The first rule about Git best practices that we always hear about is making lots and lots of commits frequently. While this is mostly true, we should also keep in mind that Git commits are also a form of code documentation and we should try our best to communicate the intent of our changes. So basically remember to commit frequent to save your work, but once you’re ready, spend a minute or two to share your brilliant code with the rest of your team by writing good commit messages.
Month: January 2018
Nintendo Labo
Announced earlier this year, the Nintendo Labo has to be one of the quirkier and innovative accessory to be launched for the Nintendo Switch or for any console in recent times. Slated for release in April 2018, Nintendo Labo offers an initial 2 kits which contains a game cartridge, pre-made cardboard cut outs along with other construction tools to assemble a toy dubbed the ‘ToyCon’ that works alongside the JoyCon and Nintendo Switch display that provides an interactive building and learning experience for children. Read More
Review : Doki Doki Literature Club (PC)
Doki Doki Literature Club! (DDLC) is a visual novel developed by Team Salvato for the PC platform and was later released on the Steam platform which had since shot to popularity with overwhelmingly positive reviews. To be honest, I’ve never been a fan of visual novels and only played one for a little more than five minutes just out of curiosity. Having said that, I’ve heard a lot of buzz on DDLC for the past couple weeks on how it is not what it seems and decided to give it try since it was free on Steam. How can DDLC with it’s seemingly light hearted theme and visual style could belie a disturbing twist.
Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) Review Part 2
Following up on my previous post, I’ll share my experience on my daily use with the Surface Pro.
Battery Life
I’ve been using the Surface almost daily for note taking, web browsing and watching videos during my trips. Battery life is actually quite solid with over 50% capacity left after 5 hours of usage. There’s been reported cases where users are able to stretch up to 14 hours of use in certain power saving conditions but it’s safe to say that it should be enough to last a day’s use.
Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) Review Part 1
Introduction
I’ve always been a gadget enthusiast and a couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to get my hands on Microsoft’s latest Surface Pro and decided do a review and unboxing feature for it. In the first part of this post, I will focus on the hardware build and features while the follow up will detail my usage experience and overall conclusion. My Surface variant comes with an Intel i5-7300U processor with 128Gb of SSD storage and 4Gb of RAM.
Overview
All Surface Pro comes standard with Windows 10 Pro. The 2017 model comes with a single USB 3.1 port, mini DisplayPort, MicroSD card reader, headphone jack, dock connector and its proprietary dock/power port. Design wise, the Surface Pro is sleek and I personally dig the grey color scheme of their hardware line up with the accompanying black TypePad keyboard attachment which looks very professional and classy. The new Surface has a slightly rounder edge compared to its predecessor but it still looks sharp in a good way thanks to the angled kick stand and sharp cut outs for the ports. It weighs a little over 700g and while it’s not as light as most tablets of it’s size go these days, the Surface Pro is still a serious contender in the ultrabook market given it’s versatility and processing power. The overall build quality is sturdy and the hinge may look flimsy and thin but rest assured it will withstand some heavy duty use over time.