Localhost Tales

Thoughts on code, design, and why I spent three hours fixing a single semicolon.

How to trade your Facebook scrolling habit for a one-week civic tech marathon

How a simple Facebook post inspired a full-stack civic platform to solve infrastructure reporting and disaster response in Angeles City.

Mar 23, 2026

Mar 23, 2026

Earning the AWS Cloud Foundations badge was the easy part. Designing a highly available cloud architecture for millions of users was the real test.

Mar 15, 2026

Mar 15, 2026

The reality check I got after seeing the final submissions for our Web Development Portfolio class.

Feb 20, 2026

Feb 20, 2026