8 months ago
Fixing Hairpin NAT with AdGuard Home: A Practical Guide
Hairpin NAT on MikroTik is unreliable due to fasttrack. Here's how I solved it properly using AdGuard Home as a local DNS server with split DNS rewrites.
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7 months ago
Cordova, Cebu in 2026: Tourism, Hotels, and Business You Should Know About
Cordova, Cebu is no longer just a quiet island town. With the CCLEX bridge, booming real estate, thriving resorts, and rising local businesses — here's what's happening in 2026.
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7 months ago
Running Laravel on Mac: From Docker Sail to Laravel Herd
My journey figuring out how to run a Laravel project natively on macOS after relying on php artisan serve and Docker Sail.
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about 2 months ago
When MikroTik's Cloud DDNS Died (and Why I'm Not Going Back)
MikroTik's built-in Cloud DDNS service went down out of nowhere, taking a chunk of my self-hosted domains offline with it. Here's how I diagnosed it, and why I moved to a Cloudflare-native DDNS updater running in Docker instead.
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2 months ago
Checking In at Avida Hotel IT Park: A Comedy of Confusion
A play-by-play of a confusing check-in at Avida Hotel IT Park, from a missed Agoda chat to a key box that wouldn't cooperate.
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2 months ago
Amani Grand Residences Cebu Review: Cheap Agoda Deal, Expensive Headaches
Booked Amani Grand Residences in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu through a cheap Agoda deal. The room was decent but the constant gate questioning, a random 500-peso parking fee, cards required for the gym and pool, a broken shower, and spotty wifi made it a stay I won't repeat.
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Thoughts, travel, and whatever's on my mind
A personal blog — life, motorcycles, and the occasional deep dive into whatever I've been building.
About
A bit about me
I write about life, travel, and motorcycles — with the occasional post on whatever I've been building. By day I work with Laravel and React, but this space is for everything else.
4+Years
4+Projects
4Live Sites
2045+Commits
Experience
Where I've worked
2024 — PresentMay 2024 — Present
Software Engineer
Cody Web Development Inc
Cebu City, Philippines
Developed and maintained Laravel applications from April 2024 to July 2025, contributing to the migration of a legacy Ethna/Smarty codebase to Laravel 11 as a team member
2023 — 2024Jul 2023 — Jan 2024
Junior Software Developer
Halcyon Digital Media Design | Halcyon Agile
Cordova, Cebu, Philippines
Maintained and upgraded Laravel applications across 3 client projects
2023 — 2023May 2023 — Jul 2023
Junior Laravel Trainee
Halcyon Digital Media Design | Halcyon Agile
Cordova, Cebu, Philippines
Acquiring experience and familiarity with best development practices.
2022 — 2023Sep 2022 — Jan 2023
Junior Software Engineer Intern
Halcyon Digital Media Design | Halcyon Agile
Cordova, Cebu, Philippines
Completed comprehensive training in modern web development with initial focus on AdonisJS and Next.js
Projects
What I've built
Live
Featured
Web Application
Cordova, Cebu Tourism CMS
Tourism directory CMS for Cordova, Cebu, Philippines — listings, hero slides, blog, and admin dashboard.
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSCloudflare R2Hono+1
Live
Featured
Web Application
Humfurie.org
Personal portfolio built with Laravel 12 + React 19 + Inertia.js, featuring SSR, GitHub stats, and admin dashboard.
Laravel 12React 19Inertia.js v2+7
Live
Featured
Expertise
Technologies I work with
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