Pan Chasinga articles - 59 total
Taking Back Control in 2024
This is a submission for the 2025 New Year Writing challenge: Retro’ing and Debugging 2024. In 2024,...
How to set better 2025 Goals
For me I've realized that, going back through my failed resolution goals, I have never set a higher...
What is Semantic API?
💡 Semantic API is the strict practice of using literature and various design methods to curate,...
What are Big and Little Endians?
Are you familiar with Big and Little Endian, or have you heard about it somewhere along your...
Getting Started with Goblins
What is Goblins? Goblins is a library for building distributed, peer-to-peer...
Grokking Partial Application
If you started programming in an imperative language such as Java like I did, learning to grok...
Build a Decentralized App on IPFS using WebAssembly
Gimme Proof by Picklehart Liverthief In this fun and short tutorial, I'll show you how easy it...
Building an NFT Store on Flow: Part 2
This is a sequel of the two-part tutorial. If you have not, check out part 1 and work your way back...
Building an NFT store on Flow : Part 1
This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple NFT marketplace app on the Flow blockchain from...
How to Run Spark SQL on Encrypted Data
Introducing Opaque SQL, an open-source platform for securely running Spark SQL queries on encrypted...
Python Should Learn from Javascript
If Javascript, an old language with so many flaws, could evolve like it did, Python could learn from...
EP1: Rust Ownership for Toddlers
"Rust is too hard to learn," You whined. "Maybe because you're a toddler?" 🧸...
Learn to Build a Parser in Rust for Fun and Profit
On a Friday morning, slacking, you are thinking about the new Netflix shows to catch. Your boss comes...
If Computer were a person, what is your relationship with it? ❤️🖥️💔
Is it platonic, dating, moving-in, married, or complicated? Leave a short comment. 😊
What Lies Behind Integers
For most developers, wielding integers can seem like magic. It takes a 100,000-ft or above perspectiv...
Zmsg: Zero-knowledge Messaging on the Blockchain
Last weekend I've finally finished a functional proof-of-concept command line tool called zmsg which...
Boost Productivity with Rust
I know the title is going against what most of you heard about Rust. Rust, despite being known as the...
How to easily create an invite-only signup form (ep.1)
In this tutorial, I'm going to walk you through creating an invite-only signup list ala Superhumans,...
I created an ugly golang sticker
Hi everyone, I've been a fan of the Go language. But I'm here today to show my work from the othe...
I made my own laptop stickers this week
First of all, I'm not a US citizen and can't vote yet. Although I'm inclined toward liberty and fre...
Comment-out Syndrome
"I'm just going to keep this around just in case." I thought, commenting out that block of code bef...
How to Stick with Rust
For a while, I did not get what the hype about Rust was all about. To me, the language appeared opa...
My First Rust SO Accepted Answer
After years of on and off learning, I've finally earned my first Rust accepted answer on StackOverflo...
Reactive Props in Functional React
When I was learning React, the first distinction I remembered was between state and props. States are...
Alice, Bob, and Carol Take Ownership
A thought exercise in Rust ownership system for noobs. Chapter 1: Move let alice = Str...
The Day the Earth Stood (6 Feet) Apart
The satellite images from NASA had shown that pollution in China has gone down since the coronavirus...
Are You a Confused Programmer? Learn a Functional Language
Full disclosure: I'm an easily confused programmer. My mind does not work like a whiteboard genius....
New things you've started since the outbreak
What are the new things you have unexpectedly started because of the outbreak/lockdown that you might...
What are the languages you wish you could use for work?
For me it's Rust and Erlang.
Transforming from Developer to Founder
Me trying to navigate this leaky boat called startup Things I had not anticipated when...