Posts on [Purnank]

Is the customer wrong?

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:50:52 +0800

This is a story for those of us who think, how is this possible?, (the customer) does not know what he/she is doing, something else must be wrong It’s a legendary tale from the archives of General Motors that has become a classic in engineering, customer support, testing and problem-solving circles.

What is UI/UX?

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 23:29:10 +0800

What is UI/UX?

Definitely one blog post is not enough to explain everything regarding it. However, let’s make this an elevator pitch.

Version Numbers

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Apple just concluded WWDC-25. And one of the announcements was about new versioning scheme. Versioning is very important.

Bazel Build

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The book C/C++ Software Build Systems: Basics and Brief overview is updated to cover a the Bazel build system as well.

Sanskrit Shloka - Translation Using AI

Fri, 23 May 2025 02:03:18 +0800

Thanks to AI and Gemini, I’ve made good progress in using AI to generate/translate Sanskrit Shlokas & books.

Shiv Tandav Strotram

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Shiv Tandav Stotram is a very old and powerful song, like a poem, about the Hindu god Lord Shiva. It tells about his amazing, special dance called the Tandav. This song is famous because it sounds wonderful and has a very deep meaning.

TL;DR; Read Shiv Tandav Strotram - Hindi and Shiv Tandav Strotram - Kannada for detailed meaning of the shloka.

Offline AI / Completion / Assistive coding in VSCode

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This is now the age of Generative AI. And the age of using AI any-where and every-where. But what if you want to use AI in your VSCode environment, but without an internet connection? As well as Unlimited API Calls? Well, this article will show you how.

WEST for Multiple Git Repository Management

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Which team do you belong to? Mono-repo or Multi-repo?

In case you are from Multi-repo, or you are thinking about it, explore WEST.

In case you don’t know what this article is about… you are lucky! May be your software stack has not exploded yet to parallel development; Thinking about multiple repositories is not a question in your mind yet.

Kids and Mobile

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I was just wondering why kids in these days get too much addicted to mobile, and I stumbled upon a nice informative video. It nicely depicts some of the interesting science behind why kids are attracted to Digital Screens. And may be it has an answer to why adults also get addicted to doom scroll or TikTok.

Similar Songs

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

If you listen to two different songs, they both seem very similar to each other. Based on date of release, many times it’s easy to recognize what was the base inspiration of the song, and which song was the inspired one. Some times, both the songs may have some other inspiration that we may not be aware. The world is vast. The songs and music available in the world is vast.

TMUX for Productivity

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

TMUX is a tool that lets you use many terminals in one window.

It’s like having many windows on your computer, but all in one place, configurable. It’s like looking many things at once in a single screen.

It’s a great tool for developers, testers, and anyone who needs to work with multiple tasks simultaneously. If you end up doing things parallel or in background, TMUX is the tool to use.

Let’s see it’s advantages and uses.

भजन - मेरा आपकी कृपा से सब काम हो रहा है. Meraa Aap Ki Kripaa Se Sab Kaam Ho Rahaa Hai

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

There is an amazing devotional song, Meraa Aap Ki Kripaa Se Sab Kaam Ho Rahaa Hai. Meaning, because of your blessing all my work is getting done.

See The Hindi Post for phonetics and meaning and translation of the bhajan Meraa Aap Ki Kripaa Se Sab Kaam Ho Rahaa Hai

Video links

If you want to hear the song, here are the links.

Voice of Jaya Kishori Ji. Link:

Quotes

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

if you are healthy, you may have a thousand problems.

If you are sick, you would definately have only one problem.

You will only know the true meaning of life;

When you know the true difference between entertainment and happiness

Update Date Time Using VSCode Automatically

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

When working with Hugo-based blogs, maintaining up-to-date timestamps in your Markdown files is essential for proper content organization, but it’s easy to forget this when you update the blog.

While Hugo can automatically generate timestamps based on file modification times, you might need to manually update them for specific reasons, such as backdating or scheduling content. This blog post will guide you through using Visual Studio Code (VSCode) to efficiently update timestamps in your Markdown files.

Colorful Echo Bash Shell Script

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:51:19 +0800

Many times, you might have have tempted to put some colors in your output of shell scripts.

Let’s learn how it is done.

An eBook on DOS Basics

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:49:02 +0530

I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my latest project - a basic guide to DOS Batch Files designed specifically for beginners! With years of experience in programming and the help of my supportive friends, I’ve put together a resource that will help anyone who is new to the world of programming get started with DOS Batch Files.

True Folder in Hugo

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

As you can see this website is created using Hugo. For quite some time there was one thing that was annoying me a bit. Hugo used to create a file true/index.html in a folder called true. It was really difficult to narrow down why this issue happens.

City of Ember (Movie)

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:48:16 +0530

City of Ember is a classic film released in 2008. On IMDb it has a rating of 6.5. Rotten Tomatoes also does not give great feedback on this movie. But still, there are a few reasons for me to believe that you should watch this movie.

Subversion Auto Props

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

If you are using SVN (Subversion) for configuration management then you might already be aware that some SVN has properties. A property is kind of a meta-data/attribute applied to your files and folders. These properties change the behaviour of your subversion client and the way you work with the files.

SVN Commit all files

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git has a very useful shortcut to add all files and commit all of them. Let’s see the same approach for subversion over command line interface

emacs command line interface

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Emacs is an excellent editor. (Please note, I don’t want to make any comments on VIM here.) But, Emacs can also be used as a command line tool. Here is one of the uses of Emacs as a command line tool, to remove tabs from a source file.

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