Our journey into smarthome system starts with the simplest component, lights, all 15 of them. The thinking process to what type of lights we were going to use wasn’t that complicated, my wife and I simply were looking for lights that’s compatible with google home, and that’s it. [...]

I’m currently so hyped up about stoicism, so why not post my thoughts here? Stoicism is usually summed up into these 4 virtues: Wisdom — seeing things for what they are, not what we wish they would be Courage — acting in the right way despite fear or reservation Justice — acting fairly despite pressure not to Temperance — acting with discipline and self control despite the draws of passion and greed I have grasped their concept of wisdom, but still working on courage, justice, and temperance. [...]

Money? Growth? Recognition? Appreciation? Or is it all of the above? This question bugs me lately. Why do I work? If money is not required for living, will I still be on the same job that I’m doing right now? [...]

With COVID-19 still out there, and with WFH mode still being the primary mode of work for my case, most of my meetings are being done online. Ocassionaly, I need to share my screen in these meetings. [...]

JavaScript is a confusing language. You can do OOP with it, you can do functional programming with it, and so on. A typical and modern way of encapsulating things in javascript is by creating an object. [...]

While trying to create a simple web-based desk clock , I notice that not all computers are made equal in regards to the way they sync time. Since then, I’ve been trying to create a simple HTTP and JSON based ntp server to sync all of my clocks. [...]

I’ve been relying on Apache and PHP for a very long time, and they have served me well. However, they do have disadvantages, and I feel that I need to keep up with new technologies in order to further my knowledge. [...]

Since forever I’ve been looking for a way to easily print my blog content from php inside a html text input field or textarea. The results has always been awful or awkward at best. [...]

Let’s encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certification Authority. That’s what’s said on the main page of their website. I’ve been looking into this thing for so long, but just now that I have learned that they provide a way to manually generate certificates for shared web hosting with no root shell access like the one I use. [...]

After giving it some thought, I declare that from now on, I will be using the old blog again, since I actually want to be able to fully control every aspect of it. [...]

This content is written in Bahasa Indonesia. Sudahkah teman-teman UNPAR tahu, tiap mahasiswa di UNPAR sekarang mendapatkan satu google account sesuai dengan email student.unpar.ac.id masing-masing? Google account ini dapat diakses di http://gmail. [...]

From the first time I deal with web programming, I have been searching for the best SQL input sanitation possible. I have tried to eliminate unwanted characters from the string, and then I try to use Separate Room SQL validation Method (SRS-VM) for absolute security with a little performance drawback. [...]

Finally, I have the time and the will to upload my OOCMS work to this host! This will ensure easy maintenance and development, while making sure that I wont have to transfer all of the content from one database to another every time I change a version. [...]

Up until now, web designers (or web programmers) are trying to make their httpGET or httpPOST input more secure by filtering it. This has a side-effect which limits the number of characters allowed for a password or username. [...]

The OOCMS (Object Oriented Content Management System) has been out in the wild for several days now. You can view it here . It is now half finished, still need an Admin panel though. [...]

When I’m learning about the application of OOP in web programming, I come across something called MVC (Model-View-Controller). It’s an architecture for an application which allows the application to be easily configurable for different UI. [...]

Just recently, I studied OOP (Object Oriented Programming) based on java, and am facing my first exam on this subject. It has been an exciting journey to shift from procedural programming to object oriented programming. [...]

I’ve been trying to make my own hashing function for this blog, with no luck at all. So, I try to find the latest hashing function which known to be super secure, and I encounter “whirlpool”. [...]

Image: Nexus S The past month I’ve been missing from the blogging world, thanks to my new and shiny device. It’s the Samsung Nexus S. Yes, finally, I have a nexus device. [...]

I’m currently trying to learn some subjects, which is HTML5 for rich content editing and WebGL for better content presentation. I’ve also come across one major feature that will complete the Blog Engine (which I was referring to as “CMS” previously). [...]

This is a program I made to make my previous post into a reality. I’ve been talking about multiple level encryption method. Well, here’s the real deal . The algorithm is composed by no more than 39 lines of code. [...]

If you’ve been developing websites for a while, you’ll eventually encounter the thing called encryption. It’s often used to make passwords unreadable by regular users. When you sign in to a forum, or for an email, you store your password in the server’s database. [...]

It took me one night to realize that my session validation method in my admin page wasn’t secure at all. When a user logs in, the user database will be called, and the database will be matched with the username and password which he enters. [...]

Making a drawing pad with HTML 5 canvas element is relatively easy, until we encounter touch devices. The codes which used to be working on conventional mouse-driven interface no longger works on touch screens. [...]

In the old days, synchronizing php and javascript date and time functionality is a real pain. You need to detect the client timezone offset with javascript, and then convert it to a format which is php friendly, and transform it as a cookie, and so on. [...]

A 3D graphics in a web browser has been many people’s dream. Imagine what we can build using this technology. People no longer have to download client application to play 3D online game, or we can even make a 3D UI for our website. [...]

When I’m making this blog for the first time, it never cross my mind that I’ll be building the new kind of CMS. However, overtime, I realize that all of this effort will be worthless if I’m keeping it for myself. [...]

I’ve just got my first spam comment. That’s not a big problem for me, since I disabled HTML tags in my comment system, so they can’t post any real link in this post, nor a malicious javascript. [...]

Lately, I’m preparing some great features to be released in the alpha2 version of this blog. However, I’ve been thinking lately, what a blog is really? Is it another kind of website which has a bunch of great features with no purpose whatsoever? [...]

If you are a web developer, you wont need to read the rest of this page, as I’m still learning towards making a good SEO for my own blog. But if you’re still getting started to make your blog or website, this is some information that you might want to consider before posting a post in your blog. [...]

Today (2011/03/11), a disaster strikes Japan. A Tsunami wave rush into that nation by this afternoon at GMT+7, triggered by an 8.9 earthquake. The wave have brought many casualties and an explosion on one of their oil rig. [...]

Several weeks ago, I have a very raw idea of feeding my twitter and facebook account with my blog posts automatically. That includes making a specific facebook and twitter app, which is a deal-breaker for me, because that will be a very hard thing to do. [...]

Today at work, I encounter a unique problem. I needed to update a database in a regular basis to make sure that certain condition is applied. That can be done by adding certain script in the page that users are frequently accessing. [...]

Finally, the moving process is done. Previously, I use a hosting plan that is both overpriced and underpowered. I’ve just realized that recently, when I compare my hosting plan to my friend’s. [...]

I’ve just recently heard the news that Facebook will be closed by 15 March 2011. I know it’s late, because I don’t really follow this kind of news. Once I know this (from my mom who claimed that she get the news from kompas. [...]

Sometimes, we have only small amount of content to fill our page, and that makes the footer rises up to the middle of the screen. Today, my senior coworker asked me to figure out how to make the footer placed on the bottom of the screen when we have a short amount of content. [...]

Youtube is a widely used video hosting service that serves great hosting quality and multiple embedding options. The commonly used embedding option is by using the flash player, as HTML5 is still not supported in some browsers. [...]

Finally, I can create a safe admin page with login prompt! Currently, it is just able to post new content and update previous content. Well, you don not need to know anything about that since you wont be using it, but it is safe to say that it will be a lot easier for me to update this blog without having to login to my hosting account. [...]

In the making of this blog, I come across something called RSS. In Wordpress and many other CMS, it is something that’s already built in so you don’t have to worry about it. [...]

I have been blogging since junior high. In the process, I’ve come across many CMS and blog hosting services including blogger, wordpress, friendster blog, and joomla. Those services were great, but each of them has their own limitation that keeps me from truly personalizing my blog. [...]