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• Setting Up a Private Helm Chart Repository with Chartmuseum Thu, Dec 18, 2025
• Ubuntu Wi-Fi 5GHz Issue on Raspberry Pi 5 Sat, Dec 13, 2025
• Integrating Homebrew bash completion on Linux with system completions Mon, Dec 8, 2025
• System Design - Tap Compare Mon, Dec 8, 2025
• Using UV to install Python Thu, Jan 9, 2025
• Taskfile bash completion in homebrew Sun, Oct 20, 2024
• Using an SSH jump host for Ansible Thu, Oct 17, 2024
• AI running out of original human generated content Mon, Jun 10, 2024
• Using the code cli in VS Code Remote extension Wed, Jan 17, 2024
• Using Giscus for commenting on this blog Tue, Jan 2, 2024
• Age encryption cookbook Thu, Jul 6, 2023
• Converting audio to text from command line using commercial and opensource tools Wed, May 24, 2023
• Decrypting and concatenating PDFs with qpdf Tue, May 9, 2023
• Publishing helm charts on Artifacthub Tue, Nov 2, 2021
• Disabling comments and Google Analytics Fri, Oct 29, 2021
• Using Mac keychain to store and retrieve Ansible vault passwords Fri, Sep 24, 2021
• Installing a specific version of a Homebrew Formula Thu, Sep 2, 2021
• Using Podman as a Docker Desktop alternative using Vagrant Thu, Sep 2, 2021
• Notes on the httprouter Golang library Wed, Aug 5, 2020
• Automating MySQL GTID Migration With Ansible Thu, Jul 30, 2020
• Creating a Certificate Authority in 2020 for Your Soho Sat, Jun 20, 2020
• Open Every Link in a Web Page In a New Tab Sun, Dec 15, 2019
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• Integer maths in Go using constants with exponential notation Fri, Oct 5, 2018
• Runit, Chpst and ulimit defaults Fri, Sep 14, 2018
• Using Zap - Working With Global Loggers Fri, May 4, 2018
• Using Zap - Creating custom encoders Thu, May 3, 2018
• Using Zap - Creating custom loggers Thu, May 3, 2018
• Using Zap - Simple use cases Wed, May 2, 2018
• Deploying Hugo With Netlify Sun, Jan 28, 2018
• Settling on Vscode for Go Sun, Jan 14, 2018
• Go Static Typing 'Magic' Mon, Nov 13, 2017
• Jetbrains Finalizes Name for their Go IDE Mon, Nov 6, 2017
• Troubles With Hugo as Well Sun, Nov 5, 2017
• Lahaia noon at hawaii Fri, Apr 28, 2017
• The Borg design pattern Thu, Apr 27, 2017
• Documenting both class and constructor in Sphinx Mon, Oct 10, 2016
• Using Python to update a required field while performing a transition in Jira Fri, Feb 19, 2016
• German cycle superhighway opens its first stretch Thu, Jan 7, 2016
• Using your gut microbes to find the perfect diet Wed, Dec 23, 2015
• Software patents put on hold in India Tue, Dec 22, 2015
• New HTTP status code for legally unavailable resources Mon, Dec 21, 2015
• Back to Wordpress Mon, Dec 21, 2015
• Serializing structured data into Avro using Python Wed, May 20, 2015
• Difference between Python and Ruby when it comes to hashes with default values Thu, May 14, 2015
• Pagerduty's fantastic Zookeeper bug Mon, May 11, 2015
• The story is more important than the tool Sat, Apr 26, 2014
• Apple patents tech to allow Govt to block recording on mobile devices Wed, Aug 7, 2013
• A security vulnerability in the toilet Tue, Aug 6, 2013
• apple-touch-icon 404 errors in logs Tue, Aug 6, 2013
• Use of Tor will make you interesting to NSA Tue, Aug 6, 2013
• Law enforcement was not supposed to be easy Fri, Jul 26, 2013
• Use Btsync and Owncloud to create your own free personal storage cloud Sat, Jul 20, 2013
• Being 'Ramen Profitable' Thu, Jul 18, 2013
• The full extent of Microsoft's Prism involvement exposed Fri, Jul 12, 2013
• Moving from Wordpress to Octopress Wed, Jul 10, 2013
• The "Windows"-fication of Gnome Fri, Sep 28, 2012
• DNS resolver changes in Ubuntu Precise (12.04) Tue, Jun 5, 2012
• Essential qualities of an athlete Sat, Mar 10, 2012
• Why we keep lying to the sales people Sun, Mar 4, 2012
• The Pale Blue Dot Sat, Mar 3, 2012
• Ubuntu's ongoing UI meltdown Fri, Mar 2, 2012
• Ubuntu Oneiric alternate install image is broken Fri, Feb 24, 2012
• Creepy data mining by retailers Mon, Feb 20, 2012
• Microsoft's existential threat Mon, Feb 20, 2012
• Amazing high-def images of Earth from outer space Tue, Feb 7, 2012
