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This Blog Just Moved From Jekyll to Hugo

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

After 15 years on Jekyll, this site now runs on Hugo with the PaperMod theme — here's what changed, what I kept, and what I dropped.

WireGuard Docker Configuration Drift

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

SWireGuard Docker Configuration Drift

Setting up SMTP Mail Relay with msmtpd and systemd Socket Activation

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Setting up SMTP Mail Relay with msmtpd and systemd Socket Activation

Secure Your Homelab: Exposing Services Selectively with WireGuard VPN and Traefik

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Secure Your Homelab: Exposing Services Selectively with WireGuard VPN and Traefik

How to Send Emails from Python Using msmtp and Gmail

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

How to Send Emails from Python Using msmtp and Gmail

Block Storage vs Object Storage

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Block Storage vs Object Storage

Systemd timer running on every boot

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Systemd timer running on every boot

Displaying Google Calendar Events in Conky

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Displaying Google Calendar Events in Conky

Image location detection using Bedrock and Claude Model

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Image location detection using Bedrock and Claude Model

Automating Gmail PDF Extraction and Paperless NGX Integration

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A Python script that automatically extracts PDFs from Gmail, removes password protection, and uploads them to Paperless NGX for document management.

Building a RAG System for Your Jekyll Blog with AWS Bedrock Claude

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Building a RAG System for Your Jekyll Blog with AWS Bedrock Claude

Rofi Process Killer

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Rofi Process Killer

Configuring AWS ALB Timeouts

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Configuring AWS ALB Timeouts

Non Blocking I/O

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Non Blocking I/O

Troubleshooting Shared Library Issues on Linux

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Troubleshooting Shared Library Issues on Linux

Row level locking in database

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Row level locking in database

Run elasticsearch in docker

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Run elasticsearch in docker

HTTP Certificate Pinning

Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

HTTP Certificate Pinning

Combine videos using ffmpeg

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Combine videos using ffmpeg

Case of sudden Kafka lag drop

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Case of sudden Kafka lag drop

Revealing Hidden characters in a string

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Revealing Hidden characters in a string

Homelab Dashboard

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Homelab Dashboard

Qtile crash on Arch Linux

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Qtile crash on Arch Linux

Resize disk in Proxmox VM

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Resize disk in Proxmox VM

s3cmd Fast way to copy s3 data

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

s3cmd Fast way to copy s3 data

_class attribute in Spring data MongoDB_

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

_class attribute in Spring data MongoDB

Create local kubernetes cluster using Kind

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Create local kubernetes cluster using Kind

Load testing Websocket servers using Locust

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Load testing Websocket servers using Locust

Monitoring Redis Streams lag in Prometheus and Grafana

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Monitoring Redis Streams lag in Prometheus and Grafana

Faking time in JVM Process

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Faking time in JVM Process

Rtkit Daemon flooding journalctl logs

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Rtkit Daemon flooding journalctl logs

My Homelab Update - Part I

Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

My Homelab Update - Part I

Quick Websockets client in Python

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Quick Websockets client in Python

Building RediSearch module in Amazon Linux 2

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Building RediSearch module in Amazon Linux 2

Websocket - Close Status codes

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Websocket - Close Status codes

Proxmox - Setting up user friendly urls

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Proxmox - Setting up user friendly urls

Using Kitty hints to parse maven output

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Using Kitty hints to parse maven output

Android SSL Pinning Bypass

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Android SSL Pinning Bypass

Transfer files from k8s or docker shell to other host

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Transfer files from k8s or docker shell to other host

Intellij cannot launch because 'process 2' already running

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Intellij cannot launch because 'process 2' already running

Recovering from Arch Boot failure

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Recovering from Arch Boot failure

Ansible roles for installing and configuring Vitess

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ansible roles for installing and configuring Vitess

Creating vagrant basebox

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Creating vagrant basebox

Process huge log files

Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Process huge log files

LeetCode Format v1.4

Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

LeetCode Format v1.4

zsh and /etc/profile

Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

zsh and /etc/profile

Taking memory dump of JVM Applications

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Taking memory dump of JVM Applications

Workaround AWS Lambda 6 MB Response size limit

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Workaround AWS Lambda 6 MB Response size limit

