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

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You can never die

11 May 2025

If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die. ― Mik Everett

You can reread the above quote to this: “If the person dear to you is an artist, you can never die.

Yes, because they will carry you in their art pieces. If they are a writer, they will hide you between the lines of their favorite poems or stories. If they are a photographer, you will be in their photos forever. If they are a musician, they will blend you into the rhythm. If they are a painter, they will add you into the corners of their canvas. And the list goes on.

You will be forever engraved in their art, sometimes in plain sight, sometimes hidden. When others see the art, the artist will see you.

essay

Redesign

10 May 2025
At the end of last year, I decided to pause modifications on this website for a while but the future is unpredictable.
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Upgrade Hugo

10 May 2025

To install or update Hugo extended using HomeBrew, you can use the below,

Install the extended version:

brew install hugo

Or if you already have it and just want to upgrade:

brew upgrade hugo

Check the version to using hugo version.

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Modernization of Apps

9 May 2025

One of the main topics discussed in the seminar I attended was modernizing legacy applications.

Legacy applications are typically monolithic in nature, making it difficult to scale or integrate new features quickly. The monolithic apps ruled the software industry for a very longer time, but now people are moving (already many moved) to its great alternative, the microservice architecture.

I’ve come across monolithic applications that are tightly coupled with environments like Oracle or .NET, where growth can become a painful process. Over time, these systems tend to become slow, expensive to maintain, and resistant to change.

Monolithic and microservice architecture

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The Avenues

9 May 2025

The expanded Avenues Mall is a beautiful place to explore. These photos are from the sea-facing area.

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Unknown universe

9 May 2025

We will meet again
in an unknown universe,
where I am the wizard,
and you, my witch
where I will cast
the most divine spell:
“Tvayi prema karomi.”

Beneath the raining stars,
We will fall in love again,
after a million lifetimes.

notes

Office plants

8 May 2025

After my eyes grew tired, I stepped outside the office to relax. I stood there for a while and noticed these plants growing in the middle of the desert and they brought me a sense of peace.

essay

To PostgreSQL

8 May 2025
Earlier this week, I went to a seminar on Amazon AWS conducted by one of their partner organizations.
notes

Hide details in the mobile screen with Bootstrap

7 May 2025

In the feed page I need to hide the dotted line in the mobile screens. So here you can see how its can be done in Bootstrap.

  • d-none d-md-flex: shows only on md and up (desktop/tablet)

  • d-block d-md-none: shows only on mobile

  • text-nowrap: prevents text from wrapping

<div class="mb-3">
  <!-- Desktop layout -->
  <div class="d-none d-md-flex align-items-center">
    <a href="{{ .Permalink }}" class="text-decoration-none fw-medium me-2 text-nowrap">
      Sample heading
    </a>
    <div class="flex-grow-1 border-bottom dotted-line mx-2"></div>
    <p class="text-muted small text-nowrap mb-0">Date</p>
  </div>

  <!-- Mobile layout -->
  <div class="d-block d-md-none">
    <a href="{{ .Permalink }}" class="text-decoration-none fw-medium d-block mb-1">
      Sample heading
    </a>
    <p class="text-muted small mb-0">Date</p>
  </div>
</div>