Requirement Make the latest version database password stored in the secret manager available to the Cloud Run service as an environment variable. This needs to be done using Terraform so it’s properly documented in the infrastructure code. Problem The given…
How to use short url with sharethis
Using sharethis but disappointed that it doesn’t have shortlink support? If you are someone who is comfortable placing some code in the correct place inside your theme then following will work for you. In comes url-shortener plugin to the rescue. First install…
Mediawiki on dotcloud
Unfortunately, there’s no guide available for installing mediawiki on dotcloud and googling for it doesn’t turn up anything much useful. But, I had to move out LUG wiki to dotcloud. I proceeded with it while refering to drupal documentation. At…
WordPress Performance Tips
Do you find performance of your WordPress blog to be lousy? And have no clue on where to start with it? There are lots of articles on the Internet which will tell you what to do. So, instead of repeating…
Communication with simple emerging technologies
Seeing a friend giving directions to another friend on how to reach the given location, over twitter made me realise all over again as to how much we can achieve using such simple and relatively cheap technologies available to us…
Technology and customer service
Don't worry I am not gonna bore you with any management theories. Just 2 incidents that happened with me yesterday. Incident 1: 2 weeks back I had lost my cellphone. I bought a new one 2 days back. I went…
Sify Clowns Around
Last couple of days have been really frustrating for sify users in and around Mumbai. Sify has been randomly blocking ports which are not used by an average Internet user. On 12th of July, sify people decided to block port…