A nifty Apache Benchmark alternative - hey

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A nifty Apache Benchmark alternative - hey

Monitoring Guava Cache Statistics

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Monitoring Guava Cache Statistics

User Defined function(UDF) to filter cloudfront IP Addresses from AWS Athena Logs

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

User Defined function(UDF) to filter cloudfront IP Addresses from AWS Athena Logs

Linux Tips and Tricks

Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Linux Tips and Tricks

Adding HTTP Proxy to Spring WebFlux Client

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Adding HTTP Proxy to Spring WebFlux Client

Fedora Tips & Tricks

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Fedora Tips & Tricks

Gracefully shutting down JVM applications

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Gracefully shutting down JVM applications

Web3 ethereum development breaking changes

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Web3 ethereum development breaking changes

Find non-expiring keys in Redis

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Find non-expiring keys in Redis

Redis Node moving out of cluster repeatedly

Sun, 15 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Redis Node moving out of cluster repeatedly

Difference between upper90 and mean90

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Difference between upper90 and mean90

Execute a transaction in etherum using ganache

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Execute a transaction in etherum using ganache

Clear buffer memory on Linux

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Clear buffer memory on Linux

Setup Cassandra Cluster using Ansible and Vagrant

Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Setup Cassandra Cluster using Ansible and Vagrant

Parental Control Softwares for Windows and Linux

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Parental Control Softwares for Windows and Linux

Linux GUI Tips

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Linux GUI Tips

Useful Systemd commands

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Useful Systemd commands

CentOS is dead

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

CentOS is dead

Increase Grub2 Resolution in CentOS / Fedora

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Increase Grub2 Resolution in CentOS / Fedora

Fedora / CentOS Tips & Tricks - running it as Desktop OS

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Fedora / CentOS Tips & Tricks - running it as Desktop OS

Quickly Compare two MySQL databases

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Quickly Compare two MySQL databases

Forbidden error while accessing AWS services on Kubernetes

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Forbidden error while accessing AWS services on Kubernetes

Provision Redis cluster through Vagrant and Ansible

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Provision Redis cluster through Vagrant and Ansible

Proxy nodejs requests through Proxy Server

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Proxy nodejs requests through Proxy Server

Kernel Panic with AMD Ryzen 5600x on CentOS 7

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Kernel Panic with AMD Ryzen 5600x on CentOS 7

Offload IO Intensive tasks to worker threads

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Offload IO Intensive tasks to worker thread

Conventional Commits

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Conventional Commits

Querying AWS ALB Logs using Athena

Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Querying AWS ALB Logs using Athena

Backup and Restore specific cassandra tables

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Backup and Restore specific cassandra tables

Using sshpass to skip entering passwords for SSH

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Using sshpass to skip entering passwords for SSH

Running Spark on Windows

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Running Spark on Windows

zsh Autocomplete

Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

zsh Autocomplete

Designing Change Data Capture

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Designing Change Data Capture

Liveness and Readiness Probes

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Liveness and Readiness Probes

Meaning of at-least once, at-most once and exactly-once delivery

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Meaning of at-least once, at-most once and exactly-once delivery

How tinyUrl Does redirection

Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How tinyUrl Does redirection

Encoding and Hashing

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Encoding and Hashing

Capacity Estimation Examples

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Capacity Estimation Examples

Simple Design of Communication Service

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Simple Design of Communication Service

API Response Group Pattern - Improving latencies using GraphQL

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

API Response Group Pattern - Improving latencies using GraphQL

Migrating from SQL to No-SQL without downtime

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Migrating from SQL to No-SQL without downtime

Fun with Splunk

Sun, 30 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Fun with Splunk

Few Useful Kubectl commands

Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Few Useful Kubectl commands

Handling Distributed transactions rollback

Sun, 16 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Handling Distributed transactions rollback

Removing the empty space around image using blur technique in CSS

Sun, 09 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Removing the empty space around image using blur technique in CSS

Useful Angular libraries

Sun, 02 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Useful Angular libraries

