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Forget Goal setting - do this instead

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James Clear in his book Atomic Habits, talks about the problems with goal setting  I had been a goals person for most of my life until I read about what james had to say about goal setting. He makes a good point: both losers and winners in life have the same goals. What actually differentiates them is their System for achieving goals. I used to ask my self 'what are my goals?' all the time. I dont do that anymore . I ask myself a different question now  I ask : yup  what are my systems you see goals solve the problem once  systems solve the problem for ever example: before: I'm hungry my goal: I want to eat ok ill go to the store and buy almonds and bananas and eat them. problem solved for today now: im hungry what is my system for food? my system:  regular subscription for almonds and bananas setup with local grocery store. problem solved for ever.

How to run multiple HTTPS web servers from a single server

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Hi today we will explore how to run multiple HTTPS web servers from a single sever instance. consider this: you have a home server and have setup a website on the port 80 with your WAN ip and then you want to run another website but dont have another IP address  what do you do? It is possible to run multiple web servers with reverse proxy using nginx. Prerequisits: 1. Nginx  2. Two or more application servers running on one Environment on different ports consider this code:    

Why you must Blog as a Software Developer?

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So you are thinking about blogging - perhaps you read it in a book that you need to blog or you got the idea while showering or you just stumbled here from the rabbit hole of the interwebs, whatever may be the case let's explore the topic of blogging in this new decade. Blogging at 2:42 am  Questions we will explore: 1. Is blogging still worth it? and will it stay potent? 2. Reasons to Blog as a software developer. Is (was?) blogging a bubble? I feel No. Even though most of my answers have been answered at stackoverflow.com I think blogging is still worth it and important. 1. It helps you share your unique example of that cool exciting thing you are working on. 2. It helps you find your people. 3. It helps you organize and discuss your ideas and the topics you really want to zone in on. 4. It's fun. 5. It gives you exposure to other developers and work opportunities. And as a Software Developer, it's even more so important for you to share what you made or disco...