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Santhosh Janardhananan IT Project Manager
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In India, during the May-July 2026 Cockroach Janta Party protests in New Delhi, tens of thousands of youths marched for accountability over NEET exam leaks. Protesters viewed themselves as righteous defenders of a broken education system, while government officials dismissed opposition supporters as opportunists seeking “political mileage” and the Chief Justice of India reportedly likened...
10 minute read
For decades, developers have relied on GET URLs, unsupported GET request bodies, or overloaded POST endpoints to implement search APIs. RFC 10008 introduces the new HTTP **QUERY** method, a standardized way to perform complex, read-only requests with a request body while remaining safe and idempotent. In this article, we’ll explore why QUERY was needed, how it compares to GET and POST, and what it means for the future of REST API design.
4 minute read
Your AI coding agent is not broken — it just has no filing system. Here is the 3-layer memory architecture (working → episodic → durable) that keeps Claude on track across sessions, built entirely from markdown files and two CLAUDE.md instructions.
13 minute read
Within 24 hours of launch, Anthropic’s Fable 5 was “geo-fenced” by government directive. This isn’t just a compliance update; it’s the start of the “API Colonialism” era. Explore why building on borrowed APIs is a risk to national security and how India’s “Hardware Rebellion” is forging a path toward true AI Sovereignty.
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From the unbearable intensity of Netflix’s Adolescence to Guillermo del Toro’s magnificent Frankenstein, from the roar of 1976 Formula 1 in Rush to the quiet fury of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri—2025 was a year of cinema that refused to play it safe. This retrospective celebrates the films and series that earned the highest marks: Hitchcock and Kurosawa classics revisited with fresh eyes, Malayalam treasures both vintage and contemporary, and Apple TV+’s twin sci-fi masterpieces Severance and Pluribus that asked profound questions about what makes us human. What emerges is a portrait of a viewer willing to engage fully—with blockbusters and arthouse alike, with horror shorts that haunt in five minutes and epics that demand your complete attention. These are the stories that lingered, the performances that stunned, and the experiences that reminded us why we keep returning to the screen.
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You have probably heard the advice before: keep a journal. It shows up in productivity blogs, self-help books, and casual conversations about getting your life together. The recommendation is everywhere, yet the reasoning behind it often remains unclear. Why does writing things down matter? What makes journaling different from simply thinking about your day?
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PHP 9 is bringing a sweeping removal of legacy features, stricter rules, and major breaking changes. Learn how deprecations will reshape web development, what it means for your projects, and how to prepare.
9 minute read
What starts as quick relief often becomes a loop of tiny fees, shortfalls, and stress. A ground-level look at Earned Wage Access in the US and borrowing apps in India—and how not to get caught.
12 minute read
You bought it. You own it. Or do you? The rise of subscription cages is quietly turning us from buyers into tenants. Here’s why you should be worried.
15 minute read
Some cars race. Some cars inspire. The Lotus Type 88 did both—until politics killed it. But its legacy might just spark your next big breakthrough.
9 minute read
I have a disability that makes it hard to differentiate between similar colors. Sometimes I’ll stare at a webpage for minutes, squinting and adjusting my screen brightness, trying to figure out which text is clickable and which isn’t. I’ll miss important buttons because they blend into the background, or struggle to read error messages displayed...
17 minute read
You know the drill. You’re finally on a shopping site, maybe you’re this 🤏 close to finding the perfect pair of sneakers, and then—bam. A box slides across your screen, blocking everything. “GET 10% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER!” it screams, asking for just one little thing in return: your email address. It feels like a no-brainer,...
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You know that project. The one where everything looks perfect on paper. Velocity charts climbing, burndown slopes diving, tickets closing left and right. Every dashboard screams “success!” in bright green. Meanwhile, your dev team’s burning out. Stakeholders are muttering about something feeling “off” with the product. That feature you delivered right on schedule? Users hate ...
5 minute read
Ever wonder why that “quick” project somehow ate up your entire month? Or why adding more people to your team made everything slower instead of faster? You’re not losing your mind. You’re witnessing invisible laws at work—principles that govern how we collaborate, create, and sometimes spectacularly fail in our professional lives. These aren’t mystical forces ...
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💡 Article inspired from real life incidents. Knowledge "sponsored by" – Paradoxes. You're browsing Amazon at 2 AM, ostensibly looking for a phone charger. Twenty minutes later, your cart contains the charger, a short story collection, drain clog cleaner, a pack of caffeine strip, and—somehow—a KitchenAid lemon squeezer you're genuinely excited about.
7 minute read
What if I say, whatever you think economic might be actually more expensive than you think? This blog post is about you, and the financial blunders you have done so far. I have the fix too! Read along. Last weekend, I was visiting one of my family friends. I was helping him with dishes after...
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Anticipatory bail: I am going to show off my “cinephile” side of me in this article. Please bear with! 😁 Artificial Intelligence never fails to entice me, every day these days! Picture this: You’re scrolling through your feed when suddenly you see it – “AI REFUSES TO SHUT DOWN!” Your brain immediately goes full Black ...
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We all have gone through this. You’re scrolling through social media and stumble upon someone confidently sharing medical advice with zero healthcare background, while your doctor friend rarely posts anything about medicine. Or maybe you’ve sat through a meeting where the least experienced person dominates the discussion while seasoned experts stay quiet.
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There are some things that no one* wants to talk about in a public forum. One of those things is how we clean ourselves after using the toilet. Being a South Asian, I find the bathroom etiquette a bit different from where I am now- in the US. I don’t think it is something we ...
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Boston has always been a city of contradictions. Walk through its cobblestone streets, and you’ll find 18th-century architecture standing proudly next to gleaming modern towers. But for decades, one structure dominated the city’s skyline in the worst possible way—a hulking, six-lane elevated highway that carved through downtown Boston like a concrete scar.
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NVIDIA Flexing Their AI Muscles Now a days, not a single day is past without a new advancement in the field of AI. Today was no exception! At Computex 2025 in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a series of breakthroughs in AI computing. Nvidia introduced a new evolution of their high-speed chip interconnect technology...
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Have you ever felt like you needed food or sleep more than anything else in the world? Or perhaps a sense of belonging with friends felt crucial? Even people who lost their loved ones still have some needs and they will continue to fulfill, no matter how sad or disturbed they are. These feelings point...
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One of the best news that broke today in the Open Source Software world was about The PHP Foundation announcing the official support for FrankenPHP. Now, for those who are not familiar with FrankenPHP, it is an uber cool, super charged PHP Application Server written in Go Language. This project was initially backed by Les-Tilleuls.coop.
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