Category Archives: Programming

Hosting static websites

Tried the following three options 1. Google drive: although several articles gave step by step instructions, one article has mentioned that Google has revoked support for static websites. I tried and found that, Although it supports sharing a public link – only the source code is visible. And getting the link through the preview option… Read More »

Trojan Attack on Android

Today read a report in the newspaper that the app with I regularly use for scanning images and converting to PDF- Camscanner has a trojan in it ! I was like WTF? It had over 100 million installs and trends on the Android home page. I had used this app several times and never doubted… Read More »

Scr cpy

Found this gem on github Immediately took a fork out of it https://github.com/justinjoseph123/scrcpy

Doctor Database

Doctor database is avaialbe in India and is provided by several websites like https://dbshop.in/database/doctors and http://www.doctorsdirectoryindia.com/doctor According to dbshop, these are the advantages of having access to such a database Hospitals can get benefited the most. They can appoint doctors depending on the departments and their requirement. NGO’s carrying out medical camps can use this… Read More »

Youtube video conversion using vlc

In VLC, head to Media > Open Network Stream. Paste the YouTube link in the box and click Play. Under Tools, click Codec Information. In the box that says Location, right-click the block of text and click Select All. Copy this text to your clipboard. Go back to your browser and paste the link in… Read More »

Hunting for text editors

Looking for a component that could input formatted text and give out HTML text. As you know, normal textbox within html, does not support formatted text, like bold, italics and so on. Typical applications : Formatted text while sending email, a cooking recipe application which accepts formatted text and so on After a bit of… Read More »

Building powerful salable websites using the cloud

Understanding the power of cloud architecture Introduction The world has moved forward so much, in the last several years and new technologies keep coming that makes development easier and faster. Cloud technology is one such aspect, that has revolutionized the way developers and testers could think of the software development cycle. Yes, now you might, ask,… Read More »

Project management

Considering the number of personal projects that I am working on, I decided to give a try for some good project management software. And this was the criteria I was looking for Source code integration with Git Projects > Tasks > Bugs Burn down charts and time tracking Supports at least two users Email notifications… Read More »