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lowercase letters in a string https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/extract-youtube-channel-id-from-url https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/extract-youtube-channel-id-from-url Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT Extract YouTube Channel ID from URL https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/using-zipcloak-to-encrypt-files-within-an-archive https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/using-zipcloak-to-encrypt-files-within-an-archive Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT Using zipcloak to encrypt files within an archive https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/how-to-cache-your-queries-on-your-laravel-application https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/how-to-cache-your-queries-on-your-laravel-application Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT How to cache your queries on your Laravel application? https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/looping-infinitely-around-an-array https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/looping-infinitely-around-an-array Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT Looping infinitely around an array 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https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/troubleshoot-time-related-ssl-errors-on-secure-websites https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/troubleshoot-time-related-ssl-errors-on-secure-websites Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Troubleshoot time-related SSL errors on secure websites https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/transfer-files-remotely-using-scp https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/transfer-files-remotely-using-scp Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Transfer files remotely using SCP https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/how-to-manually-configure-your-wifi-on-arch-linux https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/how-to-manually-configure-your-wifi-on-arch-linux Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT How to manually configure your WiFi on Arch Linux? https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/add-search-functionality-to-your-static-site https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/add-search-functionality-to-your-static-site Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Add search functionality to your static site https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/read-and-write-json-to-a-file-in-python https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/read-and-write-json-to-a-file-in-python Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Read and Write JSON to a file in Python https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/build-a-menu-tree-using-recursion https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/build-a-menu-tree-using-recursion Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Build a menu tree using recursion https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/using-default-function-parameters-in-internet-explorer https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/using-default-function-parameters-in-internet-explorer Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Using default function parameters in Internet Explorer https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/how-to-identify-the-current-target-of-an-event https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/how-to-identify-the-current-target-of-an-event Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT How to identify the current target of an event? https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/allow-inline-elements-in-ckeditor https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/allow-inline-elements-in-ckeditor Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Allow inline elements in CKEditor https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-if-the-current-route-exists-before-fetching-its-parameters https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-if-the-current-route-exists-before-fetching-its-parameters Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Check if the current route exists before fetching it's parameters https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/queues-and-stacks https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/queues-and-stacks Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Queues & Stacks https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/launched-a-microblog-site https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/launched-a-microblog-site Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT A tiny experiment to see how it could improve my writing productivity. https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/extract-a-specific-folder-from-a-zipped-archive https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/extract-a-specific-folder-from-a-zipped-archive Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Extract a specific folder from a zipped archive https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/select-all-elements-except-the-current-element https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/select-all-elements-except-the-current-element Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Select all elements except the current element https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/remove-patterns-from-multiple-files https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/remove-patterns-from-multiple-files Wed, 27 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Remove patterns from multiple files https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/rename-extensions-of-multiple-files https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/rename-extensions-of-multiple-files Wed, 27 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Rename extensions of multiple files https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/checkout-branch https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/checkout-branch Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Checkout branch https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-file-size https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-file-size Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT View the filesize in human-readable format https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-ram-disk-space https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-ram-disk-space Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Check RAM and disk space https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-status https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-status Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Check branch status https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-ubuntu-version https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/check-ubuntu-version Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Check Ubuntu version https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/clear-all-lines https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/clear-all-lines Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Clear all lines https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/enable-spellcheck https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/enable-spellcheck Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Enable spellcheck https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/integrate-excel-into-your-laravel-project https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/integrate-excel-into-your-laravel-project Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Integrate Excel into your Laravel project https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/find-files-specific-text https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/find-files-specific-text Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Find files containing specific text https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/find-file-by-ext https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/find-file-by-ext Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Find a file by extension https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/include-exclude-files.zip https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/include-exclude-files.zip Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Including and excluding files in zip https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/insert-mode https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/insert-mode Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Insert mode https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/quit-vim https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/quit-vim Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Quit VIM https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/save-a-file https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/save-a-file Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Save a file https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/set-up-recaptcha https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/set-up-recaptcha Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Set up reCaptcha in Laravel https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/set-up-repo