Ardee Aram dot DEV - Software Engineer - Legal, Tax, & Accounting Tech | Ruby on Rails

What's keeping me busy lately

How Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source

Feb. 3, 2026

Does vibe coding risk destroying the Open Source ecosystem? According to a pre-print paper by a number of high-profile researchers, this might indeed be the case based on observed patterns and some…

S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval

Feb. 2, 2026

You have to love this. Save up to 68% on storage costs compared to using the Standard-IA storage class, when your data is accessed once per quarter. S3 Glacier Instant Retrieva allows milliseconds access as the S3 Standard and S3 Standard-IA storage classes.

Browser Extension Instructions

Feb. 2, 2026

Here you can learn how to bring the best out of ScreenClip’s Browser Extension.

Is the 8% Income Tax Rate Option Right for Me?

Jan. 23, 2026

TLDR: Go with 8% if you are a professional or a solopreneur earning less than P3M per year.

Ruby 4.0.0 Released | Ruby

Jan. 23, 2026

I'm a bit behind. Ruby 4.0.0 is here.

Tailwind just laid off 75% of the people on their engineering team "because of the brutal impact AI has had on our business." : r/webdev

Jan. 8, 2026

AI is coming for our jobs.

AI Trends In Accounting In 2026: Revealing Workflows and Job Risks Ahead?

Jan. 7, 2026

Will AI replace accountants? Short answer: no. Long answer: probably never completely.

PDFgear - Free PDF Editor Software & Online tools

Jan. 4, 2026

Create, edit, and fill out PDF documents without hurting your wallet. 🤑

RDO Finder

Dec. 30, 2025

If you don't know where your current RDO is, you can just use BIR Revie. It will save you time, frustration, and gas. 😀

BIR Removes Mayor’s Permit as a Requirement for Business Registration

Dec. 29, 2025

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) released Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 57-2020 removing Mayor’s Permit* (MP) as one of the mandatory requirements for registering a business with the agency.