# Vinay Kudithipudi
> Technology executive and hands-on engineer. I lead engineering organizations, build platforms, and stay in the trenches — infrastructure, security, and applied AI.
Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context.
Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`).

## Pages
- [2022 : Getting Fit](https://kudithipudi.org/2022-getting-fit.md) - Week 1 Cat and Camel (5 x 5) Breath out when lifting back (camel) Arm Chest Opener (5×5) Breath out when lifting arm lock opposite shoulder...
- [2024 Winter: Exploring Chile](https://kudithipudi.org/2024-winter-exploring-chile.md) - This winter (summer in Chile), I had the incredible opportunity to explore Chile with my family. From bustling cities to serene coastal towns and breathtaking natural...
- [2026 Spring Break : Visiting Vietnam](https://kudithipudi.org/2026-spring-break-visiting-vietnam.md) - We explored Vietnam during spring break in March 2026. A continuation of the family tradition established in 2022 to explore new countries and cultures before kids...
- [A conservative approach to investing](https://kudithipudi.org/a-conservative-approach-to-investing.md) - Money does not buy happiness, but it sure brings you closer to happiness. More importantly, it frees up time so that you can do things that...
- [Collection of Generative AI Tools](https://kudithipudi.org/ai-tools.md) - Scratchpad of collection of AI tools
- [Dallas Restaurants](https://kudithipudi.org/dallas-restaurants.md) - Recommendations from friends and family Restaurant Address Phone Most Popular Dish Chaskaa Punjabi Kitchen 495 TX-121, Ste 220, Lewisville, TX 75067 (945) 200-4999 Makki Di Roti...
- [Dallas Vendors](https://kudithipudi.org/dallas-vendors.md) - Collection of artists and vendors local to the Dallas area
- [Experiments with Midjourney](https://kudithipudi.org/experiments-with-midjourney.md) - Midjourney is a AI platform that generates new art/media/photo based on prompts given to it. It is very similar to DALL-E 2 by OpenAI, but the...
- [My greetings](https://kudithipudi.org/my-greetings.md) - Collection of greetings I created using GenAI. Most of my greetings have a theme of being located on mars :-). 2026 May – Memorial Day prompt...
- [Python Tidbits](https://kudithipudi.org/python-tidbits.md) - Collection of random python snippets
- [Quotes](https://kudithipudi.org/quotes.md) - Collection of quotes from folks I run into 😃
- [Resolutions](https://kudithipudi.org/resolutions.md)
- [Running](https://kudithipudi.org/running.md)
- [Sample Page](https://kudithipudi.org/sample-page.md) - This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation...
- [Sri Satyanaraya Vratham Stories](https://kudithipudi.org/sri-satyanaraya-vratham-stories.md) - Introduction: Narada Muni’s Inquiry to Lord Vishnu Once upon a time, 88,000 rishis assembled in the forest called Naimisharanya and asked Maharishi Suta, the narrator of...
- [Texas : Places to visit](https://kudithipudi.org/texas-places-to-visit.md) - Rural https://www.periniranch.com/ : Steakhouse and BnB.
- [The many faces of Vinay](https://kudithipudi.org/the-many-faces-of-vinay.md) - Collection of self portraits generated using AI. 3D Paper-Craft Portrait Expressive Portrait Design
- [Things I learned](https://kudithipudi.org/things-i-learned.md) - A collection of articles that highlight learnings by the authors
- [Time sink web](https://kudithipudi.org/time-sink-web.md) - Collection of websites from this HackerNews discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30128011&utm_term=comment https://gdcolon.com/ http://magickeyboard.io/ http://eelslap.com/ https://theuselessweb.com/ https://findtheinvisiblecow.com/ https://mondrianandme.com/ http://www.zefrank.com/ https
- [Weight Tracking](https://kudithipudi.org/weight-tracking.md) - Week Weight April 18, 2022 190.5 lbs April 24, 2022 185 lbs May 1, 2022 183 lbs May 8, 2022 181 lbs

## Posts
- [Overheard : England, Britain, and the UK Aren't the Same Thing](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-england-britain-and-the-uk-arent-the-same-thing.md) - A conversation about the UK cleared up something I'd always fudged: * England is a country * Great Britain is the island holding England, Scotland, and Wales * The United Kingdom is the sovereign state — Great Britain plus Northern Ireland. * The Commonwealth is a different animal entirely, a volun…
- [HOW TO : Check DNS from different locations with Cloudflare Workers](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-check-dns-from-different-locations-with-cloudflare-workers.md) - I wanted to know whether lab.kudithipudi.org resolves the same way in São Paulo as it does in Ashburn. Instead of managing VMs around the world, I used eight region-pinned Cloudflare Durable Objects to run DNS-over-HTTPS lookups from different locations and compare the answers.
- [Overheard : Don't be nice](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-dont-be-nice.md) - A reflection on the difference between being nice and being kind. Nice is about pleasing other people. Kindness is about being authentic enough to hold boundaries and have the hard conversations that matter.
- [HOW TO : Use hooks in coding agents](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-use-hooks-in-coding-agents.md) - Every coding agent has hooks. None of them agree on what to call them. Instead of memorizing eight APIs, I think in three buckets: before an action, after an action, and at the session boundaries.
- [Overheard : Origins of Kabuli Pulao](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-origins-of-kabuli-pulao.md) - TIL that Kabuli pulao may not be named after Kabul after all. The dish is rooted in the cooking method known as Qabili palaw and is believed to have originated in northern Afghanistan, with strong ties to Uzbek culinary traditions.
