From Code to Kanji
A mission to level up in coding, language, and everything in between.
Category: Journey
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You can keep latitude and longitude in VARCHAR(255) columns if you enjoy pain. It’ll work until you try to do literally anything beyond “save and retrieve.” The problem is that location data isn’t just two values, it’s a geometry. Geometry has structure, relationships, and rules. PostGIS treats location as geometry instead of dumb text, which…
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Have you ever get the above pop up and how fast do you click block? Asking for a user location in a browser is huge friction (at least for me) because in this age, privacy is expensive and I’m not gonna add a list of website that already knows my info just to know where…
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Working in Japan’s tech scene might sound intimidating, but I’m not into pie-in-the-sky fantasies—I’m putting in the work. Right now, I’m pouring my efforts into preparing for the JLPT N3 exam and getting a solid handle on Java. There’s no secret formula or magic shortcut, just a roadmap of specific steps I’m following to make…
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I reached a point in my previous job where the daily grind left me questioning my own sanity—and more importantly, my well-being—so much so that I realized staying any longer would only push me toward a dangerous place. Walking away wasn’t a hasty choice. I had more than enough time to think about what leaving…