1. Bibi Flash - Histoire d'1 soir (Bye bye les galères)

Disco, sassy, and vibing.

2. Emma Péters - Gisèle (feat. Juicy Cola)

3. Stacey Kent - Au coin du monde

Like sipping coffee in a bookstore with too many thoughts.

4. François Feldman - Magic' Boul'Vard

A sad love story hidden in the lyrics

5. Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas

One of those songs that can steal a tear. You feel how the man is begging his lover not to leave.

“Ne me quitte pas” - “Don’t leave me.”

6. Jacques Brel - Quand on n'a que l'amour

7. Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je t'aime moi non plus

The most horniest song in French music. You’ll like it - because you’ve probably never heard anything like it

8. Serge Gainsbourg - Couleur Café

Catchy, playful, jazzy

9. Art Sullivan - Adieu Sois Heureuse

10. Yves Montand - Les feuilles mortes

Another heartbreaking melody.

11. Charles Trenet - La Mer

99% you've probably heard this song.

Context

• This is the config for a chart component. We’re using charts from “@ant-design/charts”.

• He puts the default config in another TS file, as a const, then imports it using the spread operator, like below: ...ReportChartDefaultConfig. Nothing changed.

• He brings the config directly to the chart component, it works.

• The twist here: it’s literally the exact same code. Nothing is different.

First try: I believed he might not be paying attention to how React renders. It could be the chart renders with a non-filled config first, then the full config comes later. But logs show the props don’t change at all.

Second try: Maybe the type of a nested property was changed. I was afraid he accidentally passed a string instead of an object or something. But things seemed normal.

Third try: I jumped into the branch and threw in some console logs. By eye, I couldn’t see any difference. Then I decided to trust the machine more—used isEqual from lodash for deep compare.

Now it’s always false.

At this point, I believe it was mutated during runtime. And I hate this. These kinds of bugs are crazy hard to trace.

This is not the first time. I once had to fix a bug where another dev shallow-cloned objects, and they stayed linked across components and layers. Then suddenly, one component mutated, and the whole chain broke, causing weird glitches and bugs. But this is the first time in my life I’ve seen a third-party lib mutate the props it was passed, which was linked to our default config.

The solution? Pretty simple: I replace it with cloneDeep from lodash. It ensures you create a new object with the same values, but different memory references.

My takeaway:

• Sometimes, the bug isn’t in your code. It’s in the library you trusted

• Understanding foundational concepts like shallow clone vs. deep clone is never redundant.

• Think twice: is the spread operator (…) enough, or do you actually need cloneDeep?

One of my MOST favourite gems all-time. I love how she spaces the drums and snares - it feels like you’re tiredly dragging your feet around your apartment on a Friday night. Everything’s slow, raw, and honest.

2. breathe. - London

This one leans into a reverb piano and ambient pads, creating a wide, hollow soundscape. It’s basically a lo-fi R&B for when you’re walking alone in the middle of an empty street at midnight, overthinking but looking calm.

3. Catching Flies - Kite Hill Theme (Freddie Joachim Remix)

The original version leans ambient and cinematic, maybe too floaty. This remix brings it down to earth with jazzy chords and a warm, bouncing bassline. Perfect for recalibrating your emotional system after a day of forced small talk.

4. HNNY - Hosoi

The kind of track you could loop for hours. Built on dusty, old-radio textures and analog warmth, it creates an empty space for your mind. I put this on when I want to “free up” my “RAM”.

5. Aeris Roves - Feel Me

Smooth R&B with soft drums and clean keys. What I like is how it feels like someone telling you a personal story, but it’s catchy, almost like a confession turned rap. Super relatable, without trying too hard.

6. Fhin - But Now A Warm Feel Is Running

A good blend of ambient textures and electronic rhythm. The vocals are simple, not trying to impress, but that’s what makes them feel intimate. Like a quiet conversation with a friend who just gets it.

7. Anri - Last Summer Whisper

A legend in the Japanese City Pop genre. From the moment the synths and drum machine kick in, you’re pulled into some dreamy, warm summer nostalgia. You don’t need to understand Japanese to feel it, because it’s fun, emotional, and glowing.

8. WILLOW - 9

Experimental pop that doesn’t pretend to follow rules. The song feels like one endless rhythm instead of the usual verse-bridge-chorus structure. My favourite part? The silence before “Blue is the emotion that I’m feeling”, like they paused just to make you catch a deep breath.

