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8 Nov 9 min read

Why I wrote my own homelab dashboard in stdlib Python, and what it took to keep a 2015 Fire 7 on LineageOS showing it on the wall 24/7.

#homelab#linux#android

7 Nov 8 min read

The software on my trash-rescued homelab: ZFS, Docker Compose, Tailscale-only access with real HTTPS, a VPN'd download stack, Immich and the boring backup bits.

#homelab#linux#security-privacy

6 Nov 8 min read

An HP Envy left in my building's garbage room with a 'Free for parts' note is now Zion. Part 1: the rescue, the drives, a 3D printed cage and a stubborn PSU.

#homelab#linux#gadgets

5 Nov 8 min read X

Before Zion there was a Raspberry Pi stack in Bangalore and a Dell PowerEdge R510 in Delhi. What they ran, what I sold, and what made it to the US.

#homelab#linux#personal

3 Nov 2 min read X

My Brother P-touch has 649 symbols indexed on one paper sheet I kept losing. Labelarium is the offline, open-source companion app I built instead, now on Product Hunt and Peerlist.

#developer-tools#open-source#ai

30 Oct 12 min read Medium

20 systems, one frontend, every one running at full speed. Here’s how an AI agent and I got there, including the parts that broke.

#gaming#android#ai

28 Oct 15 min read Medium

Debloating a TCL Google TV over ADB without root: auditing packages, finding Samba TV ACR in a system service, and building a lightweight custom launcher.

#android#security-privacy#gadgets

27 Oct 12 min read Medium

60 MB of diagnostics, six weeks of battery history, and a surprise: the “bloat” from restoring my old phone wasn’t the problem.

#android#ai#smartphones

24 Oct 9 min read X

Porting Vocalinux to macOS, moving it all into one Voca org, and pushing VocaPhone through Google Play, the App Store and F-Droid in a single autumn.

#developer-tools#apple#android

3 Oct 8 min read X

A Flashforge AD5M, a printed enclosure, a dryer before TPU, a desk mount an LLM helped draft, an STL edited by an AI agent and an NFC tag for my dog.

#gadgets#personal#ai

19 Sept 11 min read X

Eight years of desk tweets: a 4K Dell and MX Blues, a 34-inch ultrawide over a walking pad, a vertical monitor, a dog crate desk and a G502 with weights.

#gadgets#personal#developer-tools

15 Sept 12 min read Medium

I used to think I needed a laptop. Then I dropped a phone into a lapdock, and now I ship code from hotel TVs.

#developer-tools#android#linux

29 Jul 6 min read X

My first time self-filing an ITR, done end to end with Grok 4.5 in the grok build CLI. I built a neo-brutalist dashboard and a 158-page audit packet, and still overpaid by ₹5,550.

#ai#developer-tools#personal

15 Jul 7 min read DEV

The story behind Vocalinux, from the missing Linux dictation gap to whisper.cpp, remote HTTP STT, Wayland text injection, and a tray app you can use every day.

#linux#developer-tools#ai

1 Jul 8 min read Medium

Why I finally walked, how I picked Porkbun over Cloudflare and Namecheap, and the exact downtime-free playbook you can steal for any registrar move.

#internet#how-to

22 Jun 1 min read X

I built pmptr for my wife: a transparent, always-on-top, click-through teleprompter for macOS, Linux and Windows. Open source, one npm install.

#developer-tools#open-source#personal

16 Jun 5 min read X

How to get back on Telegram during India's ban, why incometax.gov.in barely loads for me without a VPN, and a fake VPN sponsorship that stole a dev's creds.

#internet#security-privacy#how-to

9 Jun 6 min read X

In May 2026 GitHub suspended my account over a compromised gh CLI token. Their explanation pointed back to the stealer that hit my Mac in 2025.

#security-privacy#developer-tools#personal

7 Jun 1 min read X

A small CLI that glues yt-dlp, ffmpeg and whisper.cpp together. Paste a video URL and get a transcript as text, SRT, VTT and timed JSON, fully local.

#developer-tools#python#ai

7 Jun 7 min read X

Six months of Saturday sessions reading Petzold's CODE together, from flashlights and Morse code to operating systems. Over 120 started. 4 of us finished.

#books#software-engineering#personal

4 May 10 min read Medium

A tiered guide to routing OpenCode Go models across oh-my-openagent agents, with fallback chains and budgeting to avoid hitting rate and monthly limits.

#ai#developer-tools#how-to

21 Feb 9 min read X

I skipped the Mac mini and put Clawdbot (now OpenClaw) on a $3.49 Hetzner VPS. Bots found it within hours. My hardening list, token bill and Alfred.

#ai#security-privacy#linux

18 Feb 3 min read X

you can't make this stuff up anons. the absolute state of the indian tech ecosystem on full display.

#startups#gadgets

6 Feb 6 min read Medium

Introducing Vocalinux, an open-source, 100% offline voice dictation tool for Linux using Whisper or VOSK, with its architecture, features and install guide.

#linux#ai#developer-tools

16 Jan 1 min read LinkedIn

We are witnessing the most significant shift in the economics of software since the advent of cloud computing.

#ai#software-engineering#startups

10 Aug 2 min read X

A sponsored Google result, a fake Cloudflare check and a 360-line macOS stealer. My X account posted crypto spam for 12 hours.

#security-privacy#personal

21 Jun 6 min read X

A Wes Bos post, a quick prototype, a friend's Firefox PR, 100 GitHub stars in about two weeks, and the first people trying to sell me installs.

#developer-tools#ai#javascript

11 May 6 min read X

I wasted 3 hours getting my RTX 5080 working on Linux so you don't have to. Open kernel modules, per-distro steps for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, and the usual fixes.

