Deliberations by Diwaker

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Sep
06
HOWTO: Network Wide Ad Blocker 🥧 🕳️

HOWTO: Network Wide Ad Blocker 🥧 🕳️

Ever since I discovered the Pi Hole project (not too long ago, surprisingly!) I'd been meaning to give it a
3 min read
Apr
11
Changing Jobs? Consider Crypto!

Changing Jobs? Consider Crypto!

I spent a decade in your typical Silicon Valley companies. Then two years ago, I took a plunge into crypto.
4 min read
Oct
20
Politics At Work

Politics At Work

Most tech companies already have fairly apolitical norms and no one expects that their employer would actively champion every single cause they might care about. But issues like systemic racism and structural oppression of minorities aren't just matters of belief.
3 min read
Aug
13
Effective Engineering <> Product Engagement

Effective Engineering <> Product Engagement

Engineering <> Product interactions at tech companies are susceptible to common (albeit sometimes valid) stereotypes. Product Managers (PMs) might complain about
4 min read
Apr
26
Remote Learning Resources for Kindergartners

Remote Learning Resources for Kindergartners

There's no dearth of helpful lists and pointers online, so this post is more me just cataloging what has worked for us. Some resources are likely specific to the situation in NYC, but most should be broadly applicable, in case others find it useful.
2 min read
Mar
30
Hope in the times of Corona

Hope in the times of Corona

With everything that's happening around us, here's an attempt to jot down some half-baked thoughts for possible silver-linings that might
3 min read
Mar
04
Tricolor? Bloody, Saffron! ??

Tricolor? Bloody, Saffron! ??

I grew up in a (what used to be a) small-town in the sleepy heartland of India, called Bhilai [https:
3 min read
Jan
05

❓HOWTO: cert-manager with ingress-nginx on GKE

A few months ago, I described how to deploy Ghost on Google Cloud [https://floatingsun.net/over-engineered-blog/]'s Kubernetes Engine
2 min read
Nov
01
Machine Learning for dApps ?

Machine Learning for dApps ?

This post is adapted from a talk I gave at the World Summit AI, 2019. Slides are embedded at the
7 min read
Sep
28
Anatomy of a Crypto Scam

Anatomy of a Crypto Scam

This is a quick rundown of the first crypto-scam that I saw unfolding in real time. It's by no means
4 min read