I really like Dark mode on apps, but somehow I just can't stand Word on it. It just feels off.

You are never too senior to write code. I only laugh at people who believe they are too good to write any code as a software engineer.

Buidl

The difference between a good student and a great one is that a good student is concerned more about the outcome while a great one is fascinated by the process of learning.

👋 I'm re-launching my website. I have a lot of notes and I found out that it's time I should be writing again. 📨This post covers how to install Kafka on WSL2. This is very useful if you're a Windows user and wants to try out Kafka (without headache). michaeljohnpena.com/blog/kafka-wsl…

#iPhone

I recently stumbled in to a dilemma on how 2 different projects can communicate. There a lot of ways (queues, shared databases, HTTP, gRPC, web sockets, etc). One thing I didn't consider was pipes! So I had a refresher on how to use them. 👇 michaeljohnpena.com/blog/namedpipe…

🍎 Do you know that you can create MacOS Universal Apps in .NET? I struggled to understand it too in the beginning, until it made sense (or at least I'm trying to) 👇 michaeljohnpena.com/blog/dotnet-ma…

I've been tinkering a lot with Rust Language lately. I currently use Rust for a low-level high concurrent I/O project. When sending those big chunk of data on to the cloud, my preferred messaging platform is Microsoft Azure Event Hubs. 👇 michaeljohnpena.com/blog/eventhubs…

🚨 I woke up yesterday seeing our portfolio bloody red again. Stocks and ETFs are down. Cryptos are down. Gold is down. The only thing that's up are the interest rates (and my blood pressure). 👇 michaeljohnpena.com/blog/recession…

And we finalized! Happy merge all. This is a big moment for the Ethereum ecosystem. Everyone who helped make the merge happen should feel very proud today.

🍎 Do you know that you can create MacOS background apps with .NET ? Here's how: 👇 michaeljohnpena.com/blog/macos-dot…

✍🏼 MacOS Apps Code Signing is often painful. So I wrote a blog post that explains the process. michaeljohnpena.com/blog/macos-cod…

Azure Functions now supports .NET 7 as runtime. So if you're looking to code for a large scale without worrying about the underlying infrastructure and still use the latest innovation from #dotNET runtime, we've got you covered. Learn more: msft.it/6018jxyEI

Giving me focus since 2018 :) open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9d…

michaeljohnpena.com/blog/turning-30

one day you’re young and cool and the next you’re thinking about b2b SaaS

It's been a while since I've logged in here. It sure has changed a lot since then.