9. Ella Vos - Down In Flames

Indie-pop at its most polished. Cleaned production that hits hard. Especially when paired with Ella’s breathy vocals. The contrast makes it feel like quiet chaos.

10. Mahalia - No Pressure

Sure, the title says “no pressure”. The song scream “I’m fine”, but you know there’s something wrong underneath. You can hear the tension: someone’s crossing a line, and she’s two seconds from snapping. Miss Mahalia doesn’t miss a single beat here.

Most artists are low-key guys, and, not all of them are actually good or produce good songs regularly. So you should feel lucky if you can find them.

Here are my top a-ha moments for dreamy melodies.

1. The Drwg - Sälen

This group is terrible in general. So many questionable MVs, and they quickly disbanded. But at least they left a superb song, I think.
This song has such simple lyrics, repeated, but feel so relatable. The dreamy synthesizer in the background is genius IMO.
10/10.

2. Slenderbodies

Two guys with authentic, down-to-earth vibes. Acoustic instruments. Beautiful, sexy voice. Melodies are like floating in the middle of water. Can someone promote them more? Please?

3. Tokyo Tea Room

This group has so much potential. Melodies like summer dreams. The lyrics are hilariously non-understandable to me, but the vibe is on point. I think the singer may be a little weak, but the electric guitar guy in this group really stands out.

4. Girls - The Internet (feat. Kaytranada)

Smoking weed music vibe.

5. Deep In Yr Mind - James Wyatt Crosby

The electric guitar sound is really, really on point.

6. Moment - King Henry, Rhye

7. homebody - Kamal

Listen to this on a rainy day. Feels like you’re in a blanket at a warm home while it’s raining outside.

8. Ready yet - Sasha Alex Sloan

I found this song randomly in 2018. Happily to know that Sasha Alex is already famous now. Her voice in this song may be over auto-tune, but I actually appreciate the producer behind this sick beat.

9. Låpsley - Ligne 3

Not recommended if you just broke up.

10. Same Effect - BENEE

This song is surprisingly good. I think what makes this success is the repeating chord.

Appendix.

george - Arlo Parks

The song captures the mood of someone stuck in a toxic relationship. The soft guitar in the background is a great touch. It feels more like a memory fog than something actually happening.

Bad Habit - Your Smith

The lyrics are okay, with an easy-listening melody. But the production should hit harder - feels like it missed the a “punch”.

Kerosene - Joesef

Not an easy song to listen to. But it captures the emotional confusion and exploration of queer love for the first time. A mix of jazzy vibes and bedroom pop.

Same Old - FELIVAND

Like a trip back to your childhood. Smooth as f**k.

Besides these artists and songs, I obviously know names like Cigarettes After Sex or PinkPantheress. They're really, really good. I’ve listened to them a lot, but they’re already pretty famous. This space is for promoting the lesser-known ones.

Thanks to ChatGPT's image generation, I was able to visualize this idea so well.

This collection includes 12 variations — one of them is the original by BasicAppleGuy. The rest change according to the sun's position during the day (yeah, I’m not joking).

If someone could upscale this, I’d be even happier. I’d like to send a thank you again to BasicAppleGuy for such a beautiful wallpaper.

Enjoy it!

Click here to download

Here are my top picks to start the vibe:

1 - The Sweetest Taboo (Scubba & Ivette Moraes)

I swear this version is unconsciously played by half the restaurants and pubs in Vietnam. It’s always on some “vintage coffee music” or “pub cover playlist” on YouTube. Can’t deny - BECAUSE IT’S ON FIRE. Super sexy. Like someone is flirting with me in slow motion.

Even the dub version. Top-notch.

2 - New Rules - Shelly Sonny

Even better than the original. Sets a self-reflection tone, with a subtle emotional punch.

3 - I Feel It Coming - Eve St.Jones

This version has a smooth bass line and a relaxing tone right from 00:00. Perfectly fits the original lyrics. Super elegant.

4 - Your Love (Bellestar Remix)

Damn. This can be made love music 😝. But somehow still classy. It’s got charm.

5 - Passionfruit - Shelly Sony

Another bombshell from Shelly. Honestly, she makes Drake sound like a demo track. Go listen to how she sings: “Liiiisten haaarder, buildin' trust from a distanceeeeee…”

Chills.

6 - Losing My Religion - Banda do Sul

A cover, but with a whole new vibe. The original REM version felt too loud for me. But this? This is sad, way too sad, religious, and intimate.

Hits me so hard, EVERY TIME. 9 out of 10. -1 for making me cry.

