A blog about programming and other miscellaneous topics. en-us https://blog.alanjc.com/rss.xml https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/how-to-create-and-host-your-first-website-with-github.html https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/how-to-create-and-host-your-first-website-with-github.html Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000 In this article I'll teach you how to create your very own website and host it through GitHub completely for free. Let's get started!

]]> https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/creating-aliases-on-linux-and-mac.html https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/creating-aliases-on-linux-and-mac.html Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Are you tired of typing long commands into the terminal? Did you misremember a flag causing an error making you pull out your hair for 2 minutes only to realize that flag doesn't exist? Well worry no more because I'll be showing you how to create aliases for all of those pesky hard-to-remember commands.

]]> https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/creating-your-own-deepfakes-without-coding-experience.html https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/creating-your-own-deepfakes-without-coding-experience.html Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Creating your own deepfakes has been possible for a while now but the problem was that it required a lot of data, computing power, and time. But now, thanks to several AI researchers, we are now able to create deepfakes with a single image. Better yet, not only can we create deepfakes with a single image, but they also don't take hours or days to make, now they take only mere seconds and at most a couple of minutes.

]]> https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/water-your-plant-using-a-raspberry-pi-and-python.html https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/water-your-plant-using-a-raspberry-pi-and-python.html Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000 I suck at taking care of plants, mostly because I forget to water them. So then I started thinking, "I'm sure someone out there has figured out a way to automate this process." Turns out, there are plenty of people who have. Namely in the form of using an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi to automatically water their plants. In this post, I'll be talking about how I used a Raspberry Pi and Python to automatically water my plant.

]]> https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/keep-the-footer-at-the-bottom.html https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/keep-the-footer-at-the-bottom.html Sat, 22 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 How do we keep that pesky footer at the bottom? Well, today I'll be showcasing three solutions to this problem. The first and simplest solution is using flexbox, the second solution is using grid, and the final solution is using a wrapper. Alright, let's get started.

]]> https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/5-simple-to-use-apis-for-beginners.html https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/5-simple-to-use-apis-for-beginners.html Sun, 09 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 In this article I'll be talking about five simple-to-use APIs to help inspire project ideas. The goal of this post is to inspire you to create a project, whether it be simple or complex, and start using APIs.

]]> https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/creating-a-discord-bot-with-python.html https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/creating-a-discord-bot-with-python.html Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 In this article we'll create a Discord bot using Python. The bot we'll be creating today will have a simple purpose, telling jokes. We will give the bot a command and it will return a random joke. This should be simple enough, let's get started!

]]> https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/getting-started-with-the-terminal.html https://blog.alanjc.com/articles/getting-started-with-the-terminal.html Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000 So, you want to learn how to use the Terminal. Great! As a developer, sooner or later, you'll want to learn how to use the Terminal. Not only is this a handy tool to have under your belt, but it will also boost your productivity.

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