The diary of an Indian programmer.

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Vanishing Tunes: Ten percent of My Liked Songs Disappeared on Spotify

Just a rant on Spotify behaviour!

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How to add borders to image in Google docs

One of the frustrations I have as a Software Engineer is seeing worst possible designs continue to exists just because it worked in the past and it works now also. Adding borders to an image in Google docs is irritating. It could have been as simple as clicking a single

Learnings Featured

Learnings from presenting our Hackathon project as a Start-up Pitch

This articles is about the presentation that taught me how to present.

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Java Shot #4: Writing readable long numbers in Java

If you are someone who works with Long numbers and BigIntegers, then you can make use of these two tricks to make these Long and BigIntegers more readable. Avoid using lower case l and use upper case L to represent a Long value. public class LongTest { public static void main(

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Switching between previous and next tabs in Sublime Text

In this article, I document how to configure sublime to switch between previous and next tabs.

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Java Shot #3: Document Arrange, Act and Assert sections while writing Unit tests

A unit test can be broken down into three segments. 1. Arrange 2. Act and 3. Assert In Arrange step, you would build the necessary data that is needed for execution of the test case along with that you can also setup Mock functionality. In the Act step, you will

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Java Shot #2: Prefer using equality operator over equals() method for enums

Enums are a powerful datatype in Java. There are many instances where you want to compare two enums. Given that a enum class supports equals() method, we end up using equals() method as it's frequently used for other object comparisons. In case of enums, using == (equality) operator is

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Java Shot #1: The misapplication of equals() method in Java

One of the major advantages of statically typed language is to identify invalid data type comparisons at compile time. Java is a statically typed language and that's one main reason why I like writing Java code but there are instances where it is not. Today I talk about

Programming

✍️ Declaring constants in Java (Part I)

In this article, I explain the ways we can declare constants in Java.

Misc

😃 How to introduce yourself as a new tenant in a small apartment complex

In this article, I narrate how my friend introduced himself to all the members of an apartment complex when he shifted to this new apartment complex.

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✍️ Understanding the difference between i++ and++i in Java (and C and C++)

In this article, I will show you a straight-forward way of looking at pre and post increment operators that are common in languages like C, C++ and Java

Books

🤩 What's it like to read a Manga Book

In this article, I talk about my experience of reading Manga in the form of a Physical book.

Programming Featured

🤩How to write extensible filter logic in Java code

In this article, I will detail how to use the Predicate<T> interface for maintaining multiple filters in the application code.

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✍️Documenting some Adobe Lightroom tips, tricks, and shortcuts

In this article, I list out the tips, tricks and shortcuts which can be helpful for beginner Lightroom users. This article will be updated continuously to discuss more useful Lightroom content.

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✍️Mapping Google Maps' location to Mappls' MapmyIndia location

In this article, I talk about how to look up locations on Google Maps to MapmyIndia. This is especially useful for drone users of India to identify Green, Yellow and Red zones with more precision on the DigitalSky app.

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😔How to prepare for your next layoff in India

In this article, I am sharing some measures that, in my opinion, would help an individual to be prepared for the next layoff.

Business

✍️Does consistency win over quality?

Would you pick an inconsistently available, Great fruit bowl seller or a consistently available, good enough one?

Photography

✍️Why DJI Mini3 Pro is the best beginner drone - Part I

In this article, I discuss the features built into DJI Mini3 Pro that make it one of the safest and most secure drones to drive.

Travel

🚲If you have relocated to a new country, visit Expat meetups

Today I thought of talking about ex-pat meetups.

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🤔What does it mean if we can control an Air Conditioner (AC) using a mobile?

In this article, I talk about a fun yet scary use of technology.

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🎨Let's talk about some of the famous paintings of the world

In this article, I share with you ten of my favorite paintings.

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🔒It's Safer Internet Day! Two mechanisms to prevent account hacking

Two mechanisms to prevent account hacking.

Programming

🤖Automating the boring stuff: How I obtained the titles of all articles on my blog

In this article, I talk about how I automated the generation of an all-article list with the help of python programming language.

Photography

📷Minimalist photographs of farm fields

Sharing the Minimalist photographs of farm fields I’ve captured with the help of my drone.

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✍️Finding the Nth highest salary from an SQL table

In this article, I talk about some of the superb concepts of SQL.