This site is the personal playground and digital garden for Jarema. I write some blog posts, sometimes content about economics, coding, and occasionally I post some cats too.https://jarema.me/enhttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/06/voru/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/06/voru/Two exams down in two days, was running on spite. Boarded the metro instead of rotting in bed, put on a playlist to let the songs say what I couldn't, and let Hanoi go past the window. Ended up missing Võru.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:45:00 GMThanoireflectionslice of lifejournalingmusicnostalgiaestoniaburnouthttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/timezone-distance/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/timezone-distance/If I know a person's location, that's enough for me to estimate distances in my head using timezones faster than Google Maps loads.Fri, 22 May 2026 17:20:00 GMTgeographymental mathtimezonesspatial reasoningmapshttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/ho-guom/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/ho-guom/Hopped on random buses all afternoon, dropped near Hanoi's Ho Guom lake because why not. Brought a notebook, promised I wouldn't touch my phone but broke that promise instantly.Wed, 20 May 2026 12:01:00 GMTvietnamhanoijournalingreflectionslice of lifehttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/permashortlink/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/permashortlink/I had a short domain doing nothing, so I built a permashortlink system for my blog posts based on Base36. Did it using Next.js middleware and saw one YYMMDD mistake I definitely should have caught earlier.Fri, 15 May 2026 10:45:00 GMTsoftwareweb developmentindiewebjavascriptnextjsurl-shortenerpermashortlinkhttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/04/welcome-home-astro/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/04/welcome-home-astro/After months of over-engineering my site with Next.js and fighting the framework, I finally migrated my personal site back to Astro. I wish I'd done it sooner.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:15:00 GMTsoftwareweb developmentframeworksnextjsvendor lock-inmoving away from nextjsmoving back to astrowebsite carbon footprinthttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/03/fedora-install/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/03/fedora-install/I had to reinstall Fedora, so I documented the thing. This is the setup, the hardening, and everything I do to get it to a state I'm comfortable with.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:10:00 GMTFedoraLinuxhardeninghttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/03/app-defaults/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/03/app-defaults/An update to my go-to apps on my laptop and my phones.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMTapp defaultssoftwaretoolshttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/02/lunar-rot/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/02/lunar-rot/Survived military training just to drag a souvenir flu into the New Year, currently rotting in bed and fighting for my life.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:27:17 GMThealthTếtVietnammilitaryhttps://jarema.me/blog/2026/01/version-2026/https://jarema.me/blog/2026/01/version-2026/I'm kicking off 2026 with a Discord call and an open Obsidian window while being calm and sleepy.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:04:17 GMTnew yearreflectionhttps://jarema.me/blog/2025/09/identiteedi-vastuolu/https://jarema.me/blog/2025/09/identiteedi-vastuolu/Tunnen end sageli vales rollis, justkui poleks ma täielikult ei see ega teine. See vastuolu teeb mind rahutuks, aga samal ajal annab ka vabaduse mitte sobituda ühte kasti.Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:45:16 GMTidentitybelongingintrospectionhttps://jarema.me/blog/2025/09/lech-pha/https://jarema.me/blog/2025/09/lech-pha/Tôi học kinh tế, nhưng ai cũng bảo tôi giống dân IT. Thực ra tôi thấy mình chẳng ăn khớp hoàn toàn với cả hai, và đó chính là cái "lệch" tôi muốn nói.Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:45:16 GMTidentitybelongingintrospectionhttps://jarema.me/blog/2025/09/identity-mismatch/https://jarema.me/blog/2025/09/identity-mismatch/I study economics, but people say I look like IT. I don't really feel like either, and that's the mismatch I live in.Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:45:16 GMTidentitybelongingintrospectionhttps://jarema.me/blog/2025/08/anything-but-chrome/https://jarema.me/blog/2025/08/anything-but-chrome/I do not, and never will use Chrome. Here's why.Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:19:15 GMTbrowsersChromeopen webprivacyhttps://jarema.me/blog/2025/07/code-of-conduct/https://jarema.me/blog/2025/07/code-of-conduct/This is my personal code of conduct. Nobody's forced to agree with it, but this is how I try to live. If you respect me, keep this in mind.Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:25:19 GMTvaluespersonal philosophyhttps://jarema.me/blog/xin-chao/https://jarema.me/blog/xin-chao/Bài đăng đầu tiên của tôi, chào thế giới nhé!Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTfirst posthttps://jarema.me/blog/hello-world/https://jarema.me/blog/hello-world/The obligatory first post of any blog - hello, world!Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTfirst posthttps://jarema.me/blog/2024/07/app-defaults-2024/https://jarema.me/blog/2024/07/app-defaults-2024/Sharing my list of go-to apps, idea inspired by Robb Knight.Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTapp defaultssoftwaretools