Category: Side Projects
-
Strange case of user base stagnation
—
Chrome web browser now natively supports rearranging tabs without the need for my extension. This is great news. Rearrange Tabs chrome extension will now have a new path forward.
-
How I removed friction when switching between computers – Part 2
—
I was able to solve issues of switching between personal and work computers by switching to the Apple Studio Display.
-
-
How I removed friction when switching between computers – Part 1
—
My review of the Logitech MX Master 3S and how I used it to solve my issue with switching between my personal and work computers
-
Rearrange Tabs 3.0.0
—
The chrome extension Rearrange Tabs has been upgraded to 3.0.0. This is a complete rewrite and addresses performance issues and bugs.
-
-
Dashboard
—
A while ago, I wanted to build a data aggregation service that’d allow its users to fetch data from a set of data sources defined by them. I wanted to allow the users to configure the data fetch interval for each source. This led to the birth of the Dashboard project. Dashboard is a data…
-
Building a Coffee Pot Monitor using Raspberry Pi
—
I love coffee and side projects. I wanted to solve a coffee related annoyance that I faced on a regular basis. This post is about how I built a Coffee Pot Monitor, to track the coffee level in a coffee pot, remotely, using a Load Cell, HX711 amplifier, and a Raspberry Pi. The Annoyance Imagine…
-
Hack
—
I love building things for fun and lately I’ve been thinking about building a text editor. I’ve used a lot of text editors and IDEs in the past. Here’s the list in a chronological order: vi/vim: my very first code editor. Used it back in my earlier C/C++/Java days Dreamweaver: started using it once I…
-
Two Years on Chrome Webstore
—
Exactly 2 years ago (Mar 22nd, 2015), on a Sunday afternoon, I wrote and open sourced Rearrange Tabs. I use it every single day. I find it pretty useful. The extension got featured on LifeHacker & Changelog 🎉 Here are a few interesting stats about the project: Active Users: 1000+ No. of Reviews on Chrome…
-
Rearrange Tabs
—
OCD is weird. It makes a person do weird things. For instance, I find it annoying to have tabs not grouped by their purpose. When I’m working, I usually have the documentation opened in one tab (which usually is the left tab) and the tab to its right, absolutely, has to be the tab that’s…
-
Money
—
A year ago, I was trying to organize my bank accounts and found that it was really hard for me to understand where I was spending most of my money. So I started doing some research in order to find a good tool/application which would do this for me. Mint, of course, was my first…
-
Open Source
—
Up until a few years ago, I never really understood the value of Open Source Software (OSS). I used to think of it as something really lame because the quality that comes out of such software is usually “low”. Now why was I under such an impression? Linux. As a Windows user, I’ve always loved…
-
Hi5
—
The first thing I do every morning immediately after I wake up is, check my mobile for any emails/messages/updates etc. Today was no different. I was skimming through the updates and found an interesting blog post. I was impressed by the post and started scrolling the page to find the usual Like/G+/Save-to-my-swiss-bank-account buttons. That’s when…
-
CareerTrackr v0.4
—
I have been actively looking for jobs since the past few days and I couldn’t find an efficient way to properly keep track of all the jobs I’ve applied and the resumes I’ve used for each of the jobs. I tried using some applications but in vain. None of them suited my needs. I even…