Blogs

When you're building a dashboard, it's common to fetch multiple, independent datasets. The page loading might be slow because it has to fetch all data to render a page. A common solution is using AJAX to load pieces of the dashboard, which is great, ...

Last week, I had a wonderful trip to Ha Giang, the northernmost part of Vietnam. It’s famous for its mountain passes and slopes, breathtaking mountains and forests, and unique local cuisine and experiences. Vietnam has really diverse terrain: high mo...

Central Vietnam is famous for its beautiful seas with deep blue water and white sand beaches like Nha Trang, Phu Yen, and Quy Nhon. This summer, I chose Phu Quy, a small island in Binh Thuan Province, for my vacation. I had amazing experiences there....

I recently enjoyed a wonderful 3-day trip to Bao Loc, a city in the central highlands of Vietnam. I chose this destination because I was amazed by my previous trip to Ta Dung (which is also in central Vietnam), and I wanted to discover more of Vietna...

Lately, I’ve been improving the writing experience in my Rails app, and something kept bugging me: I wanted a way to add inline code formatting in the Trix editor, just like those snippets you see on blogs and documentation sites.Turns out, Trix does...

I just got back from an amazing trip to Hanoi, and I have to tell you all about it. I went in mid-October, right in the heart of autumn, and the city was just breathtaking. The cool air and that beautiful yellow sunlight made it perfect for exploring...

Have you ever wondered how logging into Gmail can automatically sign you into YouTube, Google Drive, and all other Google services? This behind-the-scenes technique is called Single Sign-On (SSO). In this blog, I will show you some techniques that Go...

Fullscreen functionality is a common requirement in web development, especially with media elements like custom video player. In this blog post, I'll share my experience working with fullscreen APITL;DRNote: On iOS browsers, the element must be a vid...

JavaScript interviews often include questions about asynchronous programming, as it's a fundamental concept in modern web development. One common challenge is understanding the intricate dance between Promises, timers, and the event loop. The Ch...

attr_encrypted used to be the go-to solution for encryption in Rails applications. However, Rails 7 introduced Active Record Encryption, making application-level encryption a first-class feature. Adding encryption is now as simple as:// language: rub...

You might have seen browsers allow you to install a website like an app. Building a native application takes significant effort, and not many common applications support it. Google Calendar and Gemini are examples. To use them like a native app, I ju...

I used to think CORS was a security feature. It is, partially. But the more I understood it, the more I realized how narrow its protection actually is. This post walks through how CORS works under the hood, where it breaks down, what CSRF is, and how...