https://github.com/python-eel/Eel

So, what is this gotta do with my internet challenge?

Well, it means that my GUI can now be programmed in beautiful HTML! Instead of Tkinter, I can do this :). The following few weeks, I would try to learn this module. It might work, it might not. So, let's go!

OOh

I created a branding! It is called Hot Web 🥵.

pls don't copy this :| and also, see you again later, like, very later L.

DEV team, pls

Wj — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:09:35 +0000

Erm

Well

I mean

So... why doesn't DEV just auto set the theme to dark? 🤔. Could DEV.to team let me know and you all just speculate in the meantime? Really strange. It might be that people who don't game or develop cannot use dark mode and that is like 40% of human population. Still, don't understand why DEV keeps on pushing the dark mode message :|. (not a complaint.) Also, I'm using dark mode and the message above appears all the time (a complaint.)

Moved to new PC

Wj — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:11:56 +0000

Yay, more hard work for me!

So yeah, got a new setup. My main exams are over, so liek, you know...

Specs

Acer swift X (model going out of fashion)

AMD Ryzen 5800U
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050Ti
DTS audio
FHD camera
Included spam and ads
Viruses

Stuff

Erm. Well, I have to do some moving of files (done already), logging in of over 100 accounts that are linked via 300 roots and many standalone roots (done already), and possibly 10 days of mental torture

What to do with my old compy?

Well simple. Install linux and MAKE IT MY INTERNET SERVER! (better than a cup of tea :))

Who asked?

I did. So... Yea, go away because you technically read the whole post so you Actually cared.

Started with GUI (update)

Wj — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:47:54 +0000

Helloww people

I am working on le internet still, mind you ;)

Updates

I have completed a simple server and client, which only has a login system, but I am needing to add a database soon XP. I have started on the GUI, which is looking horrid honestly.

Bad stuff

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That's it for now! I will see you next monthish?

Kynosocial

Wj — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:58:55 +0000

kynosocial

A minimalist thing. Created by noobs. Used by even noobier people.

It is currently in alpha. Let me know what you think of it! Contribute here: https://github.com/dotargz/kynosocial

Since this is an Alpha version, there might not be enough storage on the backend if a bunch of users come online to test this out. So even if you create an account, try not to post too much. Thank You!

What exactly does REDIS provide? I'm like 1

Wj — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:41:37 +0000

I think it has something to do with Databases, but even the official site CONFUSES me! Is anyone willing to share what REDIS does? I'm thinking of using it for a project.

Redis should solve data management... right?

Wj — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:28:13 +0000

Recently, DEV.to has partnered with Redis to run a hackathon.

Although I would love to, I needed to focus more on my studies and would definitely have not enough time to learn a new "language" in just a few days.

So,

After the Redis hackathon was over, I started to research what Redis actually is. Turns out, Redis is actually a local memory storage thing! Yeah! The thing I was looking for. It stores data just like a database, but localized. However, unlike other DB's (I think), you are able to store hashes so passwords from your app can be safely stored in a localized PC.

However,

I am wondering if Redis or more popular Mongo DB or MySQL is better. Redis seems a lot more easier to use though. So let me know your thoughts!