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Andres Jaimes

How to avoid spam on Android's message bar

Recently, I started to get some really anoying spam messages from an unknown application on my phone’s message bar. Different icons were showing like stars, plus signs, check marks and so on. When you select any of this messages your browser opens …

10 WordPress plugins you should have

This time I would like to make a list of recommended WordPress plugins. They are alphabetically sorted and have many different purposes. The descriptions shown were taken right from the WordPress description.

Here we go:

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Useful vim commands

Even though we have many sophisticated GUI text editors, there is one that has passed all time tests: vi.

vi is a text editor created originally for Unix in 1976. Are you kidding? 1976? Why should I even bother to know it exists? Because that is the …

A basic .vimrc configuration file for vim users

.vimrc is the configuration file for vim. Upon execution vim will read the contents of this file setting up a customized environment. You have to save this file in your home directory. It is important to notice that the commands should not include …

About Me

I am a Cloud, REST API, and microservices back-end/full-stack developer, fluent in Scala, Java, C#, JavaScript, SQL, NoSQL, and ElasticSearch, who loves FreeBSD, Linux, Docker and AWS.

I started programming web pages when bright-colored-blinking gifs …

Multi-Device Layout Patterns

Through fluid grids and media query adjustments, responsive design enables Web page layouts to adapt to a variety of screen sizes. As more designers embrace this technique, we’re not only seeing a lot of innovation but the emergence of clear patterns …

Ten Laws to Design By

As designers we have to be aware of the function of our work and design as much as we care about the aesthetics and visuals. There are a lot of terms for the design of how the site functions and works, from “usability design” to “user experience,” …