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A lot of Trackmania maps will be broken in a few months

And for once, it's not Nadeo's fault.

We are so back - Asia/OCE Trackmania Championship 2023 debrief

Oh boy, what an AOTC it has been. Let's recap.

Dynamic broadcast overlays with Google Sheets and web technologies

How we built the broadcast package for the Asia/OCE Trackmania Championship.

The virtual social connection fatigue

After 2 years, I think I've hit the limit of being Extremely Online.

How I accidentally built a popular tool for Trackmania streamers: the story of TMViz

From a side project created out of frustration, to a tool used by many.

Please, tell us how you solved the problem.

Don't just let us know that you 'solved' a problem. Tell us how.

2020 reflections

What a year it has been. Let's rewind, shall we?

Introducing TMViz

Lightweight, web-based controller visualisation widget for TrackMania.

What if Formula 1 used Trackmania Grand League's points system?

Formula 1 isn't weird enough. The Trackmania Grand League has a weird points system. Let's make Formula 1 weird.

Web Monetization API and Coil, explained for Twitch streamers

Ever looked on your Twitch activity log and see some bit donations from Coil_Twitch_Bot lately? Here's why.

Why can't we just get along?

Why your frontend stack doesn't matter as much anymore.

A tribute to a 100% Gran Turismo 4 speedrun attempt

What's the best way to deal with quarantine? Run an ultra-long speedrun that has never been done before.

Supercharging your Next.js site with getStaticProps and getStaticPaths

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and live on the bleeding edge for once.

12 Netflix series that you can watch right now, guaranteed to be free of 'negative' content

At least, we hope they are.

No Man's Sky is actually good now

The gaming industry's greatest redemption arc of the decade.

Jangan ambil sponsor dari Fintech Lending

A cautionary tale about peer-to-peer lending companies sponsoring university events, and what they can do with your personal data.

2020+ Part 2 - A retrospective on the whole decade

2020+ Part 1 - Bests of the Decade

Coding Soundtracks: November 2019

Even more useful music recommendations.

The OJK needs to cut it out with their inconsistent data practices

The Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) has published their list of approved P2P lending companies three times. Each of them more confusingly inconsistent than the last.

No, TypeScript is not a waste of time.

Another day, another heated "discussion" about how static typing in JavaScript is both the single greatest thing since sliced bread _and_ the worst thing to have happened to humanity as a whole.

Coding Soundtracks: March 2019

Some useful music recommendations.

Using TypeScript's absolute paths in Create React App 2.0 without ejecting

Down with the `../../../`!

Migrating to TypeScript, Part 2: Trust the compiler!

Or, The Part Where We Get to Write Some Code.

Migrating to TypeScript, Part 1: Introduction and getting started

In this first article of a multi-part series on migrating to TypeScript, we look into the things you need to do to prepare your project for the Big Rewrite.

Aviation safety in Indonesia: clearing up the fearmongering

Initial reaction of foreign media and commenters alike on the Lion Air 610 crash were quick to blame Indonesia's aviation industry for never improving. However, I think they should put down their pitchforks.

Redux 4 + TypeScript: A type-safe approach

An updated version of my type-safe guide to Redux, now compatible with Redux 4 + TypeScript 3.

The Microsoft Thing

Why I'm not so worried about Microsoft buying GitHub.

Building a faster, snappier feed reader with PWA + JAMstack

Written as part of the #WWWIDChallenge on Progressive Web Apps.

I can't believe I'm writing about Internet Positif again

Dear Kemkominfo, please stop.

A type-safe approach to Redux stores in TypeScript

Redux and TypeScript are a match made in heaven. Here's how to make the most out of static types to make your Redux store as type-safe as possible.

Getting to know the Linux terminal

Can't get your way through the Linux terminal? This guide will get you up and running in minutes.

Why you moved from Angular 2 to Vue.js (and why you didn't understand what React is about)

A Phoenix+React initial setup that actually works

The internet censorship five stages of grief

The systemd law

The Social Media Fatigue

In the long run, social media will affect you mentally the more you invest your time into it.

An idiot's guide to the 2017 Jakarta Local Elections

Find out what the fuss is all about the 2017 Jakarta Local Elections, as told by someone who has no idea what the fuss it's all about. I don't know. I'm high on caffeine right now.

Timeless Games

Maybe we're just not ready for open-world space exploration games

No Man's Sky, Elite: Dangerous, and Star Citizen were meant to represent the best that space exploration games could offer. However, the current outcome looks worryingly underwhelming.

Why 'porn filters' never work

In which I rant about the shit that is TRUST+ Positif, again.

Indonesia's internet censorship, two years on

Slowly but surely, we're curving away from total net neutrality.

npm's single point of failure

Another take on the left-pad disaster, and how it could've been avoided.

Tumblr and the Internet Positif hammer

Or, the Indonesian government still not understanding how technology works.

Favourite Songs of 2015

Looking back on 2015

Go-Jek and the Government: an unfortunate love-hate relationship

Tourists, language barriers, and the act of helping

Or, the day when I actually helped a bunch of foreign strangers and felt much better afterwards.

A desperate plea for Internet freedom

How NOT to do crowdfunding

In which I tear through quite possibly one of the worst Indiegogo projects ever made.