267 posts

TIL: Distributed Systems Education, Fallacies, and Self-Hosted Internet Archiving

Today I learned about CSE138 distributed systems lectures, the classic fallacies of distributed computing, and an interesting project for self-hosting internet archives.

March 22, 2021 · 2 min · 333 words

TIL: Real-Time Voice Cloning Technology

Today I discovered an impressive project that can clone voices in just 5 seconds to generate arbitrary speech in real-time using deep learning.

March 21, 2021 · 2 min · 241 words

TIL: ChartMuseum for Helm, AMD's Corporate Journey, and Kubernetes Pod Scaling

Today I learned about ChartMuseum for Helm chart repositories, AMD's fascinating rise, fall, and revival story, and why Kubernetes removes the newest pods when scaling down.

March 19, 2021 · 2 min · 302 words

TIL: Docker and Kubernetes Tools - Whaler, Descheduler, and Dive

Today I discovered three powerful tools for container management: Whaler for reverse-engineering Dockerfiles, Kubernetes Descheduler for pod optimization, and Dive for Docker image analysis.

March 18, 2021 · 2 min · 336 words

TIL: Post-Mortem Collection, Terminal Plotting, and Technical Twitter

Today I discovered a comprehensive collection of engineering post-mortems, a Python library for terminal-based plotting, and an interesting technical Twitter account.

March 17, 2021 · 2 min · 308 words

TIL: Dark Mode Toggle Web Component by Google Chrome Labs

Today I learned about a custom web component from Google Chrome Labs that makes it easy to add dark mode functionality to websites.

March 15, 2021 · 2 min · 271 words

TIL: Python eval(), exec(), and compile() Functions

Today I learned about the differences between Python's eval(), exec(), and compile() functions and their appropriate use cases for dynamic code execution.

March 14, 2021 · 3 min · 437 words

TIL: Camelot PDF Tables, PostgreSQL Row Level Security, Zerodha Varsity, and Write Yourself a Git

Today I learned about Camelot for PDF table extraction, PostgreSQL Row Level Security for multi-tenant isolation, Zerodha's free trading education platform, and building Git from scratch.

March 13, 2021 · 3 min · 579 words

TIL: fuser Command for Process and File Investigation

Today I learned about the fuser command, a powerful Linux utility for identifying which processes are using specific files, directories, or network ports.

March 12, 2021 · 3 min · 548 words

TIL: i Hate Regex - The Ultimate Regex Cheat Sheet

Today I learned about i Hate Regex, a comprehensive and user-friendly regex cheat sheet with interactive examples and common patterns for developers who struggle with regular expressions.

March 9, 2021 · 3 min · 467 words

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