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This is a web feed, also known as an Atom feed. Subscribe by copying the URL from the address bar into your newsreader. Visit About Feeds to learn more and get started. It's free.Visit websiteRecent postsUpdated on $DATEdate~sv~svbefore the moss covers the thoughts...Zola2026-08-10T18:00:00+05:30https://vsbabu.org/atom.xmlIndia's EVs under Dragon's shadow2026-08-10T18:00:00+05:302026-08-10T18:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/chinas_shadow_on_evs/India's EV industry is dependent on China. By how much?Ubuntu 26.04 - Resolute Raccoon post install2026-05-30T18:00:00+05:302026-05-30T18:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/ubuntu_26_04_postinstall/Things to do after fresh install of 26.04 desktopGoogle Appsheet to build a quick journal app2025-11-08T11:30:00+05:302025-11-08T11:30:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/google_appsheet_journalapp/Discovered Google Appsheet and built a super quick app for journalling.SQLite3 CTE for Calmap visualization2025-02-21T06:00:00+05:302025-02-21T06:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/sqlite3-cte-tricks-for-calmap/Data grouped by dates can easily be printed like GitHup contribution maps by weeks.Git branches for content and output2025-02-06T08:00:00+05:302025-02-06T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/separate_git_branches_for_inout/Noting down a command snippet for my workflow. I maintain my markdown/org files in a main branch and publish the generated ones to gh-pages branch.Engineering Leadership - checklist mindmap2024-12-06T08:00:00+05:302024-12-06T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/eng_leader_checklist/General mindmap I follow while leading an engineering team or organization.Amazon Prime Video - Buy Movie UX2024-11-02T08:00:00+05:302024-11-02T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/amazon_primevideo_buy_ux/UPI as scan+pay is a nice option in India; Prime Video's UX to scan QR from TV into app takes a bit of jumping around on iOS.XSV Cookbook2021-07-03T08:00:00+05:302021-07-03T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/xsv_cookbook/Recipes I usually use with XSV - swiss army knife for field separated filesGenerate fake data to test performance2020-09-21T08:00:00+05:302020-09-21T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/docker_mysql_data/I can't really test for scale because we don't have enough data1to10: doom-emacs and org-roam, gpg2020-08-02T08:00:00+05:302020-08-02T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/doom_emacs_org_1_to_10/Note your thoughts with least friction!Generate docs - the unix way2020-06-22T08:00:00+05:302020-06-22T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/gen_docs_unix_way/Or connecting tools with make0to1: doom-emacs and org-mode2020-06-15T08:00:00+05:302020-06-15T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/doom_emacs_org_0_to_1/Heard about org-mode, but afraid of emacs? I was. Here is how to get going!Generate JSON from PostgreSQL2020-05-13T14:00:00+05:302020-05-13T14:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/sql_to_json_with_psql/You can easily format your query output as JSON!Weekwise Anomaly Visualization2020-05-04T21:00:00+05:302020-05-04T21:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/weekwise_anomaly_detection/Many metrics are easier to visualize as a weekly table. Add anomaly highlights to that as well!VS Code as Git GUI2020-04-29T08:00:00+05:302020-04-29T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/vscode_git/Why search for that perfect git gui? Use VS Code!Customize your Video on Conferencing2020-04-12T08:00:00+05:302020-04-12T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/video_conf_port/World is doing WFH and Video Conferencing. Let us make it a bit more privateLeo + Sphinx = painless documentation2020-03-31T08:00:00+05:302020-03-31T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/leo_rst_sphinx/Awesome combination to make it easier to write documentation.Gmail : GUI for your backend!2020-03-27T08:00:00+05:302020-03-27T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/gmail_fetchproc/Why build an app if you can use GMAIL to get data?Calendar Heatmaps from Dataframes2020-03-18T08:00:00+05:302020-03-18T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/calmap_vis/GitHub popularized this form contrib heatmaps. Calmap makes it easy to make!Elementary OS - Hera 5.1 post install2020-03-08T08:00:00+05:302020-03-08T08:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/elementary_hera_postinstall/My installs after a fresh install of this beautiful OS.Remind - it does what it's name says!2020-03-03T06:00:00+05:302020-03-03T06:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/remind/Just don't forget anything - use this wonderful little Unix tool that runs on plain text.Are we there yet?2019-09-09T06:00:00+05:302019-09-09T06:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/are_we_there_yet/Scaling time triggered checks without crons crawling all over!Cook your Scripts to APIs in 5 minutes2019-08-27T06:00:00+05:302019-08-27T06:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/node_red_api/node-red is a fantastic tool for various stuff; here a super useful unconventional usecase for it.SQLite3 CTE tricks for time series analysis2018-10-25T06:00:00+05:302018-10-25T06:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/sqlite3-cte-tricks-for-time-series-analysis/Hands on analyze git log data with SQLite3 CTEs!Quick development envs with Docker2018-06-06T06:00:00+05:302018-06-06T06:00:00+05:30Satheesh Vattekkathttps://vsbabu.org/blog/quick-dev-env-with-docker/Before moving production envs to Docker, use it for making new dev setup painless.