Schrödinger's QR code
Solving the "bored" puzzle I'd posted a few weeks back.
Amod Malviya's Personal Blog
Random musings on (mostly tech) stuff
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Running a Linux router on macOS
Using macOS's Virtualization.Framework and a few other hacks to configure a fully functional high performance Linux VM as a router on macOS.
Designing a technical puzzle
Breaking down the process behind the puzzle at Systems Distributed '24.
QR codes - a visual explainer
A visual & interactive explainer for QR codes.
A puzzle for the bored ones
Solve this puzzle, and I'll buy you a book and/or coffee if you're the first one to do it.
The Cost of Abstraction
Technology evolves by building better abstractions. But in the last 15 yrs, have these abstractions come at the cost of, ironically, computational thinking?
A bad maths curriculum
How to kill the joy of mathematics.
Being a more consistent active reader
A few simple ways to ensure you finish your books, papers & other reading materials.
Reflections on Social media
What a year of abstaining from social media taught me.
A note to engineering freshers
A few guiding truths for fresh engineering students, to develop excellence and stand out.
Board Exams - a mountain of a molehill
Everyone seems to be talking about students' mental health during board exams, so why's it still a problem?
Startups & Media
Thoughts on the relationship between startups & media.
On limitations of human interface devices (HIDs)
What would be the limiting factor when playing an arcade style space shooter via sensors and a hooked up keyboard?
On predictability of seemingly simple code
Does the time taken to count integers (less than a threshold) in an unordered array, remain the same, or vary?
On availability aspects of microservices
Does splitting a service into microservices, help or hurt the availability of overall system?
How lambdas & closures are implemented
Can closures+lambdas be implemented irrespective of whether the language is garbage collected?
How debuggers work
Debugger crashed before a breakpoint was hit. What happens to the program being debugged?
DNS over HTTPS - Basic Necessity
Why DNS over HTTPS has already become a basic necessity, not just for privacy but for a safer Internet
Moving away from Medium
Why I'm moving away from Medium to a direct personal blog
The dangers of a rogue social network
What happens when a social platform abuses its monopoly position to play with people's opinions
The broken analogy - toll free vs zero rating
Why it's wrong to compare a zero rating platform with a toll free numbers