Bal MarsiusIntentional Grammatical Non-sense?I refuse to believe that no one in a multi-billion company pointed out that “Save up to 55% Off” makes no grammatical sense. (And therefore…Feb 13Feb 13
Bal MarsiusComplexity Happens and That’s OkayYou’re going to love having a mechanical timer switch at home. I use it to charge my phone at night. I plug my rice cooker to it when I…Nov 15, 2023Nov 15, 2023
Bal MarsiusThe Deep Blue Phase of AI WritingBack in 2010, it was enough for a writer to just create grammatically sensible sentences and slap those on a web page.Oct 23, 2023Oct 23, 2023
Bal MarsiusDesigning a Cultural Bike LaneThe first time I cycled in Penang, Malaysia was a culture shock. Whenever I arrived at a junction, most cars would give way to let me pass…Jul 18, 2023Jul 18, 2023
Bal MarsiusLost in Translation: Comma vs. PointIn the Philippines there’s a payment app called G-Cash.May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
Bal MarsiusReflecting on my 4th year in this company.My resume reads like a tile mosaic: I have been a tour guide, a call center employee, and a teacher in a non-profit.Feb 8, 2023Feb 8, 2023
Bal Marsiusgit add -p is my best friendgit add -p is a way to stage individual changes of a file instead of staging changes all at once with git add <filename> .Dec 6, 2022Dec 6, 2022
Bal MarsiusFixing a missing meta descriptionGoogle has been unable to detect our meta description. We were able to fix the problem by removing a piece of code that was not doing…Sep 19, 2022Sep 19, 2022