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• Groking Varnam - Part 1
  Sat, Feb 13 '21
  I wanted to figure out how varnam works (and even possibly rewrite it in a modern language, for fun). So here are the notes [...]
• Use a Framework
  Wed, Feb 10 '21
  Ever so often there is a blog post or a comment that talks about how “needlessly complicated” development in <language> is. If you don’t want to handle all those complications, you have a way forward which doesn’t involve using a less powerful language - use a framework that deals with the complications. [...]
• MiniDebConf India 2021 Online
  Tue, Jan 26 '21
  MiniDebConf India 2021 Online happened past weekend. It was fun! [...]
• Following Up on a Debian Bug
  Tue, Dec 22 '20
  What happens when you make one contribution to Debian? You get that irresistible urge to follow up. Human beings are so predictable in doing things that are rewarding. [...]
• My first (real) Debian Contribution
  Fri, Dec 18 '20
  Debian is the flagship free operating system. Over the last week I made a small, but useful contribution to Debian. It made me so happy! [...]
• My Gnome Shell Setup
  Sat, Nov 07 '20
  There was a DE show-off in Free Software Camp today. This is an expanded version of what I presented [...]
• Free Software Camp Opening
  Wed, Oct 21 '20
  Free Software Camp 2020 opened last week and it has been a pretty nice experience till now [...]
• Book Review: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism by Cory Doctorow
  Mon, Oct 05 '20
  The book might look like it is about big tech, but it is actually about capitalism and monopoly. And the how-to part of it is about policy reforms which might be a put off for some. [...]
• Debugging Without Logs? Use strace
  Fri, Sep 25 '20
  You have a process/service running in what seems to be an infinite loop. The log is turned off or is empty. How do you debug this? [...]
• How Not to Update Ubuntu
  Sun, Sep 20 '20
  tl;dr - backups matter [...]
• Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software And Ruins the Moral Fabric of the Tech Community
  Mon, Sep 14 '20
  Using “open source” and ignoring the philosophy of free software is convenient for corporate entities, but not beneficial to the society. [...]
• Care For Mozilla's Mission, Not Mozilla
  Sat, Aug 15 '20
  Mozilla might fail as a company or an organization. But Mozilla’s mission is too important to fail [...]
• Gotchas in setting up pom.xml (Maven)
  Fri, Jul 31 '20
  These are certain things that maven does which confuses new Java programmers [...]
• Remove MySQL/MariaDB binary logs when binary logging not enabled
  Wed, Jul 29 '20
  What happens when you get a “You are not using binary logging” error when you try to delete the binary logs that are taking up too much space in /var/lib/mysql [...]
• Modern Web Development in Java - The (Never) Complete Guide
  Thu, Jul 09 '20
  Coming to Java from nodejs, web development seemed extremely and unnecessarily complicated to me. After navigating the standards and specs and implementations and javadocs (and countless stackoverflow posts) here is what I know. [...]
• 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 [...]

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