In a recent technical interview, I faced a series of challenges to be completed within a strict 24-hour timeframe. One such task was to containerize a Node.js application, and I’d like to share my approach and reasoning with you. Note I will be using the terms “containerize” and “dockerize” interchangeably, as well as referring to “Dockerfile” and “Containerfile” interchangeably. Hello World The code was initially very simple and you can check it here. Read more

This year was a remarkable milestone for me as I had the privilege of being a speaker at DevConMU. I was ecstatic to have not just one, but two and a half sessions to share my knowledge and experiences with the audience. Allow me to explain the intriguing “half session” later on. My journey with DevCon began back in 2019, its fifth edition, at Voila Hotel & Flying Dodo Brewery, Moka and the theme was inspired by “Game of Thrones. Read more

This year marks the 10th anniversary of MSCC and the 7th edition of Developers Conference. It will take place for 3 days, from 20th to 22nd July at the Caudan Arts Centre. There will be 4 rooms: Andromeda, Pandora, Titan and Tatooine which will have around 30 talks. It’s a huge conference with a ton of cool and interesting things to check out. Start your day off right by registering in the morning at the Andromeda room. Read more

I’ve attempted a Hands-on Lab on A Cloud Guru titled Use Application Load Balancers for Web Servers. In this lab, I configured an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to distribute network traffic to two EC2 instances, while also enabling sticky sessions to ensure users are consistently directed to the same server. I approached the lab in two different ways. First, I followed the traditional method by creating a default VPC and using the legacy load balancer (using the elb subcommand). Read more

Welcome back to another exciting edition of Inquisitive Insights! In this month’s installment, I have handpicked an array of incredible discoveries and resources that will captivate your mind and propel you further along your tech journey. Awesome websites cloudbite Brute.Fail: Watch brute force attacks fail in real time fossfox: work in open-source & get paid for it News AWS Certified: Associate Challenge openSUSE MicroOS Desktop Gnome was renamed to openSUSE Aeon, and the Plasma Desktop version is being renamed to openSUSE Kalpa Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git. Read more

I aspire to become a cloud architect, specializing in AWS. To enhance my skills, I’m currently focused on learningfrom AWS Hands-on Tutorials and actively practicing their exercises. To kickstart my learning journey, I deployed WordPress on an EC2 instance connected to an RDS instance. This practical experience allows me to solidify my cloud knowledge effectively. Getting started First, I created an Access key for my admin user on the AWS console. Read more

The cloud resume challenge is a self-directed learning project created by Forrest Brazeal, a cloud architech and AWS Community Hero. It is designed to help individuals enhance their cloud computing skills and create a professional-looking resume website using various cloud technologies. The Challenge and Its Structure The challenge revolves around building a serverless web application that serves as a personal resume or portfolio website. It provides a structured format, guiding participants through a series of tasks and milestones to complete the project successfully. Read more

Immutable desktops have gained significant traction in recent years due to their stability and security advantages. If you’re interested in exploring immutable distributions, you can refer to this comprehensive list on GitHub that provides a curated selection of options: https://github.com/castrojo/awesome-immutable#distributions. Two distribution caught my attention: Fedora Sericea and Greybeard(not on the list yet). Fedora Sericea is a variant of Fedora Silverblue, while Greybeard is an experimental project based on openSUSE MicroOS Desktop. Read more

Hey there, I am starting a new monthly series called Inquisitive Insights which will be a gateway to the exciting world of tech. I’ll be sharing the coolest and most intriguing discoveries which are related to my interests and career. Whether you’re a coding whiz or a curious beginner, this series is designed to entertain, inform, and inspire you on your tech journey. In each edition, we wil have a collection of awesome git repositories, stream of tech news, fascinating blog posts, and tutorials to sharpen your skills. Read more

While browsing lwn.net, I came across this article mentioning Debian’s decision to delay the implementation of the /usr merge. The article prompted me to dive deeper into the topic and explore its significance. What is /usr merge? The /usr merge (also known as /usr move) entails relocating specific directories, including /bin, /sbin, and /lib from the root file system ("/") to the /usr directory. This restructuring aims to streamline the system architecture and improve versatility. Read more