- [Digg-like, Only Better - and All Yours](https://kudithipudi.org/digg-like-only-better-and-all-yours.md) - Bookmark is a self-hosted, AI-powered bookmarking service built with Python and SQLite. It automatically extracts metadata, generates tags and descriptions, creates local embeddings, and combines tag matching with semantic search to help you find saved links later.
- [HOW TO : Save coding-agent tokens across repos with Graft](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-save-coding-agent-tokens-across-repos-with-graft.md) - A simple setup to save AI tokens when using coding agents
- [First ghost post](https://kudithipudi.org/first-ghost-post.md) - Using AI to migrate my personal site from Wordpress to Ghost.
- [Overheard : Passion and Edge](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-passion-and-edge.md) - Bill Gurley in conversation with Shane Parrish on on how using AI to deeply understand both the foundational history and the cutting-edge trends in your domain...
- [Overheard : Open-weights AI in enterprises](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-open-weights-ai-in-enterprises.md) - Jesse Zhang, CEO of Decagon, makes an interesting argument about how enterprises will adopt open-weight AI models: the migration will happen as use cases mature https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/everyone-wrong-open-source-ai-enterprise-jesse-zhang-lakqc/...
- [Overheard : Data Silos and Personal Agents](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-data-silos-and-personal-agents.md) - I asked my Hermes agent to browse a Reddit thread on foods that feel healthy but aren’t, and turn the replies into a table. It worked...
- [HOW TO : Sort Amazon search results by number of customer reviews](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-sort-amazon-search-results-by-number-of-customer-reviews.md) - When browsing products on Amazon, sorting by average rating doesn’t always surface the most popular or widely purchased items. A simple URL trick lets you sort...
- [Overheard : On Agentic AI](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-agentic-ai.md) - “11 AI agents” is meaningless as a phrase. If I said “I have 11 spreadsheets” or “I have 11 browser tabs” to do my work, it...
- [HOW TO : Use curl to connect to a Unix socket](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-use-curl-to-connect-to-a-unix-socket.md) - Today I learned a incredibly useful trick for debugging web applications that don’t use standard TCP/IP networking. While we usually think of curl as a tool...
- [HOW TO : Launch tmux on SSH login](https://kudithipudi.org/howto-launch-tmux-on-ssh-login.md) - I’m terrible at remembering to start tmux when I SSH into servers. Then invariably, my connection drops mid-compile or during a long-running test, and I lose...
- [Overheard : Defining a Culture](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-defining-a-culture.md) - Ben Horowitz shared his ideas on defining a culture In a conversation with Patrick O’Schaugnessy Let me give you a small but probably the most important...
- [Overheard : Embedded Intelligence](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-embedded-intelligence.md) - The hype may be about the frontier models. The disruption really is in the workflow. Read this in Om Malik’s post (https://om.co/2026/02/06/how-ai-goes-to-work/), and it’s one of...
- [Overhead : Agentic Engineering](https://kudithipudi.org/overhead-agentic-engineering.md) - Andrej Karpathy’s nomenclature for the state of tech in AI has become the unofficial industry clock. Watching the terminology evolve over the last few years feels...
- [HOW TO : Reduce phone usage](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-reduce-phone-usage.md) - I know this is not really practical :-).. But hear me out Every 6 months, switch from an Android to an iPhone as your primary phone....
- [Overheard : Securing AI Agents](https://kudithipudi.org/overhear-securing-ai-agents.md) - A good framework on how to think about security when deploying AI agents. Treat AI agents as insider threats David Cox mentioned this during a recent...
- [AI and the value of taste](https://kudithipudi.org/ai-and-the-value-of-taste.md) - Anyone can now generate content (text, audio, images, video) with a single prompt. The cost of creation is collapsing to near zero. We live in amazing...
- [From consumer to producer](https://kudithipudi.org/from-consumer-to-producer.md) - I stopped making New Year resolutions a while ago. My philosophy has been simple: if something is actually important, waiting for a specific date on the...
- [Overheard : Prosperity & Open Source](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-prosperity-open-source.md) - Loved this quote by Matt Ridley on how open sourcing and sharing ideas leads to improved prosperity. Positive sum instead of zero sum games. The free...
- [Overheard : Kindness](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-kindness-2.md) - Warren Buffett in his farewell letter on kindness Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts of money, great amountsof publicity or great power in...
- [Conversation maker](https://kudithipudi.org/conversation-maker.md) - Had this idea for my next get‑together — a simple prompt that could spark some fun stories. Tell the story of something you have on you...
- [Overheard : SEO is dead](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-seo-is-dead.md) - A great graph on all the times SEO was pronounced dead, yet the market value of the SEO industry keeps growing. Graph by Chris Lourenco on...
- [Overheard : Attention span](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-attention-span.md) - Some interesting metrics on the attention span of consumers before they make a decision to spend more time on the content or not. Shared by Lulu...
- [Overheard : mental model and curiosity](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-mental-model-and-curiosity.md) - Mark Bertolini in a chat with Patrick O’Shaughnessy on “Invest Like the Best” podcast, speaking about the need to update your mental model about the world...
- [Overheard : On constant increase in expectations](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-constant-increase-in-expectations.md) - Sam Altman’s June 10, 2025 post on achieving singularity captured something I’ve been thinking about lately. There’s a particular passage that perfectly describes how we’re constantly...
