Imagine the entire internet archived in your basement. Imagine not having to blame the ISPs when the internet goes down because you can't get things you need. They say, home is where the heart is. But we've got used to putting our most valuable information on…
Yes! I was gone, and I took a very long-break from tech in general. I was still working as a software engineer, but I needed some time to introspect and watch inward. It seemed like I was so involved in the rat-race, chasing every shiny little thing, that I forgot…
Lately I've been noticing that my online presence has been all over the place. I usually keep my online presence organized by using a password manager and making sure I make a note of the online services that I'm a part of. Despite all that, I&…
For some reason that I don't remember, I had ditched Fastmail for a self-hosted email setup. Which, then I realized, was a bad idea since self-hosting email is too anxiety inducing; at least if you don't know what you're doing. In my case, it…
Yes! I'm back blogging after a long break. Why did I leave? Not sure why, but I needed some time off from the shenanigans of the web and needed to spend some time offline with books, people and generally in the REAL WORLD. However, I did really miss…
Pixelfed! An ethical alternative to Instagram. Ethical because this decentralized network is run by enthusiastic users as moderators instead of the "Grow at all costs" corporation, which will be compelled to use your data against your own goodwill if that churns enough profits for them. The best thing…
Testing is apparently the most important part in writing API's since there could be so many ways the API's could mis-perform, and you need some way to check for their authenticity of response. Lately, I was tasked with writing unit tests for the API's…
We need standards, not tools The above line really resonates with me now. It was a while ago when I saw this lurking in my Mastodon feed and was lost with a scroll. Unfortunately, I'm not able to find the person who said it, but whatever is said,…