Reactive Programming for an API

I have to admit, when I first heard about Reactive, Rx, Linq, etc I was reluctant to learn it. All kinds of materials were mostly theoretical and I failed to get a grasp of the whole thing. Well I still am, I still can’t explain what a monad is. That said, this blog post is all about practicality of a pragmatist. PRISM is not more than just a product, building it have brought more opportunities. One of it dictates the necessity to do multiple external API requests in order to produce a response. This made me think, how can I make this concurrent if not parallel with a codebase that is relatively easy to understand for anyone interested in contributing? ...

November 26, 2017 · Batista Harahap

Life As A Developer

Okay I’m being straightforward in saying: this is a rather narcissistic blog post about who else but me :p This blog is my venting mechanism or in a more subtle way, my idealism to share everything I have collectively gather throughout this irreplaceable and most grateful life as non other than a Developer. It all starts on an 8088 XT my dad had when I was little. A game of Digger got my undivided attention to this CGA monitor with a box beneath it overlaid with a Turbo button to pump up more Megahertz lol. ...

August 20, 2011 · Batista Harahap