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Prongs Dark

@alexbalan

Blogger extraordinaire. Happily married to a wonderful woman. Linux enthusiast, software developer and hacker of all things.

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Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Mar 24, 2021, 8:50 AM UTC

Cafe Swap - My number one upcoming project on the Binance Smart Chain

Before starting talking about the projects let me make it clear that this, not financial advice nor is it an endorsement of any of the projects I'm about to mention. While I've used all of them perso…

36 upvotes 0 replies $3.76
Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Dec 18, 2020, 10:38 PM UTC

Back to Linux! Which distribution to choose as a developer?

} After I've spent some time with Windows due to my work and my hardware not being enough for a dual boot scenario, the time has finally come to go back to the only operating system that I feel comfo…

153 upvotes 2 replies $3.27
Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Nov 17, 2020, 11:48 PM UTC

Things I bought with magical internet money and what spells you need to know to get some yourself 🧙‍♂️

Disclaimer: Some links in this article are referrals. Namely, the link to Publish0x and the one to Celsius Network. The Publish0x one generates me 5% whenever you tip someone while my id is in your n…

127 upvotes 5 replies $5.05
Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Nov 12, 2020, 7:58 PM UTC

My job vs. Harvest Finance

} First of all, before you send the police to my doorstep demanding I refund your money, please do not consider this financial advice, mkay? Everything I say here is purely my experience, mkay? We go…

177 upvotes 7 replies $7.65
Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Oct 26, 2020, 8:59 PM UTC

On web design and development

} Recently I entered a Harvest Finance contest which consisted of creating a new design for their website. Since I'm not a web designer, but a software engineer, I decided to take on this job the way…

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Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Oct 10, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

An honest review of the Binance Visa Card

The time has come once again for me to bash... ummm I mean to review a project. This time around I am going to take a look at the new Binance Visa card which I've been using for the past few weeks. U…

151 upvotes 2 replies $1.91
Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Oct 5, 2020, 6:21 PM UTC

Terminal Treasures. Episode 2. + How to install WSL2

Today in Terminal Treasures we'll explore an app that complements spotify-tui which I have presented in the last episode. If you remember, the terminal app which brought Spotify to our terminals had…

195 upvotes 3 replies $3.00
Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Sep 16, 2020, 8:10 PM UTC

Linux grandmaster switches to Windows.

As you probably know I was searching for a job last week and I was actually in the negotiation stages with a company that I worked for last summer. Well, I got the job and today is my first day. Yes,…

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Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Sep 13, 2020, 3:28 PM UTC

Terminal Treasures. Episode 1.

## Series introduction Hello everyone, I'm thrilled to introduce you to a new series focused on bringing to light some programs, most of them running on Linux exclusively and sometimes MacOS as well.…

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Prongs Dark
@alexbalan Sep 9, 2020, 3:51 PM UTC

Life update. Why have I been missing and going forward.

## Hello friend... Hi there! Maybe some of you are asking yourselves where have I been as of late? Two people contacted me personally asking me what's up, thank you very much for all the care, you gu…

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