Chim Kan

Chim Kan

Worked from startups to giants like Google and Budweiser. Lived in multiple cities and countries. Speaks 7 languages. Super interested in Fintech, Bodybuilding, Digital Transformations and Networking.

Top 10 Alternative Tech News That You Should Know for the Week (Week 8 February 2023)

I curated 10 news articles on AI, Business, and Sci-fi technology trends. Give some thoughts and suggest new topics or news. “My class required AI. Here’s what I’ve learned so far” The author shares their experience of taking a class on artificial intelligence (AI) and how it broadened

Basic Audiophile Essential Buzzwords

The goal of an audiophile is to achieve the high-fidelity sound reproduction that emulates live music performance. It's like going to live shows without actually going through sound. Air: The impression of space and openness given by the headphones or IEMs Ambiance: General mood or feeling evoked by the acoustics;

My Current Humble Audiophile Setting

I love to listen to music. In the last ten years, I have listened to an average of 40K-60K tracks per year. Listening to music is like putting dressing on a salad. It helps to guide the day's mood and defines day-to-day life better. Also, it has healing properties. It

Rails 7 and Devise Issue with Sign Out

This issue is not specifically related to Devise; well it is. Let me explain. Your old sign out link: <%= link_to "Sign out", destroy_user_session_path, method: delete %> That is not going to work in Rails 7 due to turbo streams. You have to change it to: <%= link_to

Rails 7 and Paper_Trail Gem Compatibility

As of January 19th 2022, you can use paper_trail gem in your Rails 7 app. But you have to use this in your gem: gem "paper_trail", git: "https://github.com/paper-trail-gem/paper_trail" They haven't published the latest version. Also, they are waiting some updates from Rails team.

Rails ActionText on a Mac M1 Pro

I was trying to use ActionText but Rails was giving me an issue about missing vips command in my Mac. After a bit of digging, I realized that I have to install libvips. It's a competitor of Imagemagick. It's easy to do it on a Mac but it will take

An issue with Rails ActionText with Rails_Admin

I just started using Rails 7 Action Text and I was pleasantly surprised with rich text editor. Not only it's easy to install but also it comes with many features out of the box. * You can upload images and files without touching ActiveStorage * You can attach the rich_text content

Biggest Trends and Talking Points of 2022

I will list the most significant trends in many subjects for 2022. I think most articles share too much fluff; for instance, I read many articles mentioning that companies should be focusing on user experience and that users are fed up with bad ones. That is too generic. I am

2021 OWASP Top 10

OWASP stands for Open Web Application Security Project, and it's a nonprofit foundation focused on improving digital security. Each year, they release the list of the top 10 most common and damaging security issues found across the web. Chief Technology Officers (CTO), security researchers, web-mobile-desktop developers, and anyone who create

Ruby is not a top language in 2021

I read from IEEE Spectrum, and I found out that Ruby is in the 16th position of language popularity. I think Ruby lost a lot of positions when Python took over the Machine Learning space. Also, Ruby lost significant clout when JavaScript took over the crow for web app development,