https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/set-up-repo Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Set up a new repository https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/ssh-with-private-key https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/ssh-with-private-key Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Using SSH with a private key https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/symbolic-storage-link https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/symbolic-storage-link Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Create a symbolic storage link https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/symlink-shared-hosting https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/symlink-shared-hosting Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Symbolic storage link in shared hosting https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/view-battery-status https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/view-battery-status Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT View battery status https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/view-hardware-info https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/view-hardware-info Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT View hardware info https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/zip-a-file https://www.megacolorboy.com/til/posts/zip-a-file Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Zip a file https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/writing-a-book-on-how-to-build-reactjs-applications https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/writing-a-book-on-how-to-build-reactjs-applications Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT I'm challenging myself to write a book on how to build simple applications using ReactJS https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/using-laravel-events-and-listeners-in-your-application https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/using-laravel-events-and-listeners-in-your-application Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Sharing my experiences of using events and listeners in my Laravel application. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-circle-packing-algorithm https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-circle-packing-algorithm Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT Implemented a mathematically beautiful generative pattern that looks deceivingly complex to the human. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/deploy-your-laravel-app-on-heroku https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/deploy-your-laravel-app-on-heroku Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Learn how to deploy your Laravel application along with a database on Heroku. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/getting-started-with-laravel-homestead https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/getting-started-with-laravel-homestead Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Wanted to install Laravel but scared of configuring files on your host operating system? This article is for you. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/build-your-own-static-site-generator-using-python https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/build-your-own-static-site-generator-using-python Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT Are you curious enough to build your own Static Site Generator? This article is for you. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/migrating-to-netlify https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/migrating-to-netlify Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT My thoughts on why I made the switch and how it improves my workflow. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/minesweeper-clone https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/minesweeper-clone Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT Wrote an old classic puzzle game using Javascript. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/optimize-your-website-performance https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/optimize-your-website-performance Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT Sharing my experiences on website optimization. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/build-your-own-toy-spellchecker https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/build-your-own-toy-spellchecker Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT Wrote a simple toy spellchecker using C++ by taking inspiration from Peter Norvig's article. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-15-puzzle-game https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-15-puzzle-game Sat, 22 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT A classical numbered puzzle that requires the player to place all the tiles in an ordered sequence. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/keep-a-programming-journal-using-vim-and-bash https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/keep-a-programming-journal-using-vim-and-bash Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT Become a better programmer by writing your own programming journal using VIM and Bash. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/stripes-scrolling-bubble-header https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/stripes-scrolling-bubble-header Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT An insight into Stripe's interesting use of animated elements. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/poker-hand-analyser-in-python https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/poker-hand-analyser-in-python Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT An algorithm that parses a five-card poker hand and determines it's rank. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/project-euler-solutions https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/project-euler-solutions Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT A collection of Project Euler solutions https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-alchemist-by-paulo-coelho https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-alchemist-by-paulo-coelho Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT A story about a young shepherd who starts his journey to chase his Personal Legend. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/tools-of-the-trade https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/tools-of-the-trade Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT The tools that I use daily for work and personal uses. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/say-hello-new-blog https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/say-hello-new-blog Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT Everything from new updates to shifting to a static site generator. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/goodbye-windows-10 https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/goodbye-windows-10 Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT An essay on why I switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/artificial-intelligence-a-modern-approach--chapter-1 https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/artificial-intelligence-a-modern-approach--chapter-1 Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT An introduction into the foundations of Artificial Intelligence. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/built-a-2048-clone-in-15-minutes https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/built-a-2048-clone-in-15-minutes Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT An implementation of the famous 2048 game using JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/can-we-eliminate-traffic-congestion-with-the-help-of-computer-vision https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/can-we-eliminate-traffic-congestion-with-the-help-of-computer-vision Sun, 19 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT Writing out my thoughts on eradicating traffic congestion in highly populated cities. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/meet-blog-engine-20 https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/meet-blog-engine-20 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT Basically, a minimal blog engine with a paper-like user interface with better enhancements. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/build-and-design-software-with-empathy https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/build-and-design-software-with-empathy Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT Can seeing things from another's perspective create empathy and help solve technical challenges? https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/lexicographic-permutations https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/lexicographic-permutations Fri, 25 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT How to generate the next permutation of any given sequence in lexicographical order. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/finding-the-1000-digit-fibonacci-number-using-the-golden-ratio https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/finding-the-1000-digit-fibonacci-number-using-the-golden-ratio Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT Rather than sticking to using a brute force solution, I decided to find the 1000 digit fibonacci number using the Golden Ratio. