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The Elusive (talk of) Design Patterns

Remember the time when Design Patterns were in vogue? Go to any interview, and one of the most popular direct or indirect questions was to test your…

Mar 31 •

The 'Solution Architect' Conundrum

One of the lessons I learned from a brief stint as a “Cloud Solution Architect” is that it’s easy to get away with murder! And murder being the…

Mar 17

February 2024

Book review: Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Designing Data Intensive Applications (DDIA) is one of the most popular books in the present times. It’s hardly a surprise that it is so!

Feb 3 •

November 2021

E-ink and TOTP++

E-ink (or E-paper) displays are so cool!

Nov 26, 2021 •

Making TOTP fun

(ok, less boring!)

Nov 5, 2021 •

September 2020

RPi resurrection - Pt. III - Plex Media Server

The third good use one could put the Pi to, and use it thoroughly is as a Media Server.

Sep 5, 2020 •

July 2020

RPi resurrection - Pt. II - NFS

The second good use you could put your Pi, more so if you have unused external HDDs lying around, is to make an NFS out of it! I'll spare mirroring the…

Jul 17, 2020 •

RPi resurrection - Pt. I - Pi-hole

Couple months ago, got to know about the Pi-hole project.

Jul 12, 2020 •

February 2020

"Apology-based computing"

I came across this phrase sometime back, and was instantly intrigued by it. So, like any good samaritan, let me share what I could make of it for the…

Feb 15, 2020 •

November 2019

Although, maybe, I am obligated to be loyal to AWS for various reasons (my work is AWS-centric, plus the fact that it facilitated my foray in the…

Nov 30, 2019 •

October 2019

Hosting a WordPress blog on AWS (for free!)

Much of what I write is a compilation of what I found on the Internet, esp. Pēteris Ņikiforovs's post. I am indebted to him, as I heavily benefitted…

Oct 6, 2019 •

March 2018

Streaming (only) audio using an old AppleTV (and a few nuances, thereof)

Oh, the ever-unsettled human! In this age of wireless everything, I chose to stay 'wired' for a long time, especially when it came to music. Reason…

Mar 17, 2018 •

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