Blog Posts

Thoughts and ideas I've written.

• Minimal Norui - A Notion-based Portfolio Template

  by @jorenrui / June 24, 2023 / case study

  Minimal norui is a portfolio template built with NextJS and powered by Notion.

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• Archiving the Web

  by @jorenrui / February 08, 2023 / opinions

  The great thing about the Internet is that you can access knowledge anytime, anywhere. Furthermore, the Internet influences democracy in a way that anyone can participate in it. Just like a library that houses a lot of books, the Internet is ever-growing as more people contribute to it. It is also ever-changing, with new ways of displaying content being invented.

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• 2022 Year End Review

  by @jorenrui / January 02, 2023 / life

  It's been a while since I last did a year-end review. A lot has happened the past 2022. It felt like this year was longer than the previous one. Might be because I did a lot of new things. Moreover, slowly but surely I'm changing as a person. Hopefully, I'm changing for the better.

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• Creating my own UI components

  by @jorenrui / December 17, 2022 / workflow

  While it's cool that there are UI frameworks out here that can speed up our development like MUI, Ant Design, Base Web, and Bootstrap, I mostly prefer to create my own UI components for personal projects and at times even at work.

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• Progressing Towards Dystopia

  by @jorenrui / November 28, 2022 / opinions

  As we are currently in the information age and might be under a new industrial revolution where AR, VR, and AI will take the lead, a lot of how we live as an individual and how society works will keep changing. As a person working in tech, this got me thinking, are we making the world a better place?

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• Copy Paste - Glide Data Grid

  by @jorenrui / November 21, 2022 / react.js

  In this post, I'll be discussing in how I implemented the copy paste support in our app.

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• Community Matters

  by @jorenrui / November 08, 2022 / opinions

  I know they matter but it became much more apparent when I shared Sutle Beta to the world. As I work on my full time job, I became so focused on myself and contented secluding myself.

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• Minecrafui - A Case Study

  by @jorenrui / September 09, 2022 / case study

  Minecrafui is a simple Minecraft clone built to practice ThreeJS. It includes the basics features of the game such as first-person camera view, movement controls, collision detection, inventory / block selector, and sound effects.

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