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-game-of-life https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-game-of-life Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT An essay about The Game of Life and it's unpredictable behaviour of creating different yet unique patterns. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/ui-design-pattern-editinplace https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/ui-design-pattern-editinplace Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT I implemented a design pattern that could help my team edit content on-the-fly instead of having to navigate through a sea of web pages in a separate portal. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/convert-iis-webconfig-to-apache-htaccess-using-javascript https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/convert-iis-webconfig-to-apache-htaccess-using-javascript Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT Last week, I built a small tool that converts IIS web.config to Apache .htaccess using Javascript https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/convert-svg-from-image-to-code-using-javascript https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/convert-svg-from-image-to-code-using-javascript Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT Two weeks ago, I wrote a small script to convert SVG from Image to Code using Javascript that allowed me to play around with it's attributes and properties. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/i-decided-to-learn-python https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/i-decided-to-learn-python Sat, 03 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT I decided to get back on solving algorithmic and programming puzzles by adding a new programming language to my tech arsenal, Python. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--detect-aes-in-ecb-mode https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--detect-aes-in-ecb-mode Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Find the string that has been encrypted with AES-128 cipher with an ECB mode in a file of ciphertexts. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1---aes-in-ecb-mode https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1---aes-in-ecb-mode Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Decrypt a Base64 encoded file that is encrypted with an AES-128 Cipher in ECB mode. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/hamming-distance-algorithm-in-c https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/hamming-distance-algorithm-in-c Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT An article about the Hamming Distance algorithm that will be used in the next challenge. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--break-repeatingkey-xor https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--break-repeatingkey-xor Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Write a method that decodes a message which is encrypted using the Repeating-Key XOR cipher. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--implement-repeatingkey-xor https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--implement-repeatingkey-xor Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Write a method that encrypts messages using the Repeating-Key XOR method with a given key. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--singlebyte-xor-cipher https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--singlebyte-xor-cipher Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Write a method that decrypts a hexadecimal message that has been XOR'd against a single character. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--detect-singlecharacter-xor https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--detect-singlecharacter-xor Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Write a method that derives which string that has a length of 60 characters has been encrypted using Single-Byte XOR cipher. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--fixed-xor https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--fixed-xor Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Write a method that takes two strings of fixed equal length and produce their XOR combination. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/base64-encoding--decoding-using-bitwise-manipulation-in-c https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/base64-encoding--decoding-using-bitwise-manipulation-in-c Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT An alternate solution to the previous post on how to encode/decode hexadecimals to Base64 and vice-versa using Bitwise Manipulation. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--convert-hex-to-base64 https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges-set-1--convert-hex-to-base64 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Convert Hexadecimal strings to encoded Base64 strings. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/the-cryptopals-crypto-challenges Sat, 11 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT Came across an interesting website that hosts cryptographic challenges based on real world cryptography. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/new-feature-share-your-reaction https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/new-feature-share-your-reaction Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT Rolled out a new feature to collect emotional intelligence, which would help me to make better blog posts in the future. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/leave-me-alone-i-just-want-to-write-code https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/leave-me-alone-i-just-want-to-write-code Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT Do you think that programmers don't have to interact with people? This article will give you an insight. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/building-something-out-of-nothing https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/building-something-out-of-nothing Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT What does it feel like to transform an idea into reality? https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/arcade-challenge-4-tetris https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/arcade-challenge-4-tetris Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT This is the fourth article of the Arcade Challenge series. In this article, I'll be talking about Tetris, it's history and game mechanics, in short. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/arcade-challenge-3-pong https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/arcade-challenge-3-pong Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT This is the third article of the Arcade Challenge series. In this article, I'll be talking about Pong, it's history and game mechanics, in short. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/arcade-challenge-2-breakout https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/arcade-challenge-2-breakout Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT This is the second post of this month's personal challenge. I'll be talking about Breakout, it's history and game mechanics, in short. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/arcade-challenge-1-snake-game https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/arcade-challenge-1-snake-game Fri, 14 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT This is the first post of this month's personal challenge. I'll be talking about Snake Game, it's history and game mechanics, in short. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/i-challenged-myself-to-build-4-arcade-games https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/i-challenged-myself-to-build-4-arcade-games Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT I challenged myself to build four arcade games during this month. Hope you'll enjoy reading this article. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/programming-productivity https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/programming-productivity Sat, 20 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT A blog post on how to become a productive, efficient and competent programmer. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/lets-cipher-this-monoalphabetic-substitution-cipher https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/lets-cipher-this-monoalphabetic-substitution-cipher Sat, 13 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT An article about monoalphabetic substitution ciphers, it's applications and variations. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/lets-cipher-this-a-series-about-cryptography https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/lets-cipher-this-a-series-about-cryptography Fri, 05 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT A blog post about codes and ciphers. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/i-built-a-sudoku-solver https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/i-built-a-sudoku-solver Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT I built a sudoku solver using Javascript by implementing the Exhaustive Recursion and Backtracking algorithms. https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/hello-world https://www.megacolorboy.com/writings/posts/hello-world Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT Hello World. This is my first blog post. Hope you'll like my future blog posts!