HashMap with TTL

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

HashMap with TTL

Same origin policy and CORS

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Same origin policy and CORS

Ways of traversing tree

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Ways of traversing tree

Pitfalls while using Lombok with Java Development

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Pitfalls while using Lombok with Java Development

LeetCode Format

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

LeetCode Format

Realtime Google Analytics in Firefox tab

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Realtime Google Analytics in Firefox tab

Sockets in shell

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Sockets in shell

Binary Search bug in JDK

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Binary Search bug in JDK

Generic traffic splitting algorithm

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Generic traffic splitting algorithm

Speed up debugging in IntelliJ

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Speed up debugging in IntelliJ

Dual Booting Windows and Linux on different HDD / SDD

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Dual Booting Windows and Linux on different HDD / SDD

Partitioned Browser Cache Starting Chrome v86

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Partitioned Browser Cache Starting Chrome v86

Handle timeouts while connecting to cassandra

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Handle timeouts while connecting to cassandra

Object Oriented Programming in JavaScript

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Object Oriented Programming in JavaScript

Javascript Event loop and call stack

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Javascript Event loop and call stack

Estimate no. of kafka partitions handled by a single thread on compute

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Estimate no. of kafka partitions handled by a single thread on compute

Kafka Consumer Multithreading

Sun, 30 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Kafka Consumer Multithreading

Debugging SSL Issues

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Debugging SSL Issues

Why do Lambda functions require final variables

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Why do Lambda functions require final variables

Best Mechanical Keyboards in India for Engineers

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Best Mechanical Keyboards in India for Engineers

Overview of Active-Active Kafka Cluster using MirrorMaker 2.0

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Overview of Active-Active Kafka Cluster using MirrorMaker 2.0

Kotlin for Java Developers - Part 3

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Kotlin for Java Developers

Kotlin for Java Developers - Part 2

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Kotlin for Java Developers

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Kotlin for Java Developers

Bulk insertion of Rows in CosmosDB

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Bulk insertion of Rows in CosmosDB

The validation data provided must contain class

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The validation data provided must contain class

Determine if your Macbook battery is about to die

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Determine if your Macbook battery is about to die

Finding intersection of two lists in shell

Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Finding intersection of two lists in shell

Executing commands in parallel in Shell and other fun stuff

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Executing commands in parallel in Shell and other fun stuff

Customize Windows 10 Desktop

Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Customize Windows 10 Desktop

Different HTTP Timeouts in HTTP Client

Sat, 16 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Different HTTP Timeouts in HTTP Client

Unit testing HTTP retry strategies

Sat, 09 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Unit testing HTTP retry strategies

Tools to test remote connectivity in Linux

Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tools to test remote connectivity in Linux

Classloaders, Containers & Unit Tests

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Classloaders, Containers & Unit Tests

Fastest way to spin up Kubernetes cluster on AWS

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Fastest way to spin up Kubernetes cluster on AWS

Adding package suppressions in Checkstyle and Spotbugs

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Adding package suppressions in Checkstyle and Spotbugs

Lessons learnt using Apache HTTP Connection Pooling Library

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Lessons learnt using Apache HTTP Connection Pooling Library

Tailing log files on multiple remote machines

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tailing log files on multiple remote machines

Importing certificate into Java Keystore

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Importing certificate into Java Keystore

Solving: Request header is too large

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Solving: Request header is too large

Must have Java code analysis Tools - Part 3

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Must have Java code analysis Tools - Part 3

Incrementally routing traffic to newer version of service

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Incrementally routing traffic to newer version of service

Must have Java code analysis Tools - Part 2

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Must have Java code analysis Tools - Part 2

Must have Java code analysis Tools - Part 1

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Must have Java code analysis Tools - Part 1

Running splunk on docker on OSX

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Running splunk on docker on OSX

Ensuring git commit messages contain JIRA ID

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Ensuring git commit messages contain JIRA ID

Goodreads For Flipkart

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Goodreads For Flipkart

Kafka rebalancing

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Kafka rebalancing

id generation strategies

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

id generation strategies

Meaning of atleast once, atmost once and exactly once delivery

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Meaning of atleast once, atmost once and exactly once delivery

Deadlocks in Optimistic locking

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Deadlocks in Optimistic locking