#linux#how-to

2 Mar 10 min read X

In 2019 I was in the audience at Bengaluru meetups. Since then I've given talks in Bengaluru, Delhi, Goa, Pilani and Chicago. Here's every one, in order.

#career#software-engineering#personal

28 Feb 1 min read X

In February 2025 I posted one distributed systems dilemma a day on X. I made it to day 24. Here they all are, with the diagrams.

#architecture#software-engineering

24 Feb 1 min read X

Distributed sessions are a persistent headache. Sticky sessions don't scale, but fully distributed sessions add complexity. Consider JWT or externalized…

#architecture#software-engineering

23 Feb 1 min read X

Distributed caching layers often become consistency nightmares. As cache invalidation schemes attempt to maintain coherence, real-world implementations…

#architecture#software-engineering

22 Feb 1 min read X

Distributed background jobs need careful orchestration. While stateless architectures simplify scaling, they risk duplicate processing like Slack alerts…

#architecture#software-engineering

21 Feb 1 min read X

Event sourcing isn't a silver bullet for distribution. Replay and snapshots become bottlenecks at scale. Design for efficient event storage and retrieval…

#architecture#software-engineering

20 Feb 1 min read X

Distributed rate limiting is harder than it looks. Local rate limits don't prevent global abuse. Global protection requires coordination mechanisms like…

#architecture#software-engineering

19 Feb 1 min read X

Database migrations in distributed systems require meticulous planning due to their inherent complexity. Schema changes become distributed coordination…

#architecture#software-engineering

18 Feb 1 min read X

Microservice authentication is a distributed minefield. While JWTs excel at decentralized authentication, they introduce authorization complexity due to…

#architecture#software-engineering

17 Feb 1 min read X

Distributed cron jobs are a coordination nightmare. Time drift and job duplication plague naive implementations. Consider distributed schedulers or…

#architecture#software-engineering

16 Feb 1 min read X

Serverless doesn't mean worry-free. Cold starts and hidden state create new classes of distributed problems. While offering auto-scaling and cost…

#architecture#software-engineering

15 Feb 1 min read X

Distributed logging creates more noise than signal. Modern distributed systems face two critical logging challenges: 1. Data overload from scattered logs…

#architecture#software-engineering

14 Feb 1 min read X

Service discovery often becomes a SPOT (single point of failure). Your registry being unavailable shouldn't prevent finding the registry. Design for…

#architecture#software-engineering

13 Feb 1 min read X

Configuration sprawl is the silent killer of distributed systems. Environment variables become unmanageable at scale. Treat config as code, not as an…

#architecture#software-engineering

12 Feb 1 min read X

API versioning perpetuates distributed mistakes. v2 endpoints often carry v1's technical debt. Evolve APIs additively to avoid version hell.

#architecture#software-engineering

11 Feb 1 min read X

Queue-based architectures hide scaling issues. Kafka topics with long retention become both a blessing and a curse. Backpressure beats unbounded queues!…

#architecture#software-engineering

10 Feb 1 min read X

Observability becomes obscurity at scale. More metrics often mean less visibility. Focus on the critical few signals that truly indicate system health!…

#architecture#software-engineering

9 Feb 1 min read X

Distributed transactions are a myth at scale. Two-phase commit falls apart under network partitions. Design for compensation, not for distributed…

#architecture#software-engineering

8 Feb 1 min read X

Eventual consistency is consistently misunderstood. CRDTs work better in whitepapers than in production. Real-world systems need a spectrum of consistency…

#architecture#software-engineering

7 Feb 1 min read X

Network partitions heal dangerously. Merging divergent states introduces subtle data corruption. CAP theorem isn't a choice, it's a law of nature in…

#architecture#software-engineering

6 Feb 1 min read X

Leader election creates false security. Raft/Paxos implementations often have higher MTTR than the failures they aim to solve. Simplicity frequently beats…

#architecture#software-engineering

5 Feb 1 min read X

Sharding decisions made today become tomorrow's scaling bottlenecks. NoSQL's partitioning promises often cost more than vertical scaling. Distribution ≠…

#architecture#software-engineering

4 Feb 1 min read X

Idempotency is a lie we tell ourselves. Nested partial failures expose retry logic flaws. True exactly-once delivery remains elusive in distributed…

#architecture#software-engineering

3 Feb 1 min read X

Caching accelerates inconsistency. Cache invalidation storms often outweigh hit rates. The fastest cache is sometimes no cache at all. Exhibit A: DoorDash…

#architecture#software-engineering

3 Feb 1 min read Medium

Follow me on Twitter/X this February for one battle-tested insight a day on the hidden complexities behind outages, tech debt and architectural nightmares.

#architecture#software-engineering

2 Feb 1 min read X

Microservices don't eliminate complexity, they redistribute it. Your monolith's function calls become network calls. Pick which failures you want to debug…

#architecture#software-engineering

1 Feb 1 min read X

Consistency guarantees become availability nightmares. Every distributed lock is a future bottleneck. Systems that embrace controlled inconsistency often…

#architecture#software-engineering

4 Dec 2 min read Medium

Announcing a spoiler-free YouTube video series for Advent of Code 2024 that focuses on how to analyze and approach each puzzle, not just the answers.

#advent-of-code#software-engineering

23 Sept 5 min read X

A plain Google search turned up PAN and Aadhaar files on open servers in 10 seconds. Why open directory listings leak ID documents, and why I think security in India is a culture problem.

#security-privacy#internet#startups

9 Sept 4 min read X

A teardown of the Logitech MX Master 3S to fix its misclicks. Inside: a 500mAh battery, an electromagnetic scroll wheel and some of my pet's hair.

