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On the way from Yerevan to Sevan.

Relocation: Yerevan and Armenia. Part 1 with the pros of living in Yerevan after two years: people, history, climate, produce quality, and affordable taxi rides.

Short JavaScript notes: a React simulator for swapping three variables, with a playable demo link and a short explanation of why SVG was chosen over grid or canvas.

Yerevan benches won the poll. The post explores the city’s bench culture and explains why the Armenian word Երևան looks like five letters but sounds like six because of the letter և.

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Bilingual signs in Yerevan are a practical way to learn Armenian letters. This post shows the city name in Armenian: Ե-Ր-Ե-Վ-Ա-Ն.

Bilingual signs in Armenia can help you learn the Armenian alphabet. This post uses Hrazdan railway station as an example and shows letter-by-letter mapping for the name ՀՐԱԶԴԱՆ.

Short JavaScript notes about operators: arithmetic, logical, and bitwise. Includes practical examples of combining boolean expressions and when bitwise operations can be useful.

Preparing to move, part 2: school. A detailed personal story of choosing a school in Yerevan for a teenager, with practical pros/cons of private vs public schools and admission tips.

Short JavaScript notes on value swapping. The post explains classic swap with a temporary variable and introduces alternatives that swap without a third variable, with links to examples.

Need a ride? Leave a comment with trip details (route, date, passengers, preferences, budget, Telegram contact), and we will try to help with travel around Armenia.

An owl in a pharmacy. The post explains the Armenian word for pharmacy (ԴԵՂԱՏՈՒՆ: "house of medicine") and tells the story of Lurik, a rescued owl that now lives in a pharmacy in Arabkir and became a local attraction.

Impossible to pronounce. At the foot of the Cascade stands a monument to Alexander Tamanyan, the architect of Yerevan’s master plan. The post also explains the Armenian word on the monument and why its first sound is hard for non-native speakers.

JS: types cheat sheet. A type defines how values in memory are interpreted. Primitive types store values directly in variables, while reference types store links to objects. The post explains this with simple examples.

🐍 Surprise in Nor Arabkir Park. We met a large reptile in the park and first thought it might be dangerous. After checking with friends and a biology teacher, we learned it was a legless lizard and harmless to people.

About the second author. Hi! My name is Arseniy. I used to be a physicist, and for the last ten years I’ve been searching for my place in IT. In this blog I’ll share stories about the radio and science-education side of Yerevan and Armenia.

Hashtag glossary for the channel: places in Armenia and Yerevan, relocation notes and tips, programming topics by stack and level, education tags, Yerevan events, Armenian language, and vacation posts.

Introduction and overview of this blog. This channel is about life after relocation to Yerevan, travel tips for Armenia, learning web development, and practical notes about moving and adapting to a new country.