A collection of tech notes, personal reflections, and evolving thoughts about whatever’s caught my curiosity.

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Understanding Suspense

2 December 2024
React Suspense comes handy when you want to show an indication to user that something is loading in your app. Loader is the simplest example for a Suspense component. Let’s deep dive into the details of Suspense.
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Varchar datatype limits

30 November 2024

For NVARCHAR2 and VARCHAR2 maximum size is 4000 bytes, or 32767 bytes if the MAX_STRING_SIZE initialization parameter is set to EXTENDED. This is useful you have to allocate more data to a variable.

You can run the below command to view the parameter.

show parameter MAX_STRING_SIZE;
References

Oracle Doc, Max string size

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33 for 33

29 November 2024
Today, I turned 33. Over the years, life has taught me countless lessons, some easy, some hard. As I look ahead, I hope for many more opportunities to learn and grow...
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Hope

28 November 2024

To my daughter,

In the midst of the war,
Amid the heart-aching pain,
Through the windy nights,
On my darkest days,
You are my hope.

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Hosting your Hugo site on Netlify

23 November 2024
When I have built this website, I had checked for a free static host solution which is easy to use and maintain. After a little research I landed on Netlify...
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പ്രകാശഗോപുരം

21 November 2024

ഇരുട്ടിന്റെ കയങ്ങളിലും
ആഴിത്തിരമാലയുടെ ഉലച്ചിലിലും
പതറാതെ നീ യാത്ര തുടരുക.

മറുകരയിൽ നിന്നെയും കാത്ത്
ഒരു പ്രകാശഗോപുരം കണക്കെ
ഞാൻ കാത്തിരിപ്പുണ്ട്.

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Writing

20 November 2024

I want to write something every day. I don’t know what to write, but I love to write.

I don’t want to write for publishing; I want to write for the sake of writing.

I think I can write about myself, the thoughts in my head, or the things around me.

So, I am writing here to feel alive.

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Hugo image gallery shortcode

18 November 2024
Here’s a custom Hugo shortcode that creates an image gallery in a masonry style using GLightbox. This approach will display images from a specified folder in a masonry layout, and each image will open in a lightbox when clicked.
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Light is coming

18 November 2024

To those who are in dark: Hold on, light is coming—and it’s within you.