Hello world!

At least that's what we programmers make our computers to say, when we learn a new programming language. Welcome to my new blog! I am Ernestas from Lithuania, however I have recently moved to the Netherlands. I enjoy coding since childhood and have been more and more interested in self growth, healthy mind and body. Therefore, I hope to combine those two things end not only to grow as a person, but grow the code I write also. This is what this blog will mostly be about.

I had a blog before. Frankly, it's still up and running. You can read it here https://forex-blog.pro/. However, the hosting I use had upgraded PHP version, which caused some issues and I was forced to reinstall the CMS, therefore loosing all the changes and fixes I have made. Moreover, it was focused mainly on forex. However, my plans have changed a little bit and many times I wanted to share something related to coding, but not necessarily to forex. That's why I decided to create a new blog.

I will now make a promise to myself and to you. I promise to write at least one post a week. Even a short one. If I feel like I can post more frequently, I will do just that.

Enjoy your time and never stop moving forward! We will meet here soon again :)
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands

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