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3D printingI love creating configurable generic models using OpenSCAD, and this is the most complex one I've created to date—an easy-to-configure calendar using some clever algorithms to render correctly.
Posts by Dominik Chrástecký - Blog
About me
I'm a developer and an architect with ~10 years of experience. My languages of choice are PHP (Symfony), C#, Go and Typescript. With a tiny bit of Java and C++ here and there. I often write open source libraries, you can find my work on my GitHub. I started this blog for 3 reasons: I've wanted to start a blog for the last 15 years but never had time, I wanted a personal place where I can share whatever's on my mind, and I wanted to create something that uses ActivityPub.
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GamingThe Steam Deck (and SteamOS) delivers a fantastic console-like experience on a Linux system. However, its immutable filesystem means that installing packages that persist across system upgrades isn’t straightforward. Fortunately, with a little Nix magic, you can work around that limitation.
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ProgrammingLazy objects are a fantastic addition to the already impressive PHP 8.4 release. In this article, we'll explore how to use them.
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ProgrammingIf you're like me and feel uneasy whenever something is typed as 'any' in TypeScript, this article is for you! I'll show you a neat trick to help both the compiler and your IDE understand the exact type of data being passed to your ng-template.
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ProgrammingFeature flags (also known as feature toggles) let you enable or disable specific features or code paths at runtime without deploying new code. In this article, we'll explore Unleash, my favourite open-source tool for managing feature flags efficiently.
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ProgrammingSQLite has limited capabilities for modifying tables—often, you must drop the original table and recreate it, which can break your foreign keys. PHP 8.4 provides a cool solution for that.