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# Neovim.... more like Neoconfig -am_i_rite -? I was a bit naive to think that I could straight up use my `.vimrc` and use it as a starting point `nvi...

# It's time to revisit `vim` Every year or so, I go through my `.vimrc` with a more critical eye, adding and purging configurations that were once us...

# The EVE ESI Market History End Point I have a [market_hub_puller](https -//github.com/Xavier-J-Ortiz/market_hub_puller) project which has been in pr...

# Quick Update on Terraform Tripwire Project Circled back on this project, with the goal of getting it on Github. I needed to do some cleanup, hous...

# Thought all was well I haven't played EvE in quite some time. When I was a bit more active I had a wormhole mapping tool to use in game, and late l...

When I started this blog, I had just gotten married and we lived in a rented apartment in Brooklyn. Since then, we've had a beautiful daughter who is...

# Short Evaluation on What Framework to Use for this Blog Couple of days ago, I wanted to continue writing on here, but given that I hadn't done it...

# Life and workflow changes lead to delays Last time I posted was about a year ago. Not my intention to leave this blog, or other projects "abandoned...

# Using Github Pages as CI/CD, and using my custom subdomain Lets get to it 2024! Already beat my 2023 posting record! A quick google yeilded a git...

Welcome to my blog - a space for programming, tech, and personal projects.

# Research on Pandas I've created a branch on my [market_hub_puller -DataFrame-Only](https -//github.com/Xavier-J-Ortiz/market_hub_puller/tree/DataFram...

# I want comments The one thing that is lacking from this portfolio page, turned blog. A comments section! Within the `_config.yml` there are a few...

I've done a review of the [`market_hub_puller`](https -//github.com/Xavier-J-Ortiz/market_hub_puller) repo that is my current project. It seems that I'...

# New Overhaul Folder Forgotten I'm amused sometimes of the breadcrumbs left in the past, just by the way I've been accustomed to naming things and...

# Fixing things that hadn't worked Circling back to fixing some bits and bobs on this page and other projects. For the longest time the Tags were so...

After writing yesterday's post, I realized that I had spelled a couple of things wrong. More than a couple of things wrong. So looked into spell chec...

It's been a while again. There have been many changes since my last post. # No longer doing the IBM course I've decided that it was a bit too "Wats...

Today's post will be a bit short. My intent was to refresh my memory on the market hub puller code and write about it. With this, I'd be able to desc...

I'm motivated. So I decided to upgrade to Jekyll 4 last night. Fortunately the Jekyll upgrade was actually not that difficult. I decided to keep bein...

Now comes the bit part. Many bits and bobs, but will try to capture all the steps required to install Jenkins as well as setup a repo together with t...

With setting up CI/CD, I wanted to make sure that I covered the actual steps I took instead of going off on a tangent. Though, much was learned when...

It's been quite an effort, but I believe I've done it! Right now, this blog has Github and Jenkins integrated, and _should_ feed into the website on...

Fell into a bit of a slump come around the holidays, and also Q1. Work and other RL obligations has kept me "entertained", to put it nicely. Lets lea...

So, As you may or may not have inferred from the link on the website's landing page, I dabble in playing Eve Online. It's a Spaceship MMO, and for me...

Clearly I have things running, given that the previous, and this current, post are both up and running. However, I did run into some NGINX issues. O...

A lot has happened since my last post. In a nutshell, probably from most important to lesser important changes that have happened - 1. I have a daug...

I'm super excited about this. The reason my wife and I had joined the climbing gym back in 2016, was mainly to do some top rope rock climbing, and s...

Before starting, I'd like to provide some background. My last post on contributing to Open Source was made before actually writing a single line of c...

I've started the last module of my Bloc experience. So far so good. I've learned a lot, however it's expected as there is a lot of ground to cover....

I've started to write, but I don't have a title for this post yet. First off, it's been a while. I haven't written anything for quite some time. Rea...

To the uninitiated, a distro-hopper is someone who hops from Linux distribution to Linux distribution, trying out the different flavors that this mar...

This past Christmas weekend, I set up my first portfolio website, it's up and running for the world to see! I also have [www.xavierjortiz.com](www.xa...

Let me start from the beginning of being thwarted towards being part of the U.S. work force. I had finished my degree studies in December 2008, and...

So, it's *finally* here. Alright, take a breath. My first blog post. I'll save everyone the eyeball resources of reading that I've *always* wanted t...