#gadgets#how-to

18 May 8 min read X

My Innovation Day deck was internal, so here's the public version: what a cell is, scaling up and across, blast radius, and what cells cost you.

#architecture#software-engineering

26 Mar 2 min read X

A Blind post listed 9 books for a >600K/yr engineering job. I've read 8 of them. Here are the ones I'd read first, and the habits that get me through books.

#books#software-engineering#career

21 Mar 5 min read X

A laggy HP 15 with an AMD A6 got fresh thermal paste, 4 GB more RAM, a new battery and Zorin OS 17. Here's what I did and what's still on the list.

#linux#gadgets#how-to

13 Mar 11 min read X

The written version of my DelhiFOSS 2.0 talk on Redis beyond caching: a short history of caches, live driver matching with GEO commands, and Pub/Sub.

#architecture#software-engineering#python

3 Mar 6 min read Obsidian

A friend needed a Shopify app that keeps stock in sync with Etsy. Before any code, I wrote him a spec to hand to a developer: scope, diagrams and a 70-hour initial estimate.

#software-engineering#architecture#startups

30 Jan 4 min read LinkedIn

How Atlassian built its multi-region cloud architecture for data residency, covering region creation, service hydration, tenant migration and self-serve moves.

#architecture#software-engineering

29 Dec 16 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 20 in Python by simulating flip-flop and conjunction modules with classes, then finding the rx button press count with LCM.

#advent-of-code#python

27 Dec 11 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 19 in Python: a rule engine that sends machine parts through workflows, then splitting rating ranges to count combinations.

#advent-of-code#python

26 Dec 10 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 17 in Python: a memoized DFS to minimize crucible heat loss, then Dijkstra with a priority queue for the Ultra Crucible.

#advent-of-code#python

26 Dec 9 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 18 in Python with the Shoelace formula and Pick's theorem, then scaling up to huge hex-encoded dig plans in Part 2.

#advent-of-code#python

24 Dec 10 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 16 in Python: simulating a light beam through mirrors and splitters with BFS, then trying every edge entry point for Part 2.

#advent-of-code#python

23 Dec 12 min read Medium

Solving AoC 2023 Day 15 in Python by implementing the HASH algorithm and then the HASHMAP lens box procedure with Box and Lens classes.

#advent-of-code#python

21 Dec 9 min read Medium

Solving AoC 2023 Day 14 in Python by tilting rocks on a platform, then detecting the repeating cycle to skip a billion spin cycles in Part Two.

#advent-of-code#python

20 Dec 8 min read Medium

Solving AoC 2023 Day 13 in Python by finding mirror lines in ash and rock patterns with a palindrome-style fan out, then handling smudges in Part Two.

#advent-of-code#python

19 Dec 11 min read Medium

Solving AoC 2023 Day 12 in Python, from brute-force spring arrangement combinations to a cached recursive approach with early pruning for the unfolded records.

#advent-of-code#python

18 Dec 10 min read Medium

Solving AoC 2023 Day 11 in Python, from an overengineered BFS and A* approach to the simple Manhattan distance trick that handles a million-fold expansion.

#advent-of-code#python

15 Dec 13 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 10 in Python, finding the pipe loop with a greedy DFS and counting enclosed tiles using the Shoelace formula and Pick's theorem.

#advent-of-code#python

12 Dec 8 min read Medium

A Python walkthrough of Advent of Code 2023 Day 9: extrapolating the next and previous values of sequences by repeatedly taking differences.

#advent-of-code#python

11 Dec 9 min read Medium

A Python walkthrough of Advent of Code 2023 Day 8: following left/right instructions through a node network, then using cycle lengths and LCM for Part 2.

#advent-of-code#python

10 Dec 9 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 7 in Python: ranking Camel Cards hands by type and card order with a custom sort key, then treating J as a joker in Part 2.

#advent-of-code#python

7 Dec 8 min read Medium

A Python walkthrough of Advent of Code 2023 Day 6: counting the ways to beat each boat race record by charge time, then solving one big race for Part 2.

#advent-of-code#python

6 Dec 13 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 5 in Python: mapping seeds on demand, then range intersections that beat a 34 minute brute force for seed ranges.

#advent-of-code#python

4 Dec 8 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 4 in Python: scoring scratchcards with 2^(n-1) points, then tracking won copies with a card count repository for Part 2.

#advent-of-code#python

3 Dec 4 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 3 in Python: finding part numbers adjacent to symbols in an engine schematic grid, then summing gear ratios for Part 2.

#advent-of-code#python

2 Dec 1 min read Medium

Advent of Code 2023 is here and I am planning to push code daily this time as the problems unfold!

#advent-of-code#python

2 Dec 2 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 1 in Python: the first and last digit of each line, then spelled out digits and overlaps like eightwothree.

#advent-of-code#python

2 Dec 3 min read Medium

Solving Advent of Code 2023 Day 2 in Python: parsing cube game records to find possible games, then computing the power of the minimum cube sets for Part 2.

#advent-of-code#python

8 Nov 9 min read LinkedIn

How Atlassian expanded HIPAA eligibility by replacing a manual BAA process with a self-serve flow and a new service integrating IronClad with Admin Hub.

#security-privacy#software-engineering#architecture

2 Mar 4 min read X

My router started rebooting at random a year after I bought an Oakter Mini UPS. A multimeter and a teardown showed why it's built to die just after warranty.

#gadgets#internet#reviews

25 Feb 5 min read X

My Swiggy account's phone number was changed without an OTP or a heads-up to my number, and now I can't change it back for six months.

