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• Privilege to Innovate
  Wed, Jul 01 '20
  They say Indians aren’t innovative in the tech space. Ever wondered why? [...]
• The Big Brother Will Now Tell You Which Apps You Can and Can't use On Your Phone
  Mon, Jun 29 '20
  India government “banned” some 59 apps today because they are “they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.” This is dangerous. [...]
• Choosing Between Home Server and Cloud Server
  Tue, Jun 23 '20
  Running a server and accessing it from a different computer on a different network is one of the happiest things in learning to be a web developer. Here is how to go about it [...]
• List of Times Vegetarian was Used as a Word on the Internet
  Tue, Jun 23 '20
  Some people think that using the word “vegetarian” and “non-vegetarian” is sensationalistic. So I compiled a list of either word being used in language. [...]
• Where does a program start at?
  Sun, Jun 21 '20
  This is live notes from a talk about how programs are executed [...]
• My Idea Of an Ideal Decentralized Social Network built with blogs, RSS feeds (and some existing messaging system)
  Fri, Jun 19 '20
  RSS and static sites can act just as good as a centralized social network (or even better, considering how the latter are turning out to be universally bad) when combined with a messaging system for comments. [...]
• Does GPL apply to the output of an API that is released under the GPL license?
  Fri, Jun 19 '20
  Imagine an API software is written in GPL. Would the data that comes out of the API be under GPL? [...]
• Why I Won't Write Tweets Any More
  Tue, Jun 16 '20
  Twitter forces users to cut words, sometimes at the expense of losing meaning. This creates confusion and polarization. This is bad. [...]
• Converting PDF with transparency to PNG
  Mon, Jun 15 '20
  I keep forgetting how to convert a PDF with transparency to PNG and keep a white background [...]
• Checking if Aarogya Setu's Source Code Produces the App from Play Store
  Mon, Jun 01 '20
  Aarogya Setu’s Android source code is supposedly on github. How do we know if it is the real app? [...]
• Going Dark Theme in Gnome Shell, Firefox, and all sites that support it
  Tue, Apr 28 '20
  Did you know there is a CSS media query called prefers-color-scheme that websites can use to switch to dark mode automatically? How about going fully dark in Gnome Shell and Firefox? [...]
• Java lessons I learned from GBIF's github repository
  Thu, Apr 23 '20
  A well-written software is a textbook in itself. This is a list of java language related stuff I figured out when I went through GBIF’s repositories on github [...]
• Zettlr - the markdown editor I didn't know I was missing from my life
  Thu, Apr 16 '20
  Zettlr is a beautiful markdown editor that I discovered just today (and I’m already writing about it) [...]
• Verifying Telegram Reproducible Build Diff Tool
  Sun, Mar 29 '20
  A failed attempt at proving that Telegram’s apkdiff.py is broken [...]
• Moving Abroad: Worth It?
  Sun, Feb 09 '20
  Is it worth going to a different country for a “better” life? Or are there costs that are hidden till when one looks back? [...]
• Why I Stopped Caring About Mozilla
  Tue, Jan 21 '20
  I had been a mozilla fan-boy for years. But last year, I gave up. This is an explanation post. It is also a semi-rant. So, please apply discretion. [...]
• IndiaOS (the first edition)
  Sat, Jan 18 '20
  IndiaOS is an open-source conference organized by ERPNext and Zerodha. This is my report from attending it (as much as I recall from memory)1 There are probably many many errors in this post. (I’ve already corrected two after publishing. Please let me know if you find one.) ↩ [...]
• [Newsletter] Deep Work
  Sun, Jan 05 '20
  As is usual, new year is an opportunity to restart things and start fresh things. Here are some fresh things from my life. [...]
• Bad, Java! Builder Pattern, Fluent Programming
  Fri, Jan 03 '20
  In this post on learning Java (and OOP) as a functional programming person, I look at the builder pattern, what problem it solves, and why it may be that way [...]
• [SOLVED] Netbeans won't start in ArchLinux | Fix xdm-archlinux from messing up path
  Thu, Dec 19 '19
  Netbeans won’t start in ArchLinux if you are using xdm or xdm-archlinux because of xdm messing up with the PATH variable. Here is a fix [...]

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