7 - BoSIM Nova

Lol, why is a game soundtrack here? Because if you want to understand bossa nova rhythm and instruments.

Funky, easy to listen, and weirdly addictive solos. Earworm

There’s way more good stuff out there. You can check out PMB Music Records. They're the 1st name in promoting bossa nova artists.

Find a song you love? Search for the bossa nova version. You’ll thank me later.

Why I got into Fuji / Photography again

It’s simple like this: I quit my job and needed a hobby while chilling through life. So, I decided to jump in the middle of the hype around Fuji cameras. They look compact, great, vintage, masculine.

Choosing lens: TT Artisan f1.8 35mm + 23mm

My two cents on picking the lens: Prime and Affordable.

I force myself to use prime lenses, so I won’t get lazy with framing. Another reason is they’re super compact. I’ve had enough with the DSLR, this time, the whole camera better be small enough to fit in my bag.

Also, I’d like to stay under budget. However, if I gonna use a kit lens, my iPhone camera will do a slay walk around this poor camera. And let’s stop daydreaming, a versatile zoom lens, wide aperture, "on budget" do not stand in the same line with “under 1000$”

So I did research and chose TTArtisan prime lens. Seems legit, except some YouTubers are overreacting on this. Bought them on Shopee, very affordable, around $100-200 each if you order directly from China’s sellers. Official distributors? $30 more, but you get 12 months of coverage.

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Lens Review

I grabbed the 35mm f/1.8 Mark II first two weeks. Feeling okay, but not satisfied. 35mm sits awkwardly—not tight enough for portraits, and street food became micro close-up shots 🤨

Then, I grabbed the 23mm f/1.8. This deal is worth every penny. So if I were to give advice, start with the 23mm. It’s just better.

Overall quality?

Good. Color’s fine. Keynotes:

• The 35mm is super soft and hard to focus at f/1.8. Everything’s normal from f/2.2.

• The 23mm is sharp and detailed even at f/1.8.

• Both have heavy vignetting at the widest aperture.

• Both have flares, but that’s not my concern

• Focus speed? Les Misérables, especially with my low-end body.

• Bokeh: spinny vibe

Choosing Body: FUJIFILM X-T100

It fit my budget and was available. I aimed to get an XA-5, but it was sold out. Because I was lazy to come to this store the day before. I got this one for 400 bucks. Still think it's way too overpriced.

This camera has a limited number of film simulations and very few focusing points. The video function works like a toy feature, but I’m cool with that. So anyone who likes Fuji and has patience, I think you should stay out of this hype for a while. Otherwise, you’re gonna link a high expectation with an overpriced camera (which real value is about half of this). The current market price can be up to $1000 for a new Fuji CROPPED, which I believe is a total joke.

I like starting small to figure out how long this hobby’s gonna last. We’re all impacted by consumerism. But let’s think about it - how many times are you really gonna carry a camera on a random day, like a normal person? Think about it. Now I have to make the camera fit in my daily bag - will I even put it in a safe place?

Color Receipe

I know, I know. I keep it simple, my Fuji body doesn’t give much choice:

• Classic Chrome.

• WB: R+2, B-2

• Dynamic Range: Auto

• Color: +1

• Sharpness: -1

• Highlight: -2

• Shadow: +1

• Noise: -2

This fits well on a sunny, clear sky day. For a cloudy day, please reduce WB to R+1, B-1

The first thing some people do when reading a task is to ask: "How to do X in React, Rust, Python, etc.?"

Then, they copy it. NO SECOND THOUGHT. This virus of no-brain coding starts from here.

I'm so frustrated because of ChatGPT told you (unconsciously) to do:

• Recreate an axios instance, even though the whole application already has a wrapper with extensive logic.

• Use a random fetch call out of nowhere.

• Recreate the whole useDebounce hook, even though someone literally imported it from lodash right above.

• Recreate a function with the same name, doing the same thing?!

It’s like prompts and generated code are too fast, so they don't even bother to read the codebase. They don't care about systematic thinking or how things fit into the general case.

So, can anyone using these tools please:

• Search the codebase for similar functions.

• Think for a second before ask ChatGPT.

• Consider how other people will reuse your functions.

• Make it more generic.

• Write code that makes you look like an architect, not an intern.

Otherwise, congrats. You've mastered the fine art of copy-paste engineering.

P/s: Some other blogs you should read

• https://lucianonooijen.com/blog/why-i-stopped-using-ai-code-editors/

• DHH Interview