#security-privacy#startups#reviews

17 Dec 3 min read LinkedIn

Six habits beyond coding that turn a coder into a 10x product engineer, from focusing on the end-user and communicating well to documenting everything.

#software-engineering#career

17 Dec 4 min read X

What I took away from The Psychology of Money, a second read of Deep Work, a Mark Manson passage on victimhood chic, and my weekend pick, Ego is the Enemy.

#books#personal#career

31 Jul 10 min read Obsidian

An offer pulled in the crypto winter, a warm-up in November 2021, about 40 companies in one Obsidian note, and my notes on every round I fumbled.

#career#software-engineering#personal

25 Jul 9 min read Obsidian

A photo pipeline for a fleet of 360-degree camera cars and an A/B split-testing service: requirements, capacity math, data model and the parts I'd tighten.

#architecture#software-engineering#career

24 Jul 16 min read Obsidian

My 2022 prep notes for senior and staff interviews: a system design checklist, one Python DFS for seven backtracking problems, rubrics and a STAR story bank.

#career#software-engineering#architecture

20 Feb 4 min read X

I renewed my Indian passport on the Passport Seva portal in Feb 2022 and reviewed the flow like a product, sticky pop-up and broken DigiLocker included.

#internet#travel#reviews

30 Jun 6 min read Obsidian

After years of notes lost to notebooks, job changes and apps that never stuck, I picked Obsidian over TiddlyWiki and built a PARA vault synced with git.

#developer-tools#personal

6 Oct 3 min read X

A WhiteHat Jr ad promising 'CEO at Age 13' got me ranting about a childhood where Maths beat Music, and an engineering batch that mostly did B.Tech for the prestige or because they 'had' to.

#startups#personal#career

10 Sept 8 min read Obsidian

What a new hard drive goes through before it joins my NAS: a badblocks burn-in in tmux, TLER via smartctl, and the CMR, SMR and shucking checks.

#homelab#linux#how-to

30 Aug 6 min read

Two Xeon X5675s, 64 GB of ECC RAM, a PERC H310 crossflashed to IT mode and a CRT for a console. My first month with a Dell R510.

#homelab#linux#how-to

3 Apr 12 min read

Today I walked colleagues at Uber through my homelab, where every box has a Lord of the Rings name. Pi-hole at 48.3%, RAID 5 and idols as heatsinks.

#homelab#linux#personal

30 Nov 6 min read

The PC I built in 2015: an i5-4440 on a Gigabyte B85M, a GTX 960 a year later, a desk I drew in MS Paint, 16 GB for Chrome, and the dead hard drive that taught me 3-2-1.

#gaming#personal#homelab

10 Nov 4 min read X

I finally set up Pi-hole on my old Raspberry Pi 2, powered off the modem's USB port. A month later, 24% of the DNS queries on my network were ad-related.

#homelab#security-privacy#linux

15 Dec 4 min read X

Wingify DevFest 2018, session by session: a keynote, Google Cloud on AI, a data selfie, emotion detection, distributed deep learning, NLP for Indic languages and a Kaggle rocket problem.

#career#personal

26 Nov 3 min read X

I tried CRED on day one. The onboarding is blazing fast and the 750+ score gate makes sense, but CRED is not saying much about what happens to my card data.

#startups#reviews#security-privacy

6 Oct 7 min read X

A swollen Nexus 5, a Galaxy S6 waiting on a part, an iBall dongle stuck in Mumbai and a fading Sennheiser. Four years of Indian after-sales, and what worked.

#smartphones#gadgets#personal

30 Sept 9 min read BitSnapper

Read an engineer's unbiased ownership review of Xiaomi Mi Band 3 which just got launched in India as an Amazon exclusive. Tune in for regular updates.

#gadgets#health-fitness#reviews

28 Aug 13 min read BitSnapper

How a slow, 503-throwing WordPress blog on GoDaddy shared hosting was traced to a bloated Jetpack postmeta table, and fixed by cleaning up the database.

#software-engineering#internet#how-to

15 Apr 7 min read GitHub blog

I always talk about how I am a huge nerd when it comes to tech. So, what better way to start my engineering blog than talking about "why tech?".

#personal#career#software-engineering

20 Jan 9 min read BitSnapper

Are you a PC enthusiast or a Hardcore Gamer? Join the fun to hand-pick the best suitable components for your most killer rig of the season. #PCMasterRace

#gadgets#buying-guides#gaming

3 Jan 7 min read BitSnapper

A software engineer & bike enthusiast's guide to install Greasehouse GRUNT Performance Exhaust v2 on his friend's KTM RC 390 (2016 edition) in 4 easy steps.

#motorcycles#how-to

27 Dec 13 min read BitSnapper

Are you caught up in choosing between Chromecast and Fire TV stick? Read my experience to make it an easy decision for you because I bought them both!

#gadgets#reviews#buying-guides

6 Sept 4 min read X

We built face-recognition boarding for Shuttl on a Raspberry Pi 3 with Python and OpenCV. Low FPS, a crunch and a TV demo.

#software-engineering#gadgets#python

14 Aug 4 min read BitSnapper

Ready Player One is a nostalgic porn written by Ernest Cline. It is a smart, funny thriller that both celebrates and critiques online culture.

#books#reviews

5 Aug 6 min read X

Nearly three years at Adobe, my dream company. Then a farewell mail on 3 April 2017, no offer in hand, and a few months later the gig I wanted.

#career#personal

2 May 5 min read BitSnapper

Rant about GoDadday's hosting transitions + detailed stuff I had to do to restore BitSnapper. To infinity… and beyond!

#internet#personal#how-to

2 Feb 13 min read BitSnapper

Read on about my quest for the best portable mp3 player for my workout sessions and what all parameters to look out when you are in the market for the same.