- [Overheard : Product Positioning](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-product-positioning.md) - Doug Leone responding to Patrick O’shaughnessy in a podcast conversation, on how to think/position a product Simplicity, crystal clearness, something a mere mortal can understand. If...
- [Overheard : Dichotomy of Life](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-dichotomy-of-life.md) - The dumber the disagreements, the better the world actually is. Another great post by Morgan Housel on the dichotomy of life. We will always be stressed,...
- [Overheard : AI needs cloud](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-ai-needs-cloud.md) - On The Verge‘s Decoder podcast, Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, explained why AI’s potential is intrinsically tied to the cloud. The scale and complexity of modern...
- [Overheard : Good business vs Bad Business](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-good-business-vs-bad-business.md) - A simple visual of attributes of Good business vs Bad business based on a snippet Codie Sanchez shared in a podcast with Shane Parrish ✅ GOOD...
- [Overheard : Worthless friends vs Transactional friends](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-worthless-friends-vs-transactional-friends.md) - Codie Sanchez quoting Prof. Arthur Brooks on different types of friendship in a conversation with Shane Parrish. Worthless friends are the friends that have no transactional...
- [Agency for AI Agents](https://kudithipudi.org/agency-for-ai-agents.md) - Huggingface just released their agentic library to interact with LLMs. I liked the way they define agents. AI Agents are programs where LLM outputs control the workflow....
- [Communicating market potential](https://kudithipudi.org/communicating-market-potential.md) - I really liked this slide from Carvana’s 2024 Q3 earnings call presentation on their potential addressable market. Communicates the idea in an easy and impactful way.
- [Overheard : On constantly adapting](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-adaptivity.md) - Don’t ever forget where you came from, but always be looking where you’re going. Micky Malka (Capital Herder and Team Finder) on a recent conversation with...
- [Overheard : India 1-2-3](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-india-as-a-market.md) - Great discussion between Jim O’Shaughnessy and Sajith Pai on the India as a market in the Infinite Loops Podcast. Sajith did a great job describing India...
- [30 day challenge : create software with AI](https://kudithipudi.org/30-day-challenge-create-software-with-ai.md) - I like to do 30 day challenges to explore new areas, or to form habits. Some of my previous ones were I am starting a new...
- [HOW TO : Run Anthropic Computer Use Tool on a Windows Machine](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-run-anthropic-computer-use-tool-on-a-windows-machine.md) - Anthropic released their new Claude Sonnet 3.5 model yesterday that has a new capability to control computers. Computer Use capability allows Claude to directly interact with...
- [HOW TO : Troubleshoot Zscaler client](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-troubleshoot-zscaler-client.md) - I recently encountered some connectivity issues while working from home and trying to access some corporate resources. Notes for myself on some tips our infosec team...
- [Overheard : On planning and execution](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-planning-and-execution.md)
- [On AI Agentic Workflows](https://kudithipudi.org/on-ai-agentic-workflows.md) - Amazing conversation with Bret Taylor on agentic workflows leveraging AI in the enterprises. The whole conversation is worth listening to multiple times, but this specific segment...
- [AI & Humans](https://kudithipudi.org/ai-humans.md) - AI will not replace humans but humans who use AI will replace humans that don’t – Dr. Fei-Fei Li
- [Disaster Recover vs Business Continuity](https://kudithipudi.org/disaster-recover-vs-business-continuity.md) - Really liked this simple explanation on the difference between BDR and BCP shared in a hacker news discussion
- [Overheard : Leadership](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-leadership.md) - Leadership isn’t about being the hero. It’s about empowering your team to become heroes themselves. Google Gemini For folks that are driven, wired to see an issue and tackle it head-on, it is difficult to not jump in and “try”...
- [Overheard : On brilliance](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-brilliance.md) - Avoiding Stupidity is Easier than Seeking Brilliance – Shane Parrish rewording Charlie Munger
- [Overheard : On wisdom](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-wisdom.md) - Wisdom is turning your future hindsight into your current foresight – Shane Parrish
- [Overheard : On practice](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-practice.md) - A quote from Japanese philosophy repeated by Coach Paul Assaiante on practice You cry in practice and you laugh in competition
- [Charlie : The guru I never met](https://kudithipudi.org/charlie-the-guru-i-never-met.md) - Yesterday (Nov 28, 2023), the world lost a giant of investing and clear thinking: Charlie Munger. While I never had the privilege of meeting him in...
- [HOW TO : Bulk deletes in vi](https://kudithipudi.org/howto-bulk-deletes-in-vi.md) - Use “dG” command, if you want to delete all lines in a file starting from the line under the cursor in vi. Additional commands to delete...
- [HOW TO : Create free clipart](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-create-free-clipart.md) - One can leverage the explosion of generative AI art engines to create your own clip art. Here’s a clipart that I created using the prompt “moscow...
- [Overheard : On action and feeling](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-action-and-feeling.md) - The way we act determines how we feel way more often than the way we feel determines how we act. Seth Godin, in a chat with...
- [Private IP Ranges](https://kudithipudi.org/private-ip-ranges.md) - A self note. List of private address ranges Class A: 10.0. 0.0 to 10.255. 255.255. Class B: 172.16. 0.0 to 172.31. 255.255. Class C: 192.168. 0.0...
- [Overheard : On strategy and talent](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-strategy-and-talent.md) - Strategy without talent is helpless and talent without strategy is hopeless. Gary Burnison (CEO Korn Ferry)
- [Overheard :  Technology and progress](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-technology-and-progress.md) - Saam Motamedi on how technology makes progress Part of the thing that I think is amazing about technology is that the progress is usually sooner and...
