7 Reasons for UX #FAIL in Enterprise Software
It is nearly impossible to have a good UX consistently in an enterprise software. That is a strong statement and I’d love to be proved wrong. I come from a background where I developed applications...
View ArticleAmazon RDS Multi-AZ Setup Failover Simulation
I had setup an Amazon RDS MySQL instance with Multi-AZ option turned on. However, I couldn’t test if the Multi-AZ setup was working as expected. Thus, I prepared the test cases below to simulate a...
View ArticlePort Forwarding in AWS LightSail or EC2 machines via SSH
I have a Smart Lighting system at home powered by Philips Hue. I was trying to connect to my Philips Hue Bridge’s IP remotely without implementing Port Forwarding on my WiFi Router. Instead of setting...
View ArticleFitbit Detailed Heart Rate Data Tracking – Intraday
I recently upgraded to Fitbit Alta HR. It is much better than Fitbit Flex that I had been using for past many years. And the best part is the heart rate tracking, which also helps in getting better...
View ArticleUse Amazon’s AWS VPC, & Your VPN To Extend Your Server Infrastructure (using...
With the invent of cloud computing, a much powerful addition to a corporate data centre was the ability to scale its infrastructure in a virtual private cloud. The setup thus becomes flexible enough to...
View ArticleUse Epson L350 (or L300 / L200 Series Scanner) on Ubuntu 16.04/Linux Mint 18...
Credit: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/scanner-not-detected-4175578422/ (Pedroski and hazel) To run Epson L350 Scanner on Ubuntu 16.04 / Linux Mint 18 and above, follow the...
View ArticleHow To Securely Open Ports (SSH, RDP etc.) On-Demand For Dynamic IPs Through...
An encrypted SSH connection allows complete access to your machine. However, unless you diligently manage all security updates to your OS and SSH Server, there is a possibility that your SSH server...
View ArticleCreate One Time Password (OTP) For Your Applications Using FreeOTP
We typically protect our applications using an identifier (such as a username or email address), and a password. Most organisations have also started to use 2-Factor Authentication (2FA), where apart...
View ArticleTranscribe Audio or Video through an offline standalone application (HTML5...
I use a Sony TX650 device for recording audio notes. It allows me to increase/decrease the playback speed and helps me in faster transcription. However, it is not always efficient because when doing a...
View ArticleLearn to Build Alexa Skills & Converse with Machines – Udemy Course in $9.99
I am incredibly excited to launch a course on Udemy related to building Alexa Custom Skills and utilise your Amazon Echo or related devices in a much more powerful way. The course is available at...
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