#gadgets#health-fitness#reviews

24 Dec 5 min read

Two warranty claims on my Fitbit Charge HR in 2016: a bulging band, a photo rejected for missing a cut cable, and a free replacement stuck in customs.

#gadgets#reviews#health-fitness

24 Nov 25 min read BitSnapper

A Reddit WritingPrompts story by /u/samwisegamgee42 where Harry Potter is a computer hacker and the Horcruxes are seven backup servers he must shut down.

#books#internet

6 Oct 6 min read BitSnapper

Discover 25+ ways how you can use your Android device and NFC stickers/tags to automate your day to day life and be uber cool at it. Like a boss.

#android#smartphones#how-to

21 Aug 10 min read BitSnapper

Looking for a decent pair of headphones? Read about my quest to find the best performing and value for money headphones under ₹2,000.

#gadgets#reviews#buying-guides

3 Jul 3 min read BitSnapper

One click process to unblock banned sites in Chrome, Windows, Android, and iPhone. Now you can watch youtube, download torrents without getting noticed.

#internet#security-privacy#how-to

9 Jun 5 min read BitSnapper

OnePlus Loop VR isn't a silver bullet but it's a lot more attractive than a piece of cardboard & the price point justifies all of the shortcomings/niggles.

#gadgets#smartphones#reviews

6 Jun 3 min read BitSnapper

Discover how you can be a pro-auto guy & save some bucks by doing a self-diagnosis of your machine using ELM 327 OBD-II Bluetooth Scanner. Review inside.

#gadgets#android#reviews

16 May 8 min read BitSnapper

Read about why you should never book with OYO rooms. It is certainly one of the worst companies in hospitality business to get in bed with. #SayNoToOYORooms

#travel#startups#reviews

21 Apr 3 min read BitSnapper

Read my #NoSpoiler review for 11.22.63, a mini-teleseries starring James Franco, to understand why it should be on your 2016 bucket list. #TimeTravelWoes

#movies-tv#reviews

11 Apr 6 min read BitSnapper

Read my review for the test ride of all-new Royal Enfield Himalayan. Also read how it fares against my Classic 500 in terms of ride quality. DUG DUG GO!

#motorcycles#reviews

4 Apr 6 min read BitSnapper

Read my travelogue for One Ride 2016 - Delhi Edition. One Ride is all about One Thought; One Feeling; One Love for the Royal Enfield!

#motorcycles#travel#personal

29 Mar 3 min read BitSnapper

Create your own low-powered always-on PirateBox using your Raspberry Pi. Let storm over the bits & bytes of BitTorrent as we know it. #KeepSeeding

#homelab#linux#internet

20 Mar 2 min read BitSnapper

Discover the best resource to prepare for a Software Engineering interview and make sure that you clear it like a boss. Tried 'n' Tested.

#career#software-engineering

28 Feb 7 min read BitSnapper

Read my ownership experience of the Iconic Royal Enfield Bullet 500. It brings back the Bullet legacy from the 20th century with modern bells & whistles.

#motorcycles#reviews

25 Feb 7 min read BitSnapper

This is the Part 4 of my Royal Enfield Classic 500 ownership experience series. Discover my love/hate relationship with the Bull in the first year.

#motorcycles#reviews#personal

14 Feb 3 min read BitSnapper

Are you among those folks who use the computer at night and suffer from eye strain or sleep deprivation? Well, I just found an app to sort it out for you.

#health-fitness#android#apple

27 Jan 3 min read BitSnapper

Airlift is a thriller based on largest human evacuation where India evacuated over 1,70,000 Indians from Kuwait after Iraq invaded Kuwait.

#movies-tv#reviews

22 Jan 5 min read BitSnapper

Discover why you should never consider using MTS Mblaze if you want to have a peaceful internet life. This is my open letter to MTS India.

#internet#reviews

20 Jan 5 min read BitSnapper

Time lapse manages to find the perfect balance between simplicity and complexity with presence of Time Paradox. Read my #NoSpoiler review here.

#movies-tv#reviews

11 Jan 8 min read BitSnapper

Are you eyeing the new Fitbit Charge HR or did you get one as a gift? Read my ownership experience to learn to get the most out of it. Bonus tips included!

#gadgets#health-fitness#reviews

22 Dec 17 min read BitSnapper

Read third part of my Royal Enfield Classic 500 Ownership experience about how this machine is ageing viz. riding, maintenance & after sales service.

#motorcycles#reviews#personal

10 Dec 8 min read BitSnapper

Discover how can you setup your own LAMP stack on your Raspberry Pi 2 & host your personal website or blog for the world to marvel at? Just dive in!

#homelab#linux#how-to

5 Dec 9 min read X

Six years of phones: FoneArena reviews in Class 12, Nokias, a Galaxy S2 I had to fight for, a pile of free Lumias, an office iPhone 6 and now a Galaxy S6.

#smartphones#nokia#android

22 Nov 4 min read BitSnapper

Spectre nudges Daniel Craig's last Bond closer to the glorious, action-driven entity, although it's admittedly reliant on established 007 formula.

#movies-tv#reviews

4 Nov 8 min read BitSnapper

Discover how you can create your own Network Attached storage (NAS) within 30 minutes using a Raspberry Pi 2. Say goodbye to intranetwork data sharing woes!

#homelab#linux#how-to

26 Oct 4 min read BitSnapper

Discover how you can enable Tabs in File explorer in Windows 10/8/7 & be productive like a boss! One Window session to rule them all.

#windows#how-to

22 Oct 10 min read BitSnapper

Planning to buy a Raspberry Pi 2? Or have a spare one lying around? This is the Wiki post for you. Learn how to set it up & make interesting DIY projects.