• The Windows bundling racket gets a jolt in France Tue, Feb 7, 2012
• Pratap Bhanu Mehta on state censorship in India Thu, Jan 19, 2012
• Microsoft using Secureboot to lock down ARM Mon, Jan 16, 2012
• Should you easily hand over those encryption keys to the law? Tue, Jan 10, 2012
• One of the highlights of the upcoming Windows 8 is ... Thu, Jan 5, 2012
• The incoming Secureboot/Restrictedboot war Wed, Jan 4, 2012
• Blog merge Mon, Jan 2, 2012
• Vim git commit color weirdness Fri, Sep 9, 2011
• Fedora 15 Fixes Tue, Jul 5, 2011
• Quick tip: Making ssh agent work in screen sessions Thu, May 12, 2011
• ISP data caps taken to court in US with very convincing arguments Fri, May 6, 2011
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• microUSB cellphone charger becomes EU standard Sun, Jan 2, 2011
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• Of cognitive surplus, and pigs in the digital age Sat, Jan 1, 2011
• Indian Open Standards policy finalized, with a major victory for the FOSS community Fri, Nov 12, 2010
• Evaluating Posterous #review #webapp Tue, Nov 2, 2010
• Restart/Shutdown your Linux machine using dbus Tue, Nov 2, 2010
• Regular expressions in Python by example Tue, Sep 7, 2010
• The constant conflict between the Maker's Schedule and Manager's Schedule Thu, Jul 22, 2010
• Quick local DNS caching for your workstation in Ubuntu Mon, Jun 14, 2010
• The magical moment that made me a FOSS guy forever Tue, May 11, 2010
• Quick tip: Merging photos from two different cameras Thu, Jan 14, 2010
• Adding new CA certificates in Ubuntu (Jaunty) Fri, Aug 7, 2009
• Using the official Flickr uploadr on Ubuntu Sun, Jul 5, 2009
• Akamai awesomeness and Opendns lameness Wed, Apr 22, 2009
• Getting more printable PDFs from texinfo manuals Thu, Feb 12, 2009
• Removing encryption from (legitimate!) PDF files on Ubuntu Sat, Jan 10, 2009
• One liner to convert Maildir/ to mbox using mutt Wed, Jan 7, 2009
• Apple is as big a threat to FOSS as Microsoft Fri, Oct 24, 2008
• Discussing Paul Graham's essay on software patents Thu, Oct 23, 2008
• Catching up with Python Mon, Oct 20, 2008
• Blog split Mon, Oct 13, 2008
• Using ffmpeg on Ubuntu to convert DV videos for video sharing websites Sun, Sep 21, 2008
• Draft of Indian Government's policy on Open Standards in e-governance released Wed, Sep 3, 2008
• Paying credit card from your bank electronically Sat, Aug 23, 2008
• A. R. Rahman on the future of music Mon, Aug 18, 2008
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• Why I returned my Mac Tue, Aug 5, 2008
• Fight terror, but don't turn India into a police state Fri, Jul 25, 2008
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• My first 419 mail in hindi! Sat, Jun 21, 2008
• visabillpay security Fri, Jun 20, 2008
• The network effect of Flickr's social photography Tue, Jun 17, 2008
• Helpful error messages - Airtel Sun, Jun 15, 2008
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• Atheists are not the skeptics they think they are Tue, May 27, 2008
• Ongoing fraud at various Bangalore petrol stations Tue, May 27, 2008
• Public photography under attack Sat, May 24, 2008
• SC blasts insurance players for refusing to cover the elderly Thu, May 22, 2008
• The Microsoft Tax Refund campaign at ILUGD Mon, May 19, 2008
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• The POTA games Mon, May 19, 2008
• Getting Twitter and Google hosted domains to talk over Gtalk Thu, May 15, 2008
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• pagii - Yet Another Social Network (YASN) Wed, May 14, 2008
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• Updates: My own planet system and twitter Thu, Feb 21, 2008
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• Of Lessig, my years of self-delusion and beginning of realization Wed, Feb 20, 2008
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• Microsoft vs. Google Wed, May 4, 2005
• Am I an Electric Human? Mon, Apr 18, 2005
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• IBM’s Double Face on Patents Sat, Apr 16, 2005
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• Extending Wordpress’s RSS excerpts Tue, Oct 26, 2004
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