Getting Started with DeFi

Introduction Blockchain is not dead. Actually, quite the contrary is happening in the past year. There are more and more interest and it’s gaining a lot more traction than before. A big portion of this growth is due to “DeFi” AKA Decentralised Finance applications. From the hyped cryptocurrencies, we are now seeing the new next wave of this transformation as we see more financial products being developed: lending, exchanges, yield farming, and pools just to name a few. It is a hot topic right now and there are a lot of demand in this space. There are also a lot of opportunities to start creating your own innovative products as part of this wave. ...

<span title='2021-07-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>July 2021</span>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;Michael John Peña

My Ultimate Windows and Mac Setup (2021 Edition)

Introduction My Battle Station @ 2021 In a parallel world, I’ll be just using 1 device and 1 Operating system for all the things. However, given the nature of my work with mobile, web, blockchain, machine learning, and cloud development, I need to have multiple devices to cater things. I tried doing “Shared mouse and keyboard” in the past such as Synergy, but I decided to use a KVM switch instead. The main reason for this is context switching, so that I don’t get distracted and I have a “physical switch” to tell myself “It’s time to do…” I also intentionally placed the KVM switch near my foot, so I have to force myself to dock to press that button. ...

<span title='2021-07-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>July 2021</span>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;Michael John Peña