#gadgets#linux#homelab

21 Oct 7 min read BitSnapper

Setup an HTTP server using Node.js in less than 5 lines of code. Sounds good? Come over and make your first WebApp coded wholly in JavaScript. Badass?!

#javascript#how-to

6 Oct 6 min read BitSnapper

Are you an engineering fresher? Discover the best strategy to crack eLitmus and bag that dream job. Bonus item: Secret Ninja eLitmus preparation material.

#career#how-to

3 Oct 2 min read BitSnapper

Spoiler-free first impressions of the pilot of CBS's Limitless TV series, a continuation of the 2011 Bradley Cooper movie about the NZT pill.

#movies-tv#reviews

28 Sept 4 min read BitSnapper

Discover how you can use your favourite editor, Notepad++, as a powerful IDE to compile C, C++, Java, C# and Python code. A must know-how for Developers!

#developer-tools#windows#how-to

24 Sept 4 min read BitSnapper

Do you think, code & live in Python? So, this is for you. Discover "The Python Challenge" and explore new horizons & possibilities with Python. Dive in!

#python#software-engineering

2 Sept 2 min read BitSnapper

Read my take on the AMC's latest spin-off - "Fear the Walking Dead". It's safe to say that FTWD Is a prequel to TWD & we may soon see few easter eggs too!

#movies-tv#reviews

20 Aug 4 min read BitSnapper

Welcome to your first tutorial for iOS 101! Learn how to setup development environment on your Mac before you start shipping out kickass iOS apps. Dive in!

#apple#developer-tools#how-to

12 Aug 3 min read BitSnapper

My nerd review of Forward the Foundation, the second book in chronological order of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, following Hari Seldon's later years.

#books#reviews

11 Aug 3 min read BitSnapper

Activities, Yay! Learn how to design a Multi-Activity App using the concepts of Intent In Android & build something great. Oh, and Source code is included!

#android#how-to#software-engineering

9 Aug 4 min read BitSnapper

Discover how to set your favourite ringtone on your Apple iPhone in 6 super-easy steps! It won't even take you >120 seconds to get going, We promise!

#apple#smartphones#how-to

2 Aug 13 min read BitSnapper

Do not judge me from title! BitTorrent is the second best thing ever happened to me after Internet, but read on to let me rest my case and then we can talk!

#internet#personal

2 Aug 3 min read BitSnapper

Microsoft has launched the Windows 10, the ultimate successor to the controversial Windows 8. Discover the various enhancements & improvements in the Win X.

#windows#reviews

29 Jul 6 min read BitSnapper

Motorola had a kickass day today with the launch of two new Moto X and Moto G for 2015. Jump in now to discover if you should consider these devices or not!

#smartphones#android#news

27 Jul 2 min read BitSnapper

In this post you'll learn, how to develop a Caller Application using Hybrid Approach and Intents in Android OS. Get your hands-on session now!

#android#software-engineering#how-to

21 Jul 3 min read BitSnapper

In this post you will discover how to create a 'Simple Toast Application' using both XML and JAVA Approaches In Android Application development. Learn now!

#android#how-to

15 Jul 3 min read BitSnapper

Learn how to start Building Your First App for Android smartphones by following this uber cool Android 101 guide. It's time to say - Hello, World!

#android#software-engineering#how-to

8 Jul 3 min read BitSnapper

Learn how to setup Development Environment for Android App development and discover how you can start developing apps for Android OS in no time!

#android#developer-tools#how-to

2 Jul 4 min read BitSnapper

Read about my user experience with Den Boomband in North west Delhi. Should you go for it & finally relieve trusty MTNL from service? Find out now!

#internet#reviews

2 Jul 3 min read BitSnapper

Check out amazing ROMs like CyanogenMod 12.1,Resurrection ROM,Euphoria OS,BlissPop and more. You need TWRP installed.

#android#smartphones#buying-guides

29 Jun 2 min read BitSnapper

Now root your Android smartphone using iRoot application in One click! Unlock the infinite possibilities of customization by gaining the SU (root) access.

#android#smartphones#how-to

26 Jun 3 min read BitSnapper

Read my Airtel 4G LTE review for New Delhi. Also learn how to get a 4G enabled SIM at your doorstep for free and configure it to enjoy 4G at 3G prices!

#internet#reviews

25 Jun 6 min read BitSnapper

Learn how to block the annoying MTNL pop up ads which appears out of no where in your browser on bottom right side. Say no to shady practises by MTNL!

#internet#security-privacy#how-to

20 Jun 2 min read BitSnapper

Humans is one of the most intriguing & thought provoking pilot of any TV show I have ever seen. It deals with a group of "Synths" which becomes self-aware!

#movies-tv#ai#reviews

17 Jun 2 min read BitSnapper

Ex machina needless is one of the most interesting sci-fi flick I have seen this year. Read my #NoSpoiler post to discover why you should watch it ASAP!

#movies-tv#ai#reviews

14 Jun 9 min read BitSnapper

This is an open letter to DEN Boomband signifying about how discourteous they treat their initial customers & how they couldn't care less about customers!

#internet#reviews#personal

13 Jun 2 min read BitSnapper

Adgaurd is an ad blocker which works without root! You can block those unwanted ads on your Android devices using this application which use VPN technology.

#android#security-privacy#how-to

6 Jun 3 min read BitSnapper

The episode of Mr Robot Pilot shows a lot of promise for the tech thriller. It's truly an adoption of 'The Matrix' into the real world. Highly recommended!

#movies-tv#reviews

5 Jun 5 min read BitSnapper

Discover why you should use DuckDuckGo & abandon google for the best search experience. DDG doesn't track you, provide unbiased results & a lot more.

