Today, the first beta of my blog is available. I have been thinking of creating a blog for quite a while and I am happy that it is finally here. Instead of using platforms that provide blogging features, I decided to build it on my own, so that I can have it fully customisable and suitable for my needs. The blog will be in active development for the next few months, so new features will be added and improvements will be made. Apart from that, I will be adding more articles. I plan on sharing about my University experience and assignments, my freelance projects, everything music-related, more about my trips and, in general, everything that I think I would like to share with you. I would be happy to know what you would be interested in reading, so I accept suggestions.
Norton Andreev 2.0 Beta 4
Apart from the blog, the fourth beta version of my upcoming website release is also available today. Some of the bigger changes are:
updated navigation bar
new "Latest from Blog" section on the home page, which now shows the latest stories from the blog
The code has been re-written, so that the common components can easily be shared between the blog and the website, and also be easily updated when needed. I have decided to follow the BEM methodology, which should also lead to faster parse time and, hopefully, even better performance.
Couchbase Introduces New Developer Experience for Capella
Couchbase released the all-new Capella. It is the project I have been working on for the past few months. Capella is Couchbase’s database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering and is expected to become the company's flagship product.
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University
August 29, 2022
Going back to University for an in-person graduation
On July 28, a year after I graduated from the University of Sheffield as a software engineer, I went back to celebrate my achievement in-person. I met many of the students I used to go to university with and also collected my Mappin Medal award.
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Music
August 29, 2022
Taylor Swift announces "Midnights"
At the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift announced her tenth studio album — Midnights — is to be released on October 21. At the ceremony, she was awarded three awards, including "Video of the Year" for "All Too Well" (Taylor's Version).
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Personal
August 20, 2022
The road to Couchbase
In July 2022, I moved to Manchester, UK, to join Couchbase as a Software Engineer. I was thrilled to end up in the front-end team which would allow me to gain professional experience in a field I have shown continuous interest since a child.