Neovim version 0.9.0 has been released and one of it’s new feature is the introduction of the environmental variable $NVIM_APPNAME. Setting $NVIM_APPNAME makes Neovim look for its configuration directory in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$NVIM_APPNAME instead of $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim. 1 Here’s an example to give you a better idea. We have the NvChad’s config. $ ls .config/NvChad init.lua lazy-lock.json LICENSE lua To make Neovim use this particular configuration file, we set the env variable $NVIM_APPNAME and open nvim. Read more

Firecracker is a virtual machine monitor that leverages KVM to rapidly launch Linux guest VMs. Its key advantage is its ability to quickly start up VMs. Firecracker was created by AWS with the aim of boosting the speed and efficiency of AWS services such as AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate. Written in Rust, Firecracker is licensed under the Apache version 2.0. Firecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant container and function-based services that provide serverless operational models Read more

As someone who often finds myself with multiple Firefox windows open and dozens of tabs across them, managing my browsing history can be challenging. I struggle to keep track of how I ended up on a particular page, as I frequently open links in new tabs without bookmarking them. As a result, the number of tabs I have open can quickly become overwhelming. To tackle this issue, I started searching for a Firefox extension that would help me organize my tabs in a more hierarchical and structured way. Read more

Well-written prompts can be invaluable in guiding individuals towards refined and insightful responses. With carefully crafted language, prompts can encourage individuals to think more critically, creatively, and in-depth about a topic or idea. Below is a collection of prompts designed for a variety of situations and for the purposes of amusement. Research prompts Can you provide me with a long and well-thought-out comprehensive yet simplified guide of [SUBJECT], that only includes offline information that you are certain is true and excludes any speculation or uncertainty? Read more

I’ve been using Vim for almost 4 years now - I’ve began my journey by reading Mastering Vim Quickly, which I highly recommend, to upskill and become more confident in using Vim. The book is a fine balance between explanations, examples and tips. I’ve tried sublime, vscode and vscodium(vscode without Miscosoft telemetry) with the Vim extension which were, however, clunky to use. Though I liked the vscode/vscodium interface, I missed Vim’s keyboard and text centrism, and editing effiency. Read more

Learning How to learn by Barbara Oakley has been the most popular course on Coursera and it is free. She has also publish “A mind for Numbers” which is the book version of the course. A user has posted his notes on the course for the curious minded when the NYtimes article landed on Hacker News. Below are the user’s notes in full form. Original notes can be found here. Read more

git-stash is a powerful subcommand in Git, that stores changes in a hidden place. Staged or unstaged changes or untracked files are stashed in a stash stack and the working directory is reverted to the last commit. It is useful when changes made to a branch is not ready to be commited and there is a need to switch to another branch. error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout: index. Read more

Why am I a Hindu is written by Shashi Tharoor in which he write about the history of Hinduism and dispel many of the misconceptions of the Hinduism faith. At the same time, as a Hindu, I appreciate the fact that Hinduism professes no false certitudes. Its capacity to express wonder at Creation and simultaneously scepticism about the omniscience of the Creator are unique to Hinduism. Both are captured beautifully in this verse from the 3,500-year-old Rig Veda, the Nasadiya Sukta or Creation Hymn: Read more

On 14 April 2021, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority launched a Public Consultation on the proposed amendments to the ICT Act for regulating the use and addressing the abuse and misuse of Social Media in Mauritius. The plan was to set up a National Digital Ethics Commitee with an enforcement unit empowered to take down and censor social media posts and a local proxy server to act as an intermediary which will segregate traffic to and from social media sites, decrypt information and, analyse and store data for investigations purposes. Read more

TIL about Facebook (or Meta)’s new tool allowing people to check if the former has their contact information such as phone number and email address, even if they have never handed them over, and delete the data. Facebook collects data about non-users via a user’s address book when permission is granted. Data collected are: names, phone numbers and email addresses. These information are processed to: check if the numbers or email addresses belong to users. Read more