#internet#security-privacy#reviews

28 May 8 min read BitSnapper

Google IO 2015 is here! It will be starting today at 10PM IST. Checkout the post for my Top 10 predictions and to watch the livestream with social feed.

#android#gadgets#news

26 May 4 min read BitSnapper

Discover the behind-the-scenes reason for Google Chrome's memory leak which gobbles up your ram in background like a troll feeding up the attention on web.

#internet#personal

21 May 4 min read BitSnapper

Prelude to Foundation tell us the story of Hari Seldon who gets into trouble after proving that the future can be predicted using Psychohistory analysis.

#books#reviews

14 May 6 min read BitSnapper

Got an old PC/Laptop gathering dust in the corner? Breathe new life in them by booting up LXLE linux via usb & fell in love with simplicity of this distro!

#linux#how-to#reviews

11 May 3 min read BitSnapper

Admit it! Web user like us hates ads to the core! They are just omnipresent. Discover how to disable ads from uTorrent & make p2p file sharing a breeze?

#internet#security-privacy#windows

9 May 11 min read BitSnapper

Discover everything you should know about Microsoft's Build 2015. MS seems to be on a killing spree with cutting edge innovation & rapid deployment in 2015!

#windows#gadgets#news

9 May 7 min read

A post-mortem of my first two sites: a gadget blog that outgrew its cheap hosting, and a tech-events site whose domain I let lapse, then tried to buy back.

#internet#personal

1 May 3 min read BitSnapper

Incredible fast rise of Sundar Pichai, SVP, Google, piqued my curiosity which led to my discovering of his own "The Cockroach Theory for Self Development"

#career#personal

28 Apr 17 min read BitSnapper

Age of Ultron is the most-polished Marvel movie ever. Read the post at your own risk of exposure to comic-fanboyism & bleeding nerdiness,You've been warned!

#movies-tv#comics

24 Apr 1 min read BitSnapper

You don't get to see Android pissing over Apple in Google maps everyday. Don't believe me? Check out the post for link to the location! Google-1 Apple-0

#android#apple#news

22 Apr 13 min read

Hanuman Chalisa, Imaging SDK filters, a wallpaper factory and the one app that hit 1.5 million downloads: two years of Windows Phone apps as Jaykay.

#windows#nokia#smartphones

20 Apr 27 min read BitSnapper

So I encountered this gem of original writing piece on reddit. Written by psycho_alpaca, The Philadelphia experiment is a superb read with a mindfuck end.

#books#internet

14 Apr 5 min read BitSnapper

My hate affair with Radio Taxi/Cabs was long lived until I tried Uber. Read my experience with Uber and also grab your free first ride upto ₹600 as a bonus.

#travel#reviews#personal

8 Apr 4 min read BitSnapper

Discover the Good, Bad & Ugly in this post about my experience of living with the Apple iPhone 6 as per my usage and observations in last 30 days.

#apple#smartphones#reviews

23 Mar 5 min read BitSnapper

Do you have a Love/Hate relationship with WIndows Phone? Read my Top 5 reasons why Windows Phone Rocks and what makes it different from other platforms.

#windows#smartphones

18 Mar 2 min read BitSnapper

Read my #NoSpoiler review for NH10 starting Anushka Sharma and learn what makes this thriller to get under your skin and stay there for hours.

#movies-tv#reviews

16 Mar 1 min read BitSnapper

Who doesn't love wallpapers? Try Win 10 HD Wallpapers for Windows Phone to grab the best of tailormade 250+ HD Wallpapers with 1.5mn downloads & 4k reviews!

#windows#smartphones#career

10 Mar 5 min read BitSnapper

Read why should immediately start watching AMC's Better Call Saul. It promises to delivery crazy stuff being a spin-off, prequel and sequel to Breaking bad.

#movies-tv#reviews

28 Feb 7 min read BitSnapper

MWC 2015 promises to deliver a superdose of Smartphones, Tablets, Prototypes etc. Here is my list of top 5 things you should watch out for in MWC 2015.

#smartphones#gadgets#news

23 Feb 14 min read BitSnapper

Read second part of my Royal Enfield Classic 500 Ownership experience about booking with unintended waiting period & how I got it financed from HDFC bank.

#motorcycles#reviews#personal

14 Feb 2 min read BitSnapper

No more manual tweaks for subs! Learn the best way to sync subtitles in VLC media player in less than 5 seconds. No plugin or any extra download required.

#movies-tv#how-to

12 Feb 2 min read BitSnapper

Everyone loves extra storage, specially when it comes for free. Follow 6 easy steps to Claim 100GB on OneDrive even if you are living outside United states.

#internet#how-to

12 Feb 5 min read

In August I spent 3,000 DVLUP points on three Rs 1,000 Flipkart gift cards. None of them worked. Five and a half months later I got my points back.

#windows#nokia#career

11 Feb 3 min read BitSnapper

We all know about how Amazon has the best customer service but today I will share my personal experience that how I got my Kindle replaced for my own fault!

#gadgets#reviews#personal

29 Jan 3 min read BitSnapper

Read my no spoiler review for novel - "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells. Find out why you should read this novel immediately if you haven't read it yet.

#books#reviews

28 Jan 6 min read BitSnapper

Read my ownership experience of Amazon Kindle 7th generation Touch version. Also learn why you should buy one if you love reading books!

#gadgets#books#reviews

27 Jan 2 min read BitSnapper

Here is my #NoSpoiler review for Brad Pitt's Fury. Showcasing raw life of soldiers during the war time era, Fury is a story about Honor, Glory and WAR!

