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An archived collection of articles by Jabran Rafique

Secret sauces of Git

Here I go through some advance use of Git as part of my daily workflow

CSS pseudo elements

Comparing two different use cases for CSS pseudo elements

Automatic database backup using Git (Bitbucket/GitLab/Github)

Set up an automaic backup cron job and host data using version control

Journey from medical education to #FirstTechJob

Recent involvement in #FirstTechJob discussion on Twitter brought out all nostalgic memories. Here I tell my life changing story from medical education to computing.

Dev workspace setup on Linux (Ubuntu) with Terminator, Oh My ZSH and Cobalt2

Setup Ubuntu 14.4 LTS with Terminator, Oh My ZSH and Cobalt2 theme.

Test your geo skills with Guess Where? app

Test your geo skills with Guess Where? app. Guess name of the unmarked capital from given options. You can also choose a region or play quiz for whole world.

Google Map Maker Regional Leads

Reviewing the re-opening of Google Map Maker and new roles of Regional Leads

Android vs Apple at Google Maps

Here I am covering details regarding series of vandalism at Google Maps that originated from Google Map Maker.

Build to Learn – socialmedia.js – Case Study

The journey of learning web development by building some library, framework or merely a wrapper. Here is quick summary from building and maintaining of socialmedia.js and learning through this process.

Quick overview of Google Noto Nastaleeq Urdu web font

Today, Google Web Fonts Early Access announced experimental draft of Noto Nastaleeq typeface. This move makes it a first Urdu Nastaleeq font available in famous web fonts repository.