Ones and Zeros

Niladri Roy

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Developer by the day, a student at night. Photographer on vacations, muser when it's quiet! Jack of all trades, master of a few... Let us come together and learn something new!

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Turbocharge your Jekyll Website

Jul 9, 2021 5 min read

Jekyll is a static site generator based on Ruby. It is a popular option for creating simple blogs with more focus on the content. From https://jekyllrb.com/ There are a lot of simple templates available to jumpstart, and they are compatible with Git...

Upgrading from HDD to SSD

Apr 25, 2021 6 min read

I have a 3-year-old Dell Inspiron laptop with 16 GB DDR4 RAM, Intel Core i7 7500 processor (7th Gen), 4GB Radeon R7 M445 graphics processor, and 2TB Seagate HDD. I have a Windows 10/Kubuntu dual boot. And for the past couple of months, it had been p...

Why you need a Master's Degree (or not)

Apr 22, 2021 5 min read

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest" - Benjamin Franklin There is no doubt that higher education is often crucial when you are trying to get into a specific niche in your domain (like Data Science, Machine Learning), or trying to bump...

Migrating Coveralls Report from Travis-CI to GitHub Actions

Feb 9, 2021 2 min read

Disclaimer: This is a very specific problem. It is relevant only if you had a travis ci pipeline setup for your GitHub repository and using nyc and coveralls, and thinking of migrating to GitHub actions. The Past I followed this setup guide: Integra...

Migrating Coveralls Report from Travis-CI to GitHub Actions

Taking Back Privacy in 2021

Jan 15, 2021 6 min read

The Social Dilemma opened our eyes to the way social networks operate. While many can argue they do not have anything to hide, giving machines power to understand and predict you better is something I am not comfortable with. I get irked when I see a...

Time Management and Productivity Tools for Developers

Jan 5, 2021 7 min read

Don't you love the rush of dopamine when you check off a task on a to-do list? It instills in us a sense of accomplishment apart from reaching the goal. Having a well-maintained to-do list also helps us keep on track. Hence, a few years ago, I starte...

Time Management and Productivity Tools for Developers