- [MidJourney Creations #25](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-25.md) - contemporary mountainside cabin with huge windows sunset view
- [MidJourney Creations #24](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-24.md) - chess pieces made of crystal in space huge monuments
- [MidJourney Creations #23](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-23.md) - longhorns in river mountain vistas cowboy horses landscape detailed
- [MidJourney Creations #22](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-22.md) - friends in infinity pool watching sunset pencil drawing detailed color
- [MidJourney Creations #21](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-20.md) - hermitage in winter detailed vivid scene
- [Overheard : friend](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-friend.md) - “A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.” – William Penn
- [MidJourney Creations #20](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-19.md) - clash of the titans
- [MidJourney Creations #19](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-18-2.md) - low risk rules
- [Overheard : Passive Investing](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-passive-investing.md) - Geoff Saab on the strength and weakness of passive investing in his book “Low Risk Rules : A Wealth Preservation Manifesto“ Pro : “You own a...
- [MidJourney Creations #18](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-18.md) - basketball player made of crystal dunking sun in space action shot
- [MidJourney Creations #17](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-17.md) - waterfall in space with multiple moons in background vivid picture
- [MidJourney Creations #16](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-16.md) - amrutham
- [MidJourney creations #15](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-15.md) - Indraprastha ancient India detailed
- [MidJourney Creations #14](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-13-2.md) - today’s magic was yesterdays dream
- [MidJourney Creations #13](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-13.md) - forest floor views with colorful fauna
- [MidJourney Creations #12](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-12.md) - stranger of paradise final fantasy origin
- [MidJourney Creations #11](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-11.md) - Indian samurai headgear katana spear mask intricate details
- [MidJourney Creations #10-1](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-11-1.md) - friendship day
- [MidJourney Creations #10](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-10.md) - Ocean angles with blue fire
- [MidJourney Creations #9](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-9.md) - Don’t make yourself miserable because the people in front of you are idiots
- [MidJourney Creations #8](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-7-2.md) - contemporary house with lots of windows
- [MidJourney Creations #7](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-7.md) - 80 20 rule
- [MidJourney Creations #6](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-6.md) - water world from space with 5 moons spaceship blocking sun
- [MidJourney Creations #5](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-5.md) - huge Italian wedding people eating food church
- [MidJourney Creations #4](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-4.md) - Konark temple sunrise
- [MidJourney Creations #3](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-3.md) - medieval European town square with kids playing around merchants selling vegetables and meat soldiers on horseback oil painting detailed
- [MidJourney Creations #2](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-2.md) - “the knowledge of vedas”
- [Midjourney Creations #1](https://kudithipudi.org/midjourney-creations-1.md) - “dragon green lion head Japanese style studio ghibli 4k”
- [Overheard : On vision](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-vision.md) - Patrick Collison (Co-Founder and CEO of Stripe) shared this snippet of an internal email that David Stearns (Staff Engineer at Stripe) wrote about Dee Hock. Dee...
- [Overhead : Tactic vs Strategy](https://kudithipudi.org/overhead-tactic-vs-strategy.md) - Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do; Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do. Savielly Tartakower...
- [Overheard : On accountability](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-accountability.md) - You cannot do anything wrong, if you don’t do anything! – Dave Dallam
- [Overheard : On cutting down “stuff”](https://kudithipudi.org/overhear-on-cutting-down-stuff.md) - We’re good as humans to committing to things that are positive. That’s very motivating for us. We’re bad at trying to avoid things that are negative...
- [Overheard : Watermelon Metrics](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-watermelon-metrics.md) - Watermelon Metric : Green (good) on the outside and red (bad) once you dig in. – Daniel Shapero (LinkedIn COO) on a post on LinkedIn Some...
- [Overheard : Alignment](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-alignment.md) - We don’t want to force alignment, but align forces Desikamani G
- [Overheard : Tradeoffs](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-tradeoffs.md) - Everything that you take on is implicitly something that you’re not taking on – Francis Davidson (CEO of Sonder) in conversation with Patrick O’Shaughnessy Speaking about...
- [Overheard : Empathy](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-empathy.md) - LibertyRPF on Empathy during a conversation with Jim O’Shaughnessy on his Infinite Loops podcast Don’t just treat others how you would like to be treated. Take...
- [HOW TO : Flex your muscles](https://kudithipudi.org/howto-flex-your-muscles.md) - A tongue in cheek headline :-). The post is not about body muscle, but about how you can flex your market power (muscle). Here is a...
- [Culture eats strategy for breakfast](https://kudithipudi.org/culture-eats-strategy-for-breakfast.md) - Interesting article on Arstechnica (https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/revealed-the-secret-notes-of-blue-origin-leaders-trying-to-catch-spacex/) about an internal memo from Blue Origin. The memo is about the discussion and feedback from senior leadership at Blue Origin...
- [Inflation](https://kudithipudi.org/inflation.md) - What happens when a private equity company buys one of your favorite tools? Prices go up 50% :-). At the same time, the cost of running...
- [4th Grade Math Wonders](https://kudithipudi.org/4th-grade-math-wonders.md) - Take any 3 digit number Multiply by 11 Multiple the result with 91 The end result will clone your initial 3 digit numbers and make a...