Concurrency in Python

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Concurrency in Python

Parallelism and ordering

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Parallelism and ordering

Setting up Java project for monitoring

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Setting up Java project for monitoring

Considerations for high throughput kafka producer

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Considerations for high throughput kafka producer

Consuming from Kafka

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Consuming from Kafka

Lessons from History

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Lessons from History

Using SEDA

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Using SEDA

Life is a game of risk and reward

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Life is a game of risk and reward

Koshish

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Koshish karne waloon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti

Ramifications of a mediocre founders

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Ramifications of a mediocre founders

Push beyond comfort zone

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Push beyond comfort zone

Quality or Quantity

Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Quality or Quantity

Doraha

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Doraha

Handling stack traces in Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana (ELK)

Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Handling stack traces in Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana (ELK)

Using curator to delete older elasticsearch indices

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Using curator to delete older elasticsearch indices

Angular2 Confirmation Dialog component

Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Angular2 Confirmation Dialog component

Useful tcpdump usages

Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Useful tcpdump usages

Bulk git clone repositories

Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Bulk git clone repositories

Tuning Linux servers for scalability

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Tuning Linux servers for scalability

Close look at proxy_cache_lock and proxy_cache_use_stale in Nginx

Sun, 25 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Close look at proxy_cache_lock and proxy_cache_use_stale in Nginx

Improving performance using Batch APIs

Sun, 25 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Improving performance using Batch APIs

Couchbase exception handling in Node.js

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Couchbase exception handling in Node.js

Integrate node.js logging with Sentry

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Integrate node.js logging with Sentry

Debugging SSL Issues in Java

Sun, 30 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Debugging SSL Issues in Java

Learnings from moving from MBR to GPT, multi-booting and random stuff

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Learnings from moving from MBR to GPT, multi-booting and random stuff

Effect of connection pooling on node.js performance

Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Effect of connection pooling on node.js performance

Code linting tools

Sun, 04 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Code linting tools

Adding Service worker to Jekyll Site

Sun, 21 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Adding Service worker for to Jekyll Site

Caching authenticated requests using NGINX

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Caching authenticated requests using NGINX

Create a couchbase bucket during build of the container

Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Create a couchbase bucket during build of the container

Speeding up Node.js HTTP requests with DNS caching

Sat, 28 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Speeding up Node.js HTTP requests with DNS caching

Things to learn for Modern Web Development

Sat, 14 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Things to learn for Modern Web Development

Read Google docs spreadsheet using Python

Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Read Google docs spreadsheet using Python

Handling special characters in Python 2

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Handling special characters in Python 2

Making AngularJs play nice with Social sharing

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Making AngularJs play nice with Social sharing

On calling your former employers shit

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

On calling your former employers shit

Understanding free output in Linux

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Understanding free output in Linux

NSImage Caching

Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000

NSImage Caching

Google groups for Developers

Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Google groups for Developers

Managing Programmers By Douglas Crockford

Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Managing Programmers By Douglas Crockford

Timing function / task execution in Celery

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Timing function / task execution in Celery

Ringtone Preference in Feed Notifier

Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Ringtone Preference in Feed Notifier

Flexbox is not supported Android 4.3 and below

Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Flexbox is not supported Android 4.3 and below

Scaling Celery Task queue

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Experiences of Scaling Celery Task queue

CountDownLatch in Python using Condition Objects

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

CountDownLatch in Python using Condition Objects

Feed notifier updated

Sun, 25 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Feed notifier updated

Why is only UI thread allowed to modify the UI

Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Why is only UI thread allowed to modify the UI

Angular Chat popup

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Angular Chat popup

Caching http requests with Angular

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Caching http requests with Angular

Emoji Keyboard and Chat bubbles in Android

Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Emoji Keyboard and Chat bubbles in Android

Encoding and Decoding Emoji for Cross platform

Fri, 26 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Encoding and decoding Emoji for Cross platform

Useful Javascript Design patterns

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Useful Javascript Design patterns

Multiboot: Booting linux from ISO placed in HDD via GRUB

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Multiboot: Booting linux from ISO placed in HDD via GRUB

An awesome conky configuration

Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

An awesome conky configuration

Union and Intersection of ArrayList in Java

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Union and Intersection of ArrayList in Java

