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After being hosted on blogger 😣 for the last 6 years 📆, this page has finally been moved to Github.io

This means a few things for you, dear reader!


  • You will be redirected to the new page shortly! ⏩ ⏩ ⏩


  • Once crapy HTML is now better looking Markdown! 😍 😍


  • The entire blog is a Github repo! 😍 😍


  • Spatial Unlimited is now The UI Dev 😍 😍



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