About Us

Yasmin and Mak at the Greenwich Royal Observatory
Greenwich, UK

Hi! We’re Mak and Yasmin, software developers primarily focused on backend technologies such as C#, Java, Spring, and SQL.  We believe in unit testing and refactoring to create high-quality clean code.  We built this website to share what we’ve learned while working on projects solving real problems.

If you still need help with a coding problem you’re trying to solve, you can contact us.

When we’re not coding we like to travel, hang out with our pups (Nina and Crispi), hike, read, watch movies, eat sushi, and try new restaurants.

Log

  • May 2007: started my first blog as a personal knowledge base (on blogspot)
  • Nov 2019: started this site
  • June 2021: monetized after reaching 50k views / mo
  • Oct 2023: stopped writing. Tired of writing for SEO purposes and caring about Google algorithm updates
  • Oct 2024: Decided to get back to using the site as a personal knowledge base (like my original blog), instead of trying to write for others or worrying about SEO nonsense. I disabled comments.