Algorithm: Convert number to word

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Algorithm: Convert number to word

Find Nth largest element in an array

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Find Nth largest element in an array

Building Git 2.0.0 from sources on Windows

Sun, 08 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Building Git 2.0.0 from sources on Windows

Change ImageView src based on Android Application theme

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Change ImageView src based on Android Application theme

Hermes removed from Play Store by Google

Mon, 26 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Hermes removed from Play Store by Google

Javascript Basics Part IV

Sun, 25 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Javascript Basics Part IV

Javascript Basics Part III

Sat, 24 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Javascript Basics Part III

Javascript Basics Part II

Fri, 23 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Javascript Basics Part II

Javascript Basics Part I

Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Javascript Basics Part I

Portable Jekyll Upgraded to 2.0.1

Wed, 07 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Portable Jekyll Upgraded to 2.0.1

Decoding the hidden Wunderlist API (Part I)

Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Decoding the hidden Wunderlist API (Part I)

Decoding the hidden Wunderlist API (Part II)

Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Decoding the hidden Wunderlist API (Part II)

Feedly OAuth 2.0 implementation using Scribe in Java

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Feedly OAuth 2.0 implementation using Scribe in Java

Hosting Git repository on a Windows LAN

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Hosting Git repository on a Windows LAN

Updating Created By field in SharePoint through Client Object Model

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Updating Created By field in SharePoint through Client Object Model

Convert claims based login name in SharePoint Client object model

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Convert claims based login name in SharePoint Client object model

Reading and writing People Values in SharePoint List through Silverlight Client object model

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Reading and writing People Values in SharePoint List through Silverlight Client object model

Writing Silverlight people picker control using SharePoint 2010 Client object model

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Writing Silverlight people picker control using SharePoint 2010 Client object model

New look for my site

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

New look for my site

Introducing Hermes Android App

Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Introducing Hermes Android App

Making most out of _data directory in Jekyll

Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Making most out of _data directory in Jekyll

Portable Jekyll Updated to Jekyll v1.3.0

Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Portable Jekyll Updated to Jekyll v1.3.0

Adventures with Corel Draw

Sat, 20 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Adventures with Corel Draw

Building portable Jekyll for Windows

Sat, 20 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Building portable Jekyll for Windows

Jekyll upgraded to 1.0.2

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Jekyll upgraded to 1.0.2

Browser Market Share of Internet Explorer

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Browser Market Share of Internet Explorer

WebServices or Client Object Model

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

WebServices or Client Object Model

Move your projects from TFS to Git in Codeplex

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Move your projects from TFS to Git in Codeplex

Enable code highlighting with Pygments/Jekyll

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Enable code highlighting with Pygments/Jekyll

What's wrong with Microsoft

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

What's wrong with Microsoft

How to upgrade your Jekyll Blog/Site to HTML5

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

How to upgrade your Jekyll Blog/Site to HTML5

Conditional comments in Internet Explorer

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Conditional comments in Internet Explorer

Learning HTML5

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Learning HTML5

Future of Web and Mobile: HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Future of Web and Mobile: HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript

Using MakeFile with Assembly Programming

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Using MakeFile with Assembly Programming

GitHub Pages are served from the Default Branch

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

GitHub Pages are served from the Default Branch

Updated with Blueprint CSS Framework

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Updated with Blueprint CSS Framework

Invoke SharePoint 2010 Approval Workflow with Dynamic Approvers using Web Services and Jquery

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Invoke SharePoint 2010 Approval Workflow with Dynamic Approvers using Web Services and Jquery

Silverlight Chart Control for SharePoint 2010

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Silverlight Chart Control for SharePoint 2010

Windows command shell(cmd.exe) runs only first command

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Windows command shell(cmd.exe) runs only first command

Privilege escalation on Windows using Binary Planting

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Privilege escalation on Windows using Binary Planting

Crack or Reset Windows Passwords

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Crack or Reset Windows Passwords

Difference between Filtered vs Closed Ports

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Difference between Filtered vs Closed Ports

