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WCAhmedabad 2019 – My first WC experience

I missed the WordCamp Mumbai and felt pretty bad about it. The next such event was to be held on 14-15 December in Ahmedabad. This was WCAhmedabad. I booked the tickets, arranged my transport and waited. I reached early morning in a cold Ahmedabad and got to the hotel, caught a couple of hours of […]

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Using Google Sheets as Website Database

Google Sheets is a very popular online spreadsheet application that anyone with a Google account can use totally free. It is very intuitive and even people with no prior experience to Spreadsheet applications will find it easy to use. Web Content Management Systems typically use the user friendly interface for the end user to manage […]

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Google AppScript Mutual Fund NAV parser

Google Apps Script is a scripting platform for applications in the G Suite environment of applications. It is remarkably powerful as it has the capability to extend the functionality of ALL Google Apps applications, or all applications in the GSuite. Being built on JavaScript, the syntax and functionality is remarkably similar to that of JavaScript. […]

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It’s Final: Microsoft acquires GitHub

Yup. It is true. Microsoft acquires GitHub for about 7.5 billion USD! Let that sink in. There have been rumors of GitHub (my favorite open source code repository) being acquired by tech giants in the past. This one about Microsoft taking over had also been doing the rounds for quite some time now. GitHub is […]

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Windows Alternative – Is ReactOS good enough?

Windows Alternative? What is ReactOS? ReactOS is a free and open source operating system for the x64/x86 based personal computers and are intended to be binary compatible (read Windows alternative or clone) with the software and device drivers that are written for Windows Server 2003. The project itself is not new. The first release was […]