Abdurrahman Ar Rafif - NotesFull-stack developer building client web apps and automation tooling.https://rafifhardja.xyz/enGitleaks: Find the Gap Before It Reaches mainhttps://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/gitleaks-before-push/https://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/gitleaks-before-push/A short Gitleaks setup: install it, scan history and staged changes, block leaks with a pre-commit hook, and gate pushes in CI.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTI Use Arch, BTWhttps://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/i-use-arch-btw/https://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/i-use-arch-btw/Three years of distro hopping since 2024 — Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian, Arch, Deepin, Pop!_OS, EndeavourOS, and back to Mint — and what Linux taught me along the way.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTkiro-cli: A Real Partner for Brainstorming Before I Buildhttps://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/kiro-cli-brainstorming/https://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/kiro-cli-brainstorming/kiro-cli is an AI coding agent in the terminal. Installing it, logging in, and the brainstorm-first flow I use before making anything.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMole: Help My Mac Breathe Againhttps://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/mole-mac-cleanup/https://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/mole-mac-cleanup/A short Mole setup for macOS: install it, preview cleanup safely, purge project artifacts, and check system health.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Silk Road Was a Marketplace, Not a Roadhttps://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/silk-road-marketplace/https://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/silk-road-marketplace/What actually moved across Eurasia for fifteen centuries — goods, ideas, diseases — and why the single road we picture never existed.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWelcome to My Portfoliohttps://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/welcome/https://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/welcome/First post on this new siteSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAin Jalut and the First Mongol Defeathttps://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/battle-of-ain-jalut/https://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/battle-of-ain-jalut/In 1260 a Mamluk army stopped the Mongol westward advance at Ain Jalut — the battle that ended Mongol expansion into Egypt and reshaped the eastern Mediterranean.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMein Kampf, and Why It Is Hard to Readhttps://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/mein-kampf/https://rafifhardja.xyz/notes/mein-kampf/What the 1925 book actually is, how it came to exist in prison, why it was not the bestseller people assume — and how historians handle a document like this.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT