DayMindXPression

Observing the World and Expressing My Thoughts

This site is partially under construction as of March 9th, 2025. Some links may not work!

Writing on: Announcement

Restarting My Online Writing Hobby Here


By: Daniel Shin

It’s been nearly six years since I had the chance to update this website, DayMindXPression. It was originally supposed to be an online space for me to collect my thoughts and express them through online essay writing, which is admittedly akin to a blog. This website represented an open canvas for me to develop my writing skills while cultivating my daily observations of the world without relying on any particular social media or online platform.

Restarting My Path to Essay Writing


By: Daniel Shin

For many years, PHP was my go-to programming language. When I first delved into PHP, I was overwhelmed by the ubiquity of the programming language on various major and minor websites. PHP was flexible and efficient, especially the way the programming language handled variables declarations. Unlike Java, you did not have to write long pieces of code to initialize a variable. PHP did not even require declaring the type of variable in the first place!