Open Source

← Back Hey! It’s been a while. Yes, just like everything. It’s not easy to be consistent. But we are able to try again, and again, and again, and again if we choose to. Open Source Open source projects are one of the most important and powerful projects in todays comupting world, I’d say. It probably is a fact if I say “every single app or web” or basically just anything computer / smartphone depends on at least one open source project (proably MUCH more). While I believe in fair compensation of course, but I also believe in a truly awesome thing - be it software, painting, novel, music, whatever - is born when the creator is working on it for its own sake, not for the compensation. And I think that’s one of the reasons why Open Source products are so powerful. At its core, it’s all about just fun and passion for programming. Having said that, and I’m repeating this, it will be GREAT and only fair if these people can be compensated in some way, at least the major contributors. Then it’ll be difficult “how to define” the main contributors, etc., etc., but you get the idea. ...

May 10, 2022 · jshji

ASCII Art

← Back You know ASCII art, right? For example, on a CLI where sentences are written using #’s. Like this: # # # ### # # # ### ### # ### ### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ### ### # # ### ### # # ### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # I encountered an algorithm problem that described how this worked! And it was interesting. If you want to display something on the terminal using # like that, how would you code? ...

January 25, 2022 · jshji