#movies-tv#reviews

25 Jan 5 min read BitSnapper

This is my OnePlus One ownership review after 20 days of usage. "Never Settle" was the motto for this one of the most hyped "Flagship killer" smartphone.

#smartphones#android#reviews

24 Jan 2 min read BitSnapper

Gone Girl is basically the movie adaptation of a novel by same name authored by Gillian Flynn. Check my no spoiler review for the thriller Gone Girl movie!

#movies-tv#reviews

20 Jan 2 min read BitSnapper

The Imitation game is based on life of the man behind The Turing Test, Alan Turing & his involvement in WW II & how he cracked the German's Enigma code.

#movies-tv#reviews

17 Jan 2 min read BitSnapper

Agent Carter is back in town with Marvel's universe set-up in 1940's along with Howard Stark and Edwin Jarvis to take down some bad guys & solve a mystery!

#movies-tv#comics#reviews

16 Jan 7 min read BitSnapper

This is an Unbiased post about my Royal Enfield Classic 500 ownership experience, Part-1 (Pre-booking & Test drive) & what made me finally bite the Bullet!

#motorcycles#reviews#personal

14 Jan 2 min read BitSnapper

John Wick is released on iTunes. I am personally not a big fan of Keanu Reaves but I do feel he is highly underrated! This film was stylish & action packed.

#movies-tv#reviews

20 Nov 7 min read

No company came to my college. A 2am mail to Wingify, a TCS offer at someone else's campus, three offers in one morning, Webyog, and then Adobe.

#career#personal

18 Nov 4 min read

Two display faults in two months on the Lumia 1520 I earned on DVLUP: a violet streak, a screen swap, then ghost touches. Last night I took it to @lumiaHelp.

#smartphones#windows#nokia

13 Sept 8 min read

Four of my Windows Phone booster apps passed certification as a progress bar and a random number. Eight more were App Studio apps on other people's brands.

#windows#personal#career

28 Aug 15 min read

Twelve DVLUP freebies by my own count, from a Lumia 625 in January to a Lumia 1320 yesterday, and the Nokia and Microsoft events along the way.

#windows#nokia#smartphones

20 Aug 1 min read The JavaScript Journey

A beginner JavaScript lesson on printing strings and variables together in one document.write statement using the + concatenation operator, with a DIY exercise.

#javascript#how-to

20 Aug 2 min read The JavaScript Journey

JavaScript Lesson 6: what a function is, explained with a TV remote analogy, plus the syntax to define a function and call it from your program.

#javascript#how-to

17 Aug 1 min read The JavaScript Journey

In this lesson, we will learn about the Types of Variables and how to use and manipulate them.

#javascript#how-to

16 Aug 1 min read The JavaScript Journey

Hello guys! Variables is one of the most important concept of Programming and we will be learning today to use variables in JavaScript.

#javascript#how-to

15 Aug 2 min read The JavaScript Journey

JavaScript Lesson 2: how single line and multi-line comments make code readable, and what statements are, the set of instructions a program follows.

#javascript#how-to

14 Aug 1 min read The JavaScript Journey

Lesson 0 of my live journey to learn JavaScript from complete noob to ninja: what you should know before starting and the tools you need to follow along.

#javascript#how-to

14 Aug 2 min read The JavaScript Journey

Every Rockstar programmer started with this same program before moving on to become Legend and create wonders. So even we will start with the same.

#javascript#how-to

22 Jun 3 min read Obsidian

A 4 am snapped clutch cable on my Pulsar 150, a 10 km push to a gurudwara and a ride home. Then I learnt my bike properly and rode to Bir Billing, this time with spares.

#motorcycles#travel#personal

15 Mar 8 min read

Four years of B.Tech CSE at GGSIPU: 9% attendance, a 2,800-fan Facebook page, Baja, DRDO, a one-night call-centre job and 70-480 in 18 minutes.

#personal#career#android

20 May 6 min read X

Odin, rooted kernels, a Rs 200 USB jig and Siyah undervolting: a year of flashing my Galaxy S2 and walking my friends through theirs.

#android#smartphones#personal

28 Apr 4 min read X

Delhi User Group at Microsoft in Cyber City, then BarCamp Delhi 9 at SAP Labs: the line-ups, the sessions I sat in, and what I live-tweeted from both.

#career#personal

28 May 7 min read X

My Galaxy S2's box said GT-I9100, the phone inside was the weaker I9100G. A refusal letter, 16+ mails and an Akosha complaint later, Samsung swapped it.

#smartphones#android#personal

11 Feb 6 min read TechSalvos

PS: Initially i was thinking of a full review but later changed my mind and instead did a preview as CM9 is still in RC. A lot of stuff doesn’t work. No benchmark score will be available as...

#android#smartphones#reviews

11 Feb 2 min read TechSalvos

The long awaited belle update for the N8, E7, C7, C6-01, X7, E6, Oro Nokia devices was released yesterday. Nokia has provided everyone with details on How to update your device in the link below...

#nokia#smartphones#news

26 Jul 4 min read TechSalvos

This idea of Nokia’s time being over has crept over into my mind too many times recently; my heart says Nokia can pull through this time but my head just says what chance have they honestly got...

#nokia#smartphones#apple

12 Jul 2 min read TechSalvos

Nokia has just launched a spectacular piece of hardware with Nokia N9 and critics have hardly registered it. The phone’s good but as per many, it’s a niche product. Nokia N9 runs Meego, and not...

#nokia#smartphones

9 Jul 4 min read TechSalvos

Nokia E6: The Last Milestone of Symbian Glorious History! The E6 runs Symbian Anna, and it’s adequate. There are few phones you can put in “The Great Symbians” category

#nokia#smartphones#reviews