Featured Posts

  1. Jun 15, 2024

    Process

    I’ve been developing applications for around 3 years now. Mostly just for fun, and for my personal use. But now, with a new job, I have to work with a team. In this job, I noticed myself making …

  2. Jun 17, 2022

    Prevent pinky strain caused by typing all day

    Typing all day makes my pinky sore. This is how I got rid of it: Superuser.com: How do I hit the “Ctrl” key without straining my pinky? I press both ctrl keys with the edge of my palm. It’s …

  3. Aug 6, 2021

    Introducing Myself

    Hi. Starting today, I’ll start this blog as a personal log of everything that I want to say. I mainly plan to add my opinions on some topics that interest me (I’ll stay away from rants) …

Recent Posts

  1. May 16, 2025

    Decisions point toward things that are easy to …

    People are travelling a lot nowadays, it’s starting to feel like a FOMO pyramid scheme. My social media feed as a GenZ is filled with it but information about building wealth is a rare …

  2. Oct 21, 2024

    Scraping Facebook to scratch an itch

    I made a website that scrapes the posts of local Facebook pages. I did this because I’m forced to open Facebook when checking for local news. I published a rant about this. I’m currently …

  3. Oct 12, 2024

    Learning Linux? Try not to reformat.

    When I was learning Linux, if something went horribly wrong when I’m configuring something, my instinct was to reformat. You can reformat but don’t depend on it every time. Try to debug or …

  4. Oct 4, 2024

    mutlithreading bug

  5. Oct 2, 2024

    Programming tip

    Programming tip: differentiate indexes and counts in code. Index starts at 0, count starts at 1. Count is also equal to array length. In python, one can do this 1for count, fruit in enumrate(fruits, …

Projects

  1. elpachongco/

    Bhread

    A decentralized social media website powered by RSS/Atom feeds

    • python
    • django
    • htmx
    • tailwind
    • nginx
    • docker
    • postgresql
    • javascript
  2. elpachongco/

    letter

    A hugo theme used on my blog.

    • hugo
    • html
    • css
    • javascript
  3. elpachongco/

    DPU

    Experiment on creating a distributed python interpreter.

    • python

Media

  1. My current work setup

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  2. Initial version of Bhread, a website I’m running

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  3. A static cat

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Latest Shorts

  1. Earl May 16, 2025

    People are travelling a lot nowadays, it’s starting to feel like a FOMO pyramid scheme. My social media feed as a GenZ is filled with it but information about building wealth is a rare occurence.

  2. Earl Oct 4, 2024

    > This is the worst multithrading bug of my life \n > so far The worst of your life threading multibug

  3. Earl Oct 2, 2024

    Programming tip: differentiate indexes and counts in code. Index starts at 0, count starts at 1. Count is also equal to array length. In python, one can do this

    1for count, fruit in enumrate(fruits, start=1):

    This has saved me a lot of confusion.

  4. Earl Sep 30, 2024

    tac is like cat but the output is reversed.

    I used it for finding the most recent error log:

    
tac err.log | grep -m 1 ERROR

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  5. Earl Jun 15, 2024

    replying to blog.bhread.com/how-to-comment

    Hey it works! 🙂

  6. Earl Jun 2, 2024

    Just finished the redesign of the blog. It’s missing a lot of features (no dark mode) but I’m really itching to get this out. Here’s a comparison before and after image:

    Before vs After of the blog redesign

  7. Earl Nov 12, 2023

    I recently saw Gwern’s blog . The design and content are great. I want my blog to be like this — a page in the internet that has its own personality and feels crafted. Currently, It’s just a dump of my thoughts and it’s using the default Jekyll theme. Though I like the look of it, I want to add more quality of life features to it while keeping it static.

  8. Earl Oct 25, 2023

    replying to bhread/tech

    Hello There!

All 31 posts

  1. Decisions point toward things that are easy to flex May 16, 2025
  2. Scraping Facebook to scratch an itch Oct 21, 2024
  3. Learning Linux? Try not to reformat. Oct 12, 2024
  4. mutlithreading bug Oct 4, 2024
  5. Programming tip Oct 2, 2024
  6. TIL: `tac` command Sep 30, 2024
  7. The Philippines can't survive without Facebook Sep 29, 2024
  8. Applying design principles to my website - visual hierarchy Sep 28, 2024
  9. Tracking my expenses using CSV Sep 14, 2024
  10. Process Jun 15, 2024
  11. Reply demo Jun 15, 2024
  12. Blog redesign complete! Jun 2, 2024
  13. Blog redesign checklist Nov 12, 2023
  14. New plans for the blog Nov 12, 2023
  15. I should have used the debugger Nov 11, 2023
  16. Posting to a group Oct 25, 2023
  17. I posted a project on HN that got some (~<10) attention Oct 16, 2023
  18. Things I Use Oct 6, 2023
  19. Building a New Social Media Platform Sep 21, 2023
  20. Welcome to Bhread.com Sep 15, 2023
  21. Animated favicons Aug 8, 2023
  22. Thinking of creating /uses Aug 5, 2023
  23. Introducing Shorts Aug 3, 2023
  24. Code Snippets #1: What the heck is hardhat's console.log? Mar 24, 2023
  25. My first year of being a professional programmer Feb 11, 2023
  26. Code Snippets #0: Deploy when port exists using recursion Jul 13, 2022
  27. Prevent pinky strain caused by typing all day Jun 17, 2022
  28. Introducing Myself Aug 6, 2021
  29. About the author Jan 1, 0001
  30. About this site Jan 1, 0001
  31. search Jan 1, 0001