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I built a tool to get app notifications whenever something important happens: a sale is made, a site goes down, a job completes, etc. Install the app, get a device key, and integrate a simple HTTP API call into your…

Sunday morning programming fun. Created a little game to compare items from a list head-to-head and pick a winner. Inspired from social media short videos where people choose their favourite food, song, holiday…

I have been using Authy on desktop to generate TOTP for 2FA. Recently got a message that they are shutting down the desktop client. I tried looking for a stand-alone and simple (as simple as Google Authenticator) app…

I recently got a new dashcam for car, the Viofo A119 Mini 2. It has inbuilt GPS. The coordinates are displayed on the video as well as embedded in the video metadata. I was looking for a video player that would display…

A successful company needs a maker and a seller. But eventually the seller is the star. Makers are important but not as much as the sellers. The whole OpenAI saga illustrates that at the end of the day, makers are…

For all the talks about Facebook dying, Twitter exploding and boycotting Reddit, is there really any room for a new social network that can realistically replace any of these? People have been writing obituaries of…

Hello, wanted to share about my new project called Klipit. How do you quickly share data between devices? Here's what most people do – - Send it to someone on WhatsApp or other messaging service. - Email it to…

This is an experience with India's largest public bank, SBI. SBI takes security very seriously. Let's see how One day I log into my online banking account. I enter my username and password and captcha - OTP on mobile…

Do you or your company use blockchain for anything which is not crypto trading or NFT? Have you run a trial? Have you ever contemplated using it for any use case?

Cryptocurrency was supposed to eliminate middlemen like banks and card networks and reduce transaction time and cost. At present, it is not doing any of that. The middlemen (miners) are still required to authenticate…

I thought of using Sign in with Google instead of creating my own authentication for a new project I am building. I don't want my users to remember yet another password. I myself have been using Google to sign into many…

How many domains do you have? I have 15 spread across 7 registrars. Do you keep your domains with a single registrar or you buy from whoever is providing the best deal?

If you build it, they will come is a fallacy. I know it. I have built several products that have bombed. My latest flop is an HTML to PDF conversion API called PDFMark. The pundits and coaches say you should always do…

I am starting a new project - MagikBanner. An AI assisted banner image generator. I asked a few marketers where do they get banners and other graphics for their work. Some get it from inhouse graphic designers, but most…

I have implemented a few projects using websockets for variety of purposes. I have implemented them in .Net and NodeJS (server side). I was wondering if there's any SAAS provider offering websockets as service so one…