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When I feel stuck or have too much on my plate, I plan some time just to think about everything I need to do. Usually, I work with post-it notes or simply write everything down in my notebook. I try to unload everything that’s sitting in my head. It
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I like reading books. It's one of my favorite hobbies, and I've kept it for a very long time. I enjoy it so much that, at one point in my life, I even worked at a publishing house, where my main job was to read a
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It may sound counterintuitive, but some pressure actually helps to create. At least it works for me. For example, I’m not scared of a blank page if I have only 30 minutes to finish an article. When I set challenges or impose some limitations, it’s easier to start
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I recently found a great way to explore good music on Spotify. Just choose a song you like and click “Go to radio.” It will create a playlist with similar songs, and most of them will be really good. No more struggling with random shitty playlists.
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Every time, I tried to create a "Second Brain" and find a way to organize all my notes so I could easily find them. But each time, the idea didn’t work. I would get overwhelmed and stop using the system, or it was so slow that adding
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In Russian, there’s no separate word for cats’ whiskers. People just call them mustaches, which I think is so cool.
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Today, May 5, 2025, is the last day that Skype will be available. Microsoft, which owns Skype, is shutting down the service as they focus on Teams as their primary communications platform. The first time I heard about Skype, I think it was 2005 or 2006. My brother came to
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When I bought my first sampler, the seller gave me a great piece of advice: always keep it connected. That way, whenever you're in the mood, you can just sit down and make some music. I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time, but now
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I am fascinated by the fact that any iPhone starting from the first one, has much more power than Apollo Guidance Computer that helped get astronauts to the Moon. Apollo Guidance Computer in 1969 had Clock speed of about 1.024 MHz, 2 KB of RAM and 32 KB of
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Last weekend I had some free time, so I built a tiny web app to help my family figure out what’s going on outside — and more importantly, what we should wear. Since I’m still getting used to fahrenheit (I'm more of a celsius person), the app
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I've loved reading for as long as I can remember. I enjoy paper books, audiobooks, and especially ebooks, since they’re the most convenient way for me to discover new authors. About 12 or 13 years ago, I got my first Kindle, and it completely changed the way
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In November, social media saw a lot of changes. Bluesky became incredibly popular, gaining over 20 million users — and I was one of them. Today, I want to share my journey from Twitter to X, and why I ultimately moved to Bluesky (and why you might want to consider it