HackingLab Challenge: Disassemble .NET Clients

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

HackingLab Challenge: Disassemble .NET Clients

Best fonts for programming

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Best fonts for programming

AOE slang

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

AOE slang

Removing the Default Editor Parts from SharePoint Web Parts

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Removing the Default Editor Parts from SharePoint Web Parts

Migrating 3rd party blogs to Jekyll

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Migrating 3rd party blogs to Jekyll

Running Jekyll on Windows

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Running Jekyll on Windows

Pass the Hash Exploitation on Windows

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Pass the Hash Exploitation on Windows

Burnout

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Burnout

Integrating Wordpress Tag cloud Plugin in Jekyll

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Integrating Wordpress Tag cloud Plugin in Jekyll

Protections against buffer overflow exploits in Linux

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Protections against buffer overflow exploits in Linux

Classic Buffer overflow exploits on Linux x64

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Classic Buffer overflow exploits on Linux x64

Exploring Web Application vulnerabilities

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Exploring Web Application vulnerabilities

Hacking Router password using Hydra

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Hacking Router password using Hydra

My Top Network Security Tools

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

My Top Network Security Tools

Facebook Vulnerability - Session sidejacking

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Facebook Vulnerability - Session sidejacking

Creating Tag cloud of Categories in Jekyll

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Creating Tag cloud of Categories in Jekyll

Github as a development platform

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Github as a development platform

Reverse engineering Google chrome extensions

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

How to reverse engineer Google Chrome extensions

Bookmart

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

I developed this site as a part of Tusitala Web Developer challenge 2014 hosted by Ideatory

The site is deployed on heroku cloud. Check out this site at http://bookmart.herokuapp.com

Developed in PHP and MYSQL.
Mobile first design using Twitter Bootstrap framework
Supports social login (Google, Facebook & Twitter)
Utilizes an open source module to render epub on browser

DashAnalytics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

DashAnalytics for DashClock

DashAnalytics is an extension for DashClock Widget

DashAnalytics displays the metrics from your Google Analytics Website or App profile. Very useful to track on regular basis metrics such as Daily Visitors, visits, new visits for your Website or Mobile application.

WebSite Metrics Displayed

Visitors
Visits
Percentage new visits
New visits

Mobile App Metrics Displayed

Visitors
Visits
Percentage new visits
New visits

Have a bug report or feature request? Just find the issue or file a new one here

Feed notifier

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Feed Notifier

Feed notifier is a simple, highly customizable and an intuitive notifier for your favorite unread articles in Feedly.

Features:

Notification per feed or category
Dashclock Extension
Widget

Please visit the Feed Notifier github page for more information. Also make sure to log your issues/feature requests to the Github issue log

Goodreads Flipkart Chrome Extension

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A Chrome extension for viewing Goodreads Reviews while on Flipkart

Please visit the Goodreads Flipkart Chrome Extension github page for more information. Also make sure to log your issues/feature requests to the Github issue log

Hermes

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

LeetCode Format Extension

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This extension adds the Format button to the LeetCode code editor. Currently supported programming languages are Java, JavaScript and TypeScript.

Available for both Google Chrome and Firefox.

Download here for Firefox Download here for Chrome

Legacy Projects

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Older projects I am no longer actively maintaining

madhur.co.in

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This current site built with Jekyll is a project in itself. It has come a long way since I started in this 2011.

Some of the unique features of this site are:

Mobile first design using Twitter Bootstrap framework
Static site integration with Jekyll
Integration with Disqus
Integration with Gibhub API to pull commits and issues using Octokit
Syntax highlighting with Pygments
Integration with Fancybox
Scalebable CSS icons from FontAwesome
Site and source code hosting on github
Custom Tag Cloud Plugin

This site is heavily inspired and borrows some of the plugins and designs from:

My Site WebPart Property Changer

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A simple tool to change webpart property in MySite for all users automatically without going manually and change it one by one for each user.

OSX Hdd Usage

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

An app to track your Mac HDD Usage

Please visit the OSX Hdd Usage github page for more information. Also make sure to log your issues/feature requests to the Github issue log

Privacy Policy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Privacy Policy - HDD Usage

Madhur Ahuja built the HDD Usage app as an Open Source app. This SERVICE is provided by Madhur Ahuja at no cost and is intended for use as is.

