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About

Hi, I'm Dartegnian Velarde! I’m an agile and determined IT senior developer with a passion for curating innovative and responsive web applications, with highly-functional knowledge on various aspects of computer programming, web development, and the DevOps process. Communicating well with others, troubleshooting, and fluency in English are some of my other skills. Adaptability and conscientiousness are my predominant traits.

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Stories from my life, now on the web.

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Albums
My Music Tastes
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One of my favorite photos of 2025
2025 Through My Lens
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One of my interests: matcha!
Hobbies & Interests
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My old MacBook at Starbucks
My Coding Journey
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One of my closest friends
Close Friends, Companions, Besties
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My beloved cat, Milktea
Pet Showcase: My Beloved Cat
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A photo of the sea in Subic, Zambales
The Best Places I've Been To
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Filling Station Bar Cafe in Poblacion, Makati
Core Memories As Photos

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A visual representation of my days since January 2023. Each block corresponds to a real journal entry for that date. Click a block to read it, or use the legend to highlight moods.

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Random Journal Entry

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Aug 4, 2025

To the Peak, Together!

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Monday was a pretty normal day for me, work-wise. I timed in for work and completed a busy Monday shift. It was mostly catching up on my tasks and I believe I was pretty productive today, too. Work came and passed without me doing anything really noteworthy.

After work, I played Peak with Luan and someone again! It was a new day, so a new seed was expected. We continued our way through the shore, the tropics, the alpine section, and surprisingly we got to the caldera section. It was a surprise because the alpine section seemed hard and I died, which sucks because I died and took Bing Bong with me! Luan also died shortly after and someone had to climb up alone. Thankfully, she was able to resurrect us, but I lost Bing Bong! Our climb continued regardless and we surprisingly passed through the caldera section just fine and we then got to the kiln.

The kiln is usually the make-or-break part and this is where one of us usually dies, but surprisingly, we got through this part! We helped each other, organized our climbing paths, helped each other up, and we didn't leave anyone fully behind. It was a miracle and we kept climbing up until someone got out first, then it was me next, then finally Luan.

I can't believe it, we 3 made it to the top together!

Sadly, it was a little incomplete without Bing Bong, but I was so happy for us regardless. We've been playing this game for a while and it was the first time we were able to climb up to the top as three! It felt really nice that we were able to accomplish this because we've been trying hard to reach the peak for more than a month.

After playing Peak, we talked about what game to play and I think Luan recommended that we play R.E.P.O. and I'm honestly surprised that neither of them have bought/played the game. I used to always see this game on IG Reels and I'm honestly kind of happy that I'm able to play this game with them now. I buy it and we all move to it, with someone inviting us both into their hosted lobby.

At first, it was kinda scary and it worked a bit like Lethal Company. But I eventually got the hang of it, and so did someone and Luan. We got through the first round but we eventually all died and failed. We had this fun minigame where we'd try to fight each other and whoever wins gets a crown and a "King of the Losers" title. Luan got that both in our playthrough. We continued and it was honestly a fun game because the characters talked so wackily. I kept replaying the Samsung ringtone and they laughed at it, which was funny.

We eventually stopped playing at around midnight and it was a pretty great day for me. I got into a call with someone and we kept talking until the next day.

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The latest entries from my blog—A Meaningful Struggle.

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This I Used to Believe

So many wishes and beliefs have come and gone in my life. However, one belief has always stuck with me. Maybe it's time to give up on it?

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Third-Person View

My life hasn't been feeling "real" lately. Things happen to "me" but I personally don't feel it. Turns out, I've been viewing life in third person.

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What I’m Hopeful for in This Timeline

So here I am, on this timeline. Where can I go from here? What do I wish happens?

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In This Timeline, I Am

How did I end up on this branch of reality? Where am I? What could other branches even look like?

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Thank You for Listening

I always get the long messages, the midnight calls, the "I don’t tell this to anyone else" confessions. But no one ever asks if I need to say something too.

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Break in Case of Love

The kind of playlist you only play once, when the right person shows up. Except years later, the songs are still waiting for their cue.

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The Shelf Life of Everything

Lately, everything feels like it comes with an expiration date: items, happy moments, even friendships that once felt like home. From thinking that things used to last, to just hoping they'll still be

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These are my current faves when it comes to the music I'm listening to.

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14% Introversion
86% Extraversion
14% Introversion
76% Intuitive
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27% Thinking
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ENFP-A:

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ENFPs are often known as campaigners, people who are into big ideas and actions that reflect their hope and goodwill. In the past, I've developed a lot of projects that involve a lot of concepts that I consider as innovative.

Out of all the traits I have, my predominant one is extraversion. I'm pretty much an extrovert who's into many friend groups, from old friends since grade school until now with my present coworkers.

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