- [HOWTO : SQL Joins](https://kudithipudi.org/howto-sql-joins.md) - A simple and useful visual of joins in SQL by Taylor Brownlow from this post https://towardsdatascience.com/take-your-sql-from-good-to-great-part-3-687d797d1ede
- [Oveheard : Pain](https://kudithipudi.org/oveheard-pain.md) - our ability to deal with pain is directly proportional to our ability to see pain elsewhere. Subroto Bagchi
- [HOWTO : Query json data in SQLite](https://kudithipudi.org/howto-query-json-data-in-sqlite.md) - A self note for querying json data in SQLite. BTW, I think SQLite is an under utilized and under appreciated swiss army tool for data storage...
- [Overheard : Services vs Product businesses](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-services-vs-product-businesses.md) - In the services business, you get paid to say yes to everything. In the product business, you get paid to say no. By convincing the customer...
- [Overheard : On appreciation](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-appreciation.md) - Everyone needs to feel appreciated. It doesn’t matter what they do, it doesn’t matter who they are, that’s a need in everybody. – Grace McNiel (Hugh...
- [Collection of tools to serve local content on your workstation to the Internet](https://kudithipudi.org/collection-of-tools-to-serve-local-content-on-workstation-to-the-internet.md) - A quick collection of tools you can use to serve/publish content/applications on your local dev to the Interwebs. Some use cases for these types of tools.....
- [Fatherhood..](https://kudithipudi.org/fatherhood.md) - Today being Father’s day, some reflections on fatherhood. I think people go through different stages on how they view their dad. Admiration ( 0 – teen...
- [Overheard : Value of a business (stock)](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-value-of-a-business-stock.md) - A cow for her milk; a hen for her eggs; and a stock,by heck, for her dividends. John Burr Williams
- [HOWTO : Python string search](https://kudithipudi.org/howto-python-string-search.md) - Quick self-note 🙂 different ways to search for content in a string in python Basic (and quickest) if ‘content’ in string: String.find (second quickest and doesn’t...
- [HOWTO : Replace first space in a line using Notepad++](https://kudithipudi.org/howto-replace-first-space-in-a-line-using-notepad.md) - Search for ^([^\s]*)(\s) Replace with $1 AND_WHAT_EVER_STRING_YOU_WANT Here is an example of searching for first space in a line and adding “’,” to the string
- [Overheard : Process](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-process.md) - Love this quote about process attributed to Tobi Lutke in multiple interviews. He said it in different ways, but here is the gist There are three...
- [HOW TO : Add commas (,) at the end of every line using Notepad++](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-add-commas-at-the-end-of-every-line-using-notepad.md) - Thanks for this great nugget from Sumama Waheed Many a time, you get some data as a CSV file and need to copy some of that...
- [Overheard : Revenue, Profit & Cash-Flow](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-revenue-profit-cash-flow.md) - Not sure about the origins of this phrase, but came across in a quarterly newsletter from Greenwood Investors revenue is vanity, profit is sanity and cash-flow...
- [HOW TO : Configure nginx to use URI for modifying response content](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-configure-nginx-to-use-uri-for-modifying-response-content.md) - That was a pretty long title for the post :). I love nginx for it’s flexibility and ease of use. It is like a swiss army...
- [Я вас любил – Pushkin](https://kudithipudi.org/-d0-af--d0-b2-d0-b0-d1-81--d0-bb-d1-8e-d0-b1-d0-b8-d0-bb-pushkin.md) - Loved this English translation of Я вас любил by Alexander Pushkin. One of my most favorite poems in Russian. Thought Robin Kallsen did a great job...
- [covid-19](https://kudithipudi.org/covid-19.md)
- [Overheard : Return on investment from a book](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-return-on-investment-from-a-book.md) - Quote from “The Rebel Allocator” by Jacob L. Taylor on the return on investment from reading a book For around ten dollars, you get to have...
- [Overheard : Giving your best](https://kudithipudi.org/oveheard-giving-your-best.md) - A power quote by Abraham Lincoln. Ran across it while reading The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World ....
- [Overheard : Contex](https://kudithipudi.org/overhead-contex.md) - Joshua Hoffman on being broadminded. Referring to how each discipline is a map/model of how to view the world..but the map is not the territory meaning.....
- [Why ADP?](https://kudithipudi.org/why-adp.md) - ADP is a $70B+ (by market cap as of August 2019) company and yet cannot get a simple redirect correct. If someone that is asked to...
- [Overheard : Data and Insights](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-data-and-insights.md) - Can’t find an attribution for this quote.. but was quoted by Harry Moseley for an interview with the Atlassian team We have an ocean of data,...
- [Simple & Effective One Page Resume](https://kudithipudi.org/simple-effective-one-page-resume.md) - I have always been a fan of crisp and clean resumes. I could never understand why anyone would have a 5+ page resume. Personally that is...
- [Overheard : Unexpected, Unanticipated, Unfair](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-unexpected-unanticipated-unfair.md) - Caught this on a whiteboard at work 🙂 In business, just like in life, we are going to have to deal with the unexpected, the unanticipated...
- [Overheard : Bias](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-bias.md) - Great quote by Mark Horstman (Manager Tools fame) on everyone being biased You can find all the bias-less people..Under the ground 🙂
- [Overheard : On Communication](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-communication.md) - Simple but profound quote by Kim Moir code is easy to patch, communication is not https://devtomanager.com/interviews/kim-moir/
- [Overheard : On Reacting](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-on-reacting.md) - I am so surprised that I haven’t heard this phrase till now. I guess I did, but didn’t pay attention :). Over heard this in a...