This page is used to inform visitors regarding my policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use my Service.

If you choose to use my Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that I collect is used for providing and improving the Service. I will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to the Vocab Builder app (hereby referred to as “Application”) for mobile devices that was created by Madhur Ahuja (hereby referred to as “Service Provider”) as a Free service. This service is intended for use “AS IS”.

What information does the Application obtain and how is it used?

The Application does not obtain any information when you download and use it. Registration is not required to use the Application.

Privacy Policy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Privacy Policy - Weather Pollution Bar

Madhur Ahuja built the Weather Pollution Bar app as an Open Source app. This SERVICE is provided by Madhur Ahuja at no cost and is intended for use as is.

This page is used to inform visitors regarding my policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use my Service.

RabbitMQ Monitor

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

RabbitMQ Monitor Widget allows you to monitor your RabbitMQ queues.

Just specify the hostname, management port and credentials to access your RabbitMQ Management.

Features

Highly Configurable Widget
Specify Sync interval

Please visit the RabbitMQ Monitor github page for more information. Also make sure to log your issues/feature requests to the Github issue log

Realtime Google Analytics Count in Tab

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Firefox Extension to see the number of Realtime users on your site in the tab of the Realtime google analytics overview page.

Inspired by the similar chrome extension realtime-google-analytics-in-tab

Download here

SharePoint Gadget

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This gadget pulls the data from a SharePoint list and displays nicely onto a desktop. The gadget utilzes following libraries

Silverlight Organization Chart for SharePoint

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Live Demo with Sample Data

Features

Collapse/Expand of Nodes
Reset Root anywhere within the Org Chart
Root can be permanently set in web part through parameters
Optionally draws dotted line based on input data.

Steps

Get the .xap file
Insert the Silverlight WebPart in your SharePoint 2010 site and point it to .XAP file.
Create the list with schema shown in screenshot
Put the GUID of this list in the “Custom Initialization Property” of the web part as following

Silverlight People picker and People Chooser WebPart

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Whenever you are developing a silverlight solution on SharePoint 2010, one of the basic functionality you will require is the ability to select people from your Active Directory.

Sadly, I could not find a ready made custom silverlight control which I could utilize for my solution. I decided to write on my own. Rather than writing from scratch, I decided to use the boilerplate code provided by Steve.

This project contains a Silverlight People picker and People Chooser WebPart

Site Quota WebPart

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A simple webpart which shows the allocation space used by sharepoint site against its allocated quota. The site collection must have quotas enabled.

STP Inspector

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

STP Inspector is an site template inspector for WSS/MOSS 2007. It analyzes a site template file (.stp) and basically shows its dependencies on the site features and site collection features.

I wrote this utility to debug some of the issues which are faced while applying site templates saved from different server. The issues are more often when site template contains custom solution such as custom master page, web parts or features.

Vocab Builder

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Vocab Builder

Vocab Builder helps you build and revise your vocabulary. Works great for GRE, CAT, CMAT, XAT, SAT, GMAT, etc

Features

Collection of around 4800 words
Completely offline - no internet connection required.
Customizable - Add your own words, edit existing words.
Learning mode and revision mode.

In revision mode, you swipe to reveal the word meaning.
In learning mode, the meaning is automatically shown.

Tagging & Synonyms - A word can be tagged with multiple other words. It allows you to make your own grouping of words.
Periodic Notification - A notification can be configured to appear periodically which will show you the word along with its meaning.
The notification can be configured to show only the words you want to learn.

Star Rating System

Vocab Builder is unique from other vocabulary building software in a way it employs flexible star rating system. It makes no assumption regarding your current level of vocabulary or the words you find easy/difficulty.

Weather Pollution Bar

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A simple weather and pollution shortcut menu for OS X, written purely in Apple Swift 2.1

^{*Pollution is currently available in India only in select cities.}

https://github.com/madhur/weather-pollution-bar

Credits

The weather data is obtained from OpenWeatherMap API The pollution data is obtained from CPCB

I also looked to projects such as Shuttle for direction on building status bar Cocoa apps.