Note: This blog post is 2 weeks late. We (as usual, I was with Mark Steve) joined this event called Textify and we were given a month or so to think of an SMS-based project and build it. It was hosted by Chikka with the help of Smart DevNet to promote the use of the recently launched Chikka SMS API platform. At…
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Handling Global Exceptions for APIs
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I was able to teach myself (this includes a lot of Google-ing and asking) how to do some basic exceptions handling in a Rails app that uses GrapeAPI. I’ve experimented with Sinatra before for a hackathon so I was a little familiar with some of the concepts already but there are still things to learn (a lot actually!).…
Lakers Ph.D.
Welcome Back NBA!
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Screw LeBron’s “coming home” party, Kobe’s back. Tomorrow marks the start of the NBA 2014-2015 season and Kobe’s first NBA game since Dec 18, 2013 against the Memphis Grizzlies. (Fun fact: Ed Davis was still part of that roster and now he’s with the Lakers). Aside from Davis, Lakers have a lot of new players…
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RSpec Adventures
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RSpec is an awesome tool for behaviour-driven testing. It’s mostly used in test driven development (“TDD”), where the developer writes the test based on what the application should do, and then creates the program to accomplish the goals of the test. At first, I found this tedious because it means extra work for me (the developer). But in the long…
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My Twitter Favoriter Experiment
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I wanted to prove that favoriting semi-random tweets increases followers in Twitter. I wrote a “bot” that favorites tweets that contain hashtags that I’m interested in. For my own peace of mind, I didn’t choose mainstream or popular hashtags (ie. #KathNiel) because I wanted to have a set of quality followers. I’m sure there have…
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To Its Credit, Google Refunded Bro’s 15K Purchase
by Kat Padilla • • 3 Comments
Like all kids nowadays, my 10-year-old brother plays a lot of computer and tablet games. One of his recent addictions is Clash of Clans. Apparently, my brother had a little mad shopping spree in Google Play Store. Long story short, my brother bought A LOT of things without my dad’s consent. By a lot, I…
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Why I Like The Team Fortress 2 Engineer
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The Engineer is probably the most boring class in Team Fortress 2. Call me a noob, I don’t care. I just love being a TF2 Engineer. Fun Fact: My youngest brother is probably better than I am in using any of the classes in this game! I don’t know why I like this class. My…
Lakers Ph.D.
Go Big or Go Home
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If you’re an NBA fan and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should already know that LeBron James has officially cut the ribbon of this Free Agency season. After the magical force of LBJ’s decision–which is to go back to Cleveland, GMs have started offering deals like crazy. The recent happenings are here…
Lakers Ph.D.
Yo, Pau!
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Yo, Pau! What’s up? I hope you’re doing well. I know you’re too busy thinking about your future. Or maybe you’re just watching the World Cup. I’m not sure. Anyway, this Free Agency is the weirdest. Everyone’s not making a decision unless LeBron makes his. Honestly, I want you to stay with the Lakers. But…
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Met Matt Mullenweg in Manila
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