- [Overheard : Putting into practice](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-putting-into-practice.md) - Simple but powerful quote by Xun Kuang, known as Xunzi (a Chinese Confucian philosopher of the 3rd century BC) Not having heard something is not as...
- [Overheard : Success vs. Significance](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-success-vs-significance.md) - Inspiring quote by Aruna Miller Success is when you add value to yourselvesSignificance is when you add value to others
- [Overheard : Allergies](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-allergies.md) - Loved this snippet by Patrick Bed-David on LinkedIn
- [Overheard : Probability & Statistics](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-probability-statistics.md) - Sebastian Thrun in his Intro to Statistics course on Udacity In statistics, we are given data and try to infer causes that relate to the data,...
- [Overheard : Market share and Profitability](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-market-share-and-profitability.md) - Herb Kelleher‘s, the iconic co-founder and long time CEO of Southwest Airlines, thoughts on profitability. He shared this with Guy Raz on his “How I built...
- [How not to design a website](https://kudithipudi.org/how-not-to-design-a-website.md) - Etrade is one of the largest stock trading service providers in the US. One would think they want to make it easy for their customers to...
- [HOW TO : Freeze your credit](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-freeze-your-credit.md) - Great guide by Michael Bazzell on freezing your credit and removing your personal data from data consolidation sites. A good project for the entrepreneurial and capable...
- [HOW TO : Set $GOPATH](https://kudithipudi.org/howto-set-gopath.md) - Been dabbling in go recently and I was surprised that the default install doesn’t setup the $GOPATH environment variable. If you are running it on a...
- [Overheard : BODMAS](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-bodmas.md) - Trying to sharpen my programming skills :). Just heard about BODMAS and mind blown about the simplicity of the acronym. Essentially BODMAS is a simple way...
- [Overheard : Improving skills](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-improving-skills.md) - This quote/statement by Tim Ferriss in one of his recent podcasts really got me thinking Subconscious : Incompetency → Conscious : Incompetency → Conscious : Competency → Subconscious...
- [Overheard : Call to action](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-call-to-action.md) - I don’t even recall where I heard this :).. but it stuck with me for me to write it down For somebody to do something.. three...
- [Patterns of Resilience](https://kudithipudi.org/patterns-of-resilience.md) - Great slide deck by Uwe Friedsrichsen on resilient patterns to use when designing applications Patterns of resilience from Uwe Friedrichsen
- [Overheard : Paradoxical Commandments](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-paradoxical-commandments.md) - My sister shared this awesome “thought” by Dr. Kent M. Keith. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will...
- [Optimizing cache infrastructure](https://kudithipudi.org/optimizing-cache-infrastructure.md) - I love when engineering teams share their tricks of trade for other organizations to benefit. While this might seem counter-intuitive, sharing knowledge makes the entire ecosystem...
- [Overheard : Attitude](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-attitude.md) - Saw this on a t-shirt a girl was wearing recently Let me pretend I care… OK, I’am done :). Simple but such a strong message.
- [Cooking with Soy](https://kudithipudi.org/cooking-with-soy.md) - Am planning to experiment cooking with Soy (soya) granules, which is considered a good alternate for meat, since I became a “temporary” vegetarian :). Although it...
- [DID YOU KNOW : Advanced Search in Microsoft Explorer](https://kudithipudi.org/did-you-know-advanced-search-in-microsoft-explorer.md) - I was trying to search for some files on my laptop today and wanted to filter the search for filed modified in the last few weeks....
- [Liar Paradox](https://kudithipudi.org/liar-paradox.md) - This is a lie One of the simplest statements that is neither true or false!! An evening of entertaining reading at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox
- [Running distributed cron jobs using Kubernetes](https://kudithipudi.org/running-distributed-cron-jobs-using-kubernetes.md) - Good blog post by the engineering team at Stripe on using Kubernetes to run a distributed cron scheduler https://stripe.com/blog/operating-kubernetes
- [How data streams work (AKA queue design)](https://kudithipudi.org/how-data-streams-work-aka-queue-design.md) - Good blog post by Timothy Downs on how queues and data streams work with a layman example at https://hackernoon.com/introduction-to-redis-streams-133f1c375cd3 Quoting the example here We have a very...
- [Overheard : Failure](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-failure.md) - When you do your job well, no one notices. When you screw up the whole internet notices – Julia Grace during a great keynote speech at...
- [Overheard : Communication](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-communication.md) - Mark Horstman, on his podcast about when not to use email (https://www.manager-tools.com/2017/05/when-not-use-email-part-2) No delivery of information is purely about information. Every delivery of information has some...
- [Overheard : Quote about Servant Leadership](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-quote-about-servant-leadership.md) - Quote (or rather statement) by Arthur Brooks on Servant Leadership. Credits for capturing the statement and documenting it, goes to Bret Simmons. “We in this country...
- [Overheard : Overnight Success](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-overnight-success.md) - Miki Agrawal on perseverence It takes 10 years to be an overnight success
- [Overheard : Work](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-work.md) - Quote from a talk by Herschel Walker at Copart’s annual Global Leadership conference “To get there you have to work To stay there you still have...
- [Overheard : Kindness](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-kindness.md) - Moving and thoughtful poem by Naomi Shihab Nye on kindness https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/kindness Here is a youtube video of her reading the poem
- [HOW TO : Configure nginx for WordPress permalinks](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-configure-nginx-for-wordpress-permalinks.md) - Over the last week, I moved this blog from a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack to LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) stack. Have a blog...
