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Using Firebase Auth with AWS Lambda, API Gateway & SAM

I lately was working on a project involving AWS Lambda. Similar to most other projects, this too required user authentication. Like most projects involving user authentication, this was not my primary goal. Now I could write my code for authentication. …

AWS

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Using Firebase Authentication with AWS Lambda, API Gateway & SAM
Using Firebase Authentication with AWS Lambda, API Gateway & SAM

Feb 13

Rust: Encoding and Decoding Base64 Strings using the Windows API

DISCLAIMER Windows Only No Linux/macOS support DEPENDENCY In this project, we will use Windows-RS to access Rust APIs. Traditionally using the following would be enough However, when using Windows Rust bindings, all interesting things are hidden behind optional features. The features of interest can be found from the docs for functions that…

Rust

3 min read

Rust: Encoding and Decoding Base64 Strings using the Windows API
Rust: Encoding and Decoding Base64 Strings using the Windows API

Nov 15, 2021

Using Visual Studio Developer prompt with PowerShell/PWSH

TL:DR So you are probably thinking, wait a second, I can see that in my shortcuts, there is a PowerShell Command. And am using that, so why does your article need to even exist? So why use this instead? Use PowerShell Core/7+ while shortcut uses Windows PowerShell 5.0 instead Use with your own custom…

Visual Studio

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Using Visual Studio Developer prompt with PowerShell/PWSH
Using Visual Studio Developer prompt with PowerShell/PWSH

Sep 25, 2021

Rust: Publishing crates using GitHub Actions

Publishing crates using CLI is easy. But why do it? Wouldn’t it be much better if we could automate this entire process? GitHub Actions help us do just that. The key part of the action is going to be For those well versed with GitHub Actions, you probably already…

Rust

3 min read

Rust: Publishing crates using GitHub Actions
Rust: Publishing crates using GitHub Actions

Sep 18, 2021

Bypassing CORS with Electron

Sometimes your Electron app needs to bypass CORS. The only reason I even used Electron in my recent RSS Reader application was to bypass CORS. You can follow this guide to implement it in your own project as well Why bypass CORS? Story time. So recently I was developing an RSS Reader application…

Electron

4 min read

Bypassing CORS with Electron
Bypassing CORS with Electron

Jun 28, 2021

Use DNS over TLS with Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families

To use DNS over TLS with Cloudflare Families, simply use the following URLs Block malware 1.1.1.2 -> security.cloudflare-dns.com Block malware and adult content 1.1.1.3 -> family.cloudflare-dns.com Source:- 1.1.1.3 does not filter content if queries are made via DoT (DNS over TLS) — DNS & Network / 1.1.1.1 — Cloudflare Community Android To use them with Android, follow the same steps as the ones for 1.1.1.1 except replace the URLs with 1.1.1.2 or 1.1.1.3’s specified URLs

Cloudflare

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Use DNS over TLS with Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families
Use DNS over TLS with Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families

Use DNS over TLS with Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families

Introducing 1.1.1.1 for Families (cloudflare.com)

To use DNS over TLS with Cloudflare Families, simply use the following URLs

  1. Block malware
    1.1.1.2 -> security.cloudflare-dns.com
  2. Block malware and adult content
    1.1.1.3 -> family.cloudflare-dns.com

Source:- 1.1.1.3 does not filter content if queries are made via DoT (DNS over TLS) — DNS & Network / 1.1.1.1 — Cloudflare Community

Android

To use them with Android, follow the same steps as the ones for 1.1.1.1 except replace the URLs with 1.1.1.2 or 1.1.1.3’s specified URLs

That is type in family.cloudflare-dns.com instead of 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com and it would work!

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Jun 16, 2021

Fixing the “Oh no! Something has gone wrong” error message on Fedora Workstation running on Hyper-V

You might have noticed the error message after rebooting after having finished the installation during the setup phase. I noticed it too on Fedora 34. Fixing the issue is relatively straightforward. The only time I faced this issue was during the setup phase. Now like most people, I presume you…

Hyper V

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Fixing the “Oh no! Something has gone wrong” error message on Fedora Workstation running on Hyper-V
Fixing the “Oh no! Something has gone wrong” error message on Fedora Workstation running on Hyper-V

Jun 10, 2021

Install Hyperledger Fabric and Convector on Fedora

For some reason, I decided to try out Fedora. I quite like their policy of keeping most of their packages updated and hence, took an active decision to give it a try. This article hopefully would become a part of a very long series of articles on writing chaincode for…

Hyperledger

3 min read


Jun 8, 2021

Automate GitHub Container Registry deployments with GitHub Actions

Creating a container image Let us create a very simple container image. What does this image do? For every argument this image receives, it outputs the argument to the screen. Just like an echo command. We use Alpine because the image sizes are small and hence downloads are faster. Of course your image…

Github Actions

2 min read


Aug 27, 2020

Six Degrees of Formula One and Other inter-connections

https://pratikpc.github.io/six-degree-f1/ 1. And the Winner of Six Degrees of Formula One is… Six Degrees of Formula One is based on the famous Six Degrees of Separation in which we try to find out how far is someone from another famous individual. While according to the theory, every individual on this planet is on an average I’d say Six Connections away, when…

Formula 1

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Six Degrees of Formula One and Other inter-connections
Six Degrees of Formula One and Other inter-connections
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