How a React mistake took down our whole backend
A story of how we tracked down a bug in a Purdue Hackers website that repeatedly caused our entire backend to become unresponsive.
Kian's blog
A place where I write about various programming-related things from time to time.
Latest posts
Full-system backups without root on Linux
Using Linux capabilities to perform backups of the full system without giving the backup process full root privileges.
UNIX Process Groups
An exploration of UNIX shell process groups, written to expand on the information covered in Purdue's CS 252 (Systems Programming) course.
Profiling ZSH: How I made my shell start 90% faster
Tips and tricks to find and fix slowness in your shell's initialization scripts.
Start Docker containers on-demand with systemd socket activation
An easy tutorial on automatically starting Docker containers when needed. Useful for stopping resource-intensive services when they aren't in use, without requiring extra steps from the end user.
Trick to shift lines in Vim
A Vim configuration tip to make it easier to move selected lines up/down.
Using Git Submodules
A short tutorial on what Git submodules are and how to use them.
Creating a blog With Hugo
An overview of how to use the Hugo static site generator (SSG) to write a blog.