- [HOW TO : Configure maven to work with a proxy server](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-configure-maven-to-work-with-a-proxy-server.md) - We ran into an issue at work recently, when trying to deploy a spring boot based micro service. The application included some libraries that were downloaded...
- [HOW TO : Query varnishlogs to show backend server](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-query-varnishlogs-to-show-backend-server.md) - Command parameters for varnishlog to view the backend server that is processing the request. In this particular case, I wanted to see the request URL and...
- [HOW TO : Check websockets using curl](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-check-websockets-using-curl.md) - Found this good article by Mark Huot regarding using curl to check websocket servers at http://www.thenerdary.net/post/24889968081/debugging-websockets-with-curl curl -i -N -H “Connection: Upgrade” -H “Upgrade: websocket” -H “Host:...
- [HOW TO : Capture ftp passwords using tcpdump](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-capture-ftp-passwords-using-tcpdump.md) - On a server that is running either the FTP client on server, you can capture the ftp password using tcpdump by tcpdump -A port ftp
- [Overheard : LASER stands for](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-laser-stands-for.md) - I learned today that “laser” is an acronym that stands for light … amplification by … stimulated … emission of … radiation. Who knew? 🙂 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser
- [HOW TO : Search for multiple words in a string using grep](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-search-for-multiple-words-in-a-string-using-grep.md) - Just for my records grep “WORD\|ANOTHER\|NEITHER” string searches for either “WORD” or “ANOTHER” or “NEITHER” in string.
- [HOW TO : Search which package contains a filename](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-search-which-package-contains-a-filename.md) - If you are using a Linux system that uses yum for package management (like Fedora, Centos, RHEL), you can use the following command to find out...
- [HOW TO : count lines in windows command line](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-count-lines-in-windows-command-line.md) - Say you are using netstat to checl all established network connections on a windows machine (confirmed to work on windows 7+ and windows server 2008+) and...
- [HOW TO : Add cookies in Google Chrome Browser without a plugin/extension](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-add-cookies-in-chrome-without-a-pluginextension.md) - Literally copying this post/note from a blog post by Nate Good http://nategood.com/quickly-add-and-edit-cookies-in-chrome If you want to inset a cookie into a website request in Google Chrome,...
- [HOW TO : Use grep to search for content at end of line](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-use-grep-to-search-for-content-at-end-of-line.md) - If you want to search for a pattern at the end of a line, you can use tail -f logfile | grep -v “0$” breaking down...
- [HOW TO : Query varnishlogs for requests with 404 responses](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-query-varnishlogs-for-requests-with-404-responses.md) - varnishlog, one of the tools provided with varnish cache, uses VSL Query Expressions (https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/trunk/reference/vsl-query.html) to provide some powerful insights into the requests and responses. Here is...
- [HOW TO : Enable wildcard domains in Squid](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-enable-wildcard-domains-in-squid.md) - We were trying to modify some ACL (access control lists) in squid to allow traffic to certain websites. Instead of adding each individual hostnames in a...
- [HOW TO : pipe results between commands when using sudo](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-pipe-results-between-commands-when-using-sudo.md) - Let’s say you are running a command as sudo and need to pass the output to a different command using pipe, you would run sudo command1...
- [HOW TO : Capture network traffic on a Solaris server](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-capture-network-traffic-on-a-solaris-server.md) - If you don’t have tcpdump installed on your solaris server, you can use the “snoop” system command to capture network traffic. Here is the command line...
- [HOW TO : Get HDD performance stats in Linux](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-get-hdd-performance-stats-in-linux.md) - quick note for self hdparm -tT /dev/sdx sdx : actual device you want to test
- [HOW TO : Use awk to print values larger than certain number](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-use-awk-to-print-values-larger-than-certain-number.md) - Quick how to on using awk to filter results if a certain value (column) is larger than a set value. For example, if you have a...
- [HOW TO : Parse IP Address in Windows Batch File](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-parse-ip-address-in-windows-batch-file.md) - We had a recent challenge at work which required us to execute different actions based on which office a particular workstation was located in. Since we...
- [Update 1 : Application Development : domainScan](https://kudithipudi.org/update-1-application-development-domainscan.md) - Following up from my post earlier this month regarding building a security application that scans publicly available data (Google) and report on potential information leakage from...
- [HOW TO : Search for a record in MongoDB based on length](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-search-for-a-record-in-mongodb-based-on-the-length.md) - Quick entry for my own records. MongoDB is one of the popular open source document database that is part of the nosql movement. One of the...
- [Idea for a security application](https://kudithipudi.org/idea-for-a-security-application.md) - I think the best way to learn a new (programming) language is to address a real world problem :). So here is one, I want to...
- [Lessons of the trade : Handling CVV numbers](https://kudithipudi.org/lessons-of-the-trade-handling-cvv-numbers.md) - Just for my notes.. Even though the CVV numbers on a credit card, look like numbers :), don’t treat them as integers in your code. Some...
- [Overheard : Comment about Hardwork](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-comment-about-hardwork.md) - Interesting analogy to Thomas Edison’s quote “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration” by Elizabeth Gilbert on a recent Radio Lab show 99% Oyster and...
- [Overheard : Comment about what is takes to be a competent person](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-comment-about-competent-human-being.md) - Came across quote by Robert A. Heinlein on a blog post by Jacques Mattheij regarding a what a competent man should be able to do A...
- [Parenthood means..](https://kudithipudi.org/parenthood-means.md) - Not hesitating for a moment to put your nose near someone’ arse to check if they pooped Thinking it is cute when someone pees in your...
