Here you’ll find my thoughts, experiences, and learnings from my journey as a software engineer. From technical deep-dives to project retrospectives, I share what I learn along the way.
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Pi-hole: My War Against Internet Ads (And Why I’m Winning) The Problem: When Ads Became My Roommates Picture this: You’re trying to watch a YouTube video on your smart TV, and suddenly you’re bombarded with ads for things you never searched for. Your phone is tracking your every move, your smart TV is probably listening to your conversations, and your IoT devices are sending data to who-knows-where. It’s like living in a digital surveillance state, but instead of Big Brother, it’s Big Advertiser. ...
Portainer: When I Finally Stopped Fighting the Command Line The Problem: My Love-Hate Relationship with Docker Commands Let me be honest - I’m not the kind of person who remembers every Docker command. I know there’s docker ps to list containers, docker logs to see logs, and docker exec to get into containers, but after that, my memory gets fuzzy. I was constantly Googling “how to restart docker container” and “docker volume create command” like some kind of Docker newbie. ...
The Challenge: Streamlining Educational Content Creation The Question Paper Creator project addresses a common need in education: “How can we simplify the process of creating and managing question papers for teachers and educators?” This isn’t just about building another text editor - it’s about creating a specialized tool that understands educational workflows and makes content creation efficient. 📝 What I Built The Question Paper Creator is a comprehensive desktop application featuring: ...