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Hasta la vista, 2020
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Hasta la vista, 2020

The decade's end may not have gone the way I expected it to be but the tragedy certainly became a catalyst for me to be more appreciative of the simple things and have a more harmonious relationship with myself and between me and the people around me, especially my loved ones.

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Lhar Gil 31 Dec 2020 • 3 min read
Storm chasing - A timelapse of a stormy Kuala Lumpur
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Storm chasing - A timelapse of a stormy Kuala Lumpur

For a good number of years now, I have been very fascinated by photographs of lightning and dynamic weather phenomena. The sheer exhilaration one must feel while shooting such a scene is unimaginable to me.

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Lhar Gil 27 Dec 2020 • 4 min read
Angular 11 and TailwindCSS with HMR
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Angular 11 and TailwindCSS with HMR

With the release of version 11, Angular has now made it easier to enable Hot Module Replacement (HMR) during development. Literally, with a single flag.

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Lhar Gil 22 Nov 2020 • 2 min read
On the streets - in frame
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On the streets - in frame

Frames manifest in a variety of ways around us. They isolate and contain scenes to help us focus on the subject.

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Lhar Gil 10 Nov 2020 • 2 min read
Alien-inspired Windows Terminal theme
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Alien-inspired Windows Terminal theme

As a fan of the series, I find it apt to pay homage to the film by whipping up my own spin on an Alien-inspired windows terminal theme.

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Lhar Gil 11 Oct 2020 • 2 min read
On the streets - reflective
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On the streets - reflective

By carefully angling the camera against the wall, I get to adjust the extent to which I want the surroundings to be reflected.

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Lhar Gil 5 Oct 2020 • 1 min read
Moved to Ghost
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Moved to Ghost

Looking to restart writing again, I have decided to move the handful of articles that I have to the Ghost platform. Managing the previous WordPress-powered blog was becoming unwieldy for

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Lhar Gil 31 May 2020 • 1 min read
Implement IDesignTimeDbContextFactory with ConfigurationBuilder
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Implement IDesignTimeDbContextFactory with ConfigurationBuilder

Solving an issue with System.MissingMethodException: No parameterless constructor defined for this object.

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Lhar Gil 22 May 2020 • 4 min read
An exercise in memory retention
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An exercise in memory retention

The challenge was to hop on a trampoline for three times, "swim" across a "sea of foam" towards the end of the room then go back to the starting point.

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Lhar Gil 22 May 2020 • 2 min read
Audit fields in EntityFramework Core entities
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Audit fields in EntityFramework Core entities

Defining audit fields in the primary entities of an application I am currently building is one of the requirements that I am trying to accomplish.

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Lhar Gil 21 May 2020 • 3 min read
Petronas Twin Towers - A Timelapse
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Petronas Twin Towers - A Timelapse

Timelapses have always been a source of fascination for me. To be able to see the passage of time in just a few seconds gives me a sense of wonder.

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Lhar Gil 21 May 2020 • 4 min read
The view from Horizons 101
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The view from Horizons 101

The Horizons 101 offers a spectacular view of the City of Cebu. Being the tallest building in the city, it has both a mountain view and a sea view.

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Lhar Gil 20 May 2020 • 1 min read
Reactive Forms validation: minlength instead of minLength
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Reactive Forms validation: minlength instead of minLength

A gotcha moment with the Angular Reactive Forms min length validator.

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Lhar Gil 20 May 2020 • 2 min read
RM-VPR1, a wired remote option for the Sony A7
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RM-VPR1, a wired remote option for the Sony A7

The Sony RM-VPR1 Remote Control is a wired remote commander that lets you perform remote control operations on a select number of Sony cameras.

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Lhar Gil 10 May 2020 • 2 min read
Bantayan Island - Twilight
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Bantayan Island - Twilight

The twilight view from the wharf of the Municipality of Bantayan, Cebu is among the best in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.

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Lhar Gil 10 May 2020 • 1 min read
DevX 6th Tech Meetup
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DevX 6th Tech Meetup

Last, Feb. 6, 2017, DevX kickstarted the year with Meetup #6: Agile, AWS, and other stuff, a developer meetup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Lhar Gil 10 May 2020 • 3 min read
Start reading
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Start reading

... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. A great quote that truly motivates one to just pick up a book and start reading away.

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Lhar Gil 10 May 2020 • 3 min read
Enabling the code minimap in Visual Studio Code
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Enabling the code minimap in Visual Studio Code

...there was one feature I really missed esp. coming from the Visual Studio IDE. The ability to toggle the side scrollbar into a code minimap has been a boon.

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Lhar Gil 10 May 2020 • 3 min read
The Pieta caroza of Bantayan Island
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The Pieta caroza of Bantayan Island

Most commonly found in sculptures, the Pieta is a subject in Christian art that depicts the dead body of Jesus being cradled by the Virgin Mary. The Pieta caroza is

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Lhar Gil 10 May 2020 • 1 min read
The Santo Entierro caroza of Bantayan Island
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The Santo Entierro caroza of Bantayan Island

The Santo Entierro (Holy Interment) is one of the most iconic carozas, if not THE iconic caroza, in the entire roster of carozas

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Lhar Gil 10 May 2020 • 5 min read
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