- [HOW TO : Convert PFX/P12 crypto objects into a java keystore](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-convert-pfxp12-crypto-objects-into-a-java-keystore.md) - We needed to add a certificate that is currently in PKCS#12 format currently into a java keystore at work recently. The typical step would be due...
- [HOW TO : Use grep and awk to find count of unique entries](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-use-grep-and-awk-to-find-count-of-unique-entries.md) - I have use grep extensively before to analyze data in log files before. A good example is this post about using grep and sort to find...
- [HOW TO : Configure tcpdump to rotate capture files based on size](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-configure-tcpdump-to-rotate-capture-files-based-on-size.md) - quick note for self. If you are capturing traffic using tcpdump, you can rotate the capture files based on size [code]sudo tcpdump -i INTERFACE_TO_CAPTURE_TRAFFIC_ON -C 10...
- [HOW TO : Restrict access to proxied content in Apache](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-restrict-access-to-proxied-content-in-apache.md) - If you are using the mod_proxy feature in Apache to forward requests for certain content to a backend server, but want to restrict access to that...
- [HOW TO : Run web servers using one liners](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-run-web-servers-using-one-liners.md) - A collection of one liners using different tools and programming languages to run a full fledged web server on any machine. They can be used to...
- [Venturing into the unknown](https://kudithipudi.org/venturing-into-the-unknown.md) - I am a Google fanboy. And I don’t make a secret of it :). All the smartphones I have ever carried are Android based, unless you...
- [HOW TO : Combine landscape and portrait page layouts in Microsoft Word](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-combine-landscape-and-portrait-page-layouts-in-microsoft-word.md) - Blogging this as a “memory” note for myself 🙂 I was putting together a report for work and needed one of the pages in the word...
- [HOW TO : Use curl to check the impact of DNS changes](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-use-curl-to-check-the-impact-of-dns-changes.md) - Ran into an interesting scenario at work today. We had to check the impact of a DNS change on a certain hostname. Normally, you would edit...
- [Interesting (infrastructure) tidbits about Microsoft Azure](https://kudithipudi.org/interesting-infrastructure-tidbits-about-microsoft-azure.md) - I attended a session organized by aditi regarding Microsoft Azure and Windows 8, called “Go Cloud 8” today. One of the speakers in the event was...
- [Another 4 years](https://kudithipudi.org/another-4-years.md) - Word cloud (wordle) of Obama’s speech after winning a second term.
- [For loop in Windows command shell](https://kudithipudi.org/for-loop-in-windows-command-shell.md) - For my records, syntax for running a simple for loop in command prompt [code]for %i in (SERVER1 SERVER2) do nslookup %i [/code] note : Looks like...
- [And she kicks my arse again](https://kudithipudi.org/and-she-kicks-my-arse-again.md) - Jhanvi and I ran the 2012 Chicago Hot Chocolate 15K today. This was the first race in the city after we officially became “suburbanites” last week....
- [SNL hacked](https://kudithipudi.org/snl-hacked.md) - Screenshot of NBC’ hacked website (in particular the Saturday Night Live section). Link to Hacker News discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4740312 I found it interesting that the site was not...
- [Consequences of delivering early](https://kudithipudi.org/consequences-of-delivering-early.md) - $14B (yes, that is a Billion dollars!!) That is the drop in Google’s market capitalization, when R.R.Donnelly released Google’s quarterly results earlier than intended 🙂
- [Post about password management  (death)](https://kudithipudi.org/post-about-password-management-death.md)
- [HOW TO : Download SSL certificate using openssl and importing it into a keystore](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-download-ssl-certificate-using-openssl-and-importing-it-into-a-keystore.md) - Following up on my earlier post about using keytool to import and export certificates into a keystore. Here is some more information on using openssl to...
- [2012 Half Marathons : An update](https://kudithipudi.org/2012-half-marathons-an-update.md) - Quick update on the races Jhanvi and I ran so far this year. And yes, she kicked my butt in all of them as usual 🙂...
- [HOW TO : Compare two directories in Linux](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-compare-two-directories-in-linux.md) - Quick post on using diff to compare two directories in Linux. This will show the list of files and subdirectories that are different in either directories...
- [HOW TO : grep for response codes in apache logs](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-grep-for-response-codes-in-apache-logs.md) - If you want to grep for certain http response codes in a apache log file Look for all access requests with a 200 response code[code] grep...
- [Another day.. Another Hack](https://kudithipudi.org/another-day-another-hack.md) - The net is up in arms about a new release from team Ghostshell of compromise data. Details of the leak can be found at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/28/team_ghostshell_megahack/ and the source...
- [HOW TO : Use openssl client to check for PCI compliant SSL ciphers](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-use-openssl-client-to-check-for-pci-compliant-ssl-ciphers.md) - Simple one liner to check if your web server is using strong ciphers [code] openssl s_client -cipher LOW -host SERVER_NAME -port 443 [/code]
- [HOW TO : Use Python to look for credit card numbers](https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-use-python-to-look-for-credit-card-numbers.md) - Simple script in python to look for credit card numbers in a file. [code] #Importing modules import re import os # Define variables inputFile = ‘test.txt’...
- [OVERHEARD : Comment about fudging](https://kudithipudi.org/overheard-comment-about-fudging.md) - Actually, this is more of a read on the web post. New acronym for describing technology that doesn’t really help CBT : Cock-n-Bull Technology 🙂

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