Arun Mani J

Hey There!

My cat, Googol

I'm Arun Mani J, a person with interest in technology. If you don't find me breaking head in front of a computer, then probably I'm reading books and articles. This is a simple personal website to share thoughts and ideas or for mere Internet presence. Enjoy your stay and feel free to reach me out!

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My Articles

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Why does x & -x equal to the largest power of 2 that divides x?

25 May 2024 | 6 minutes

Or how to find the largest power of 2 that divides x?

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State of Stateless - DebConf 2023

17 Sep 2023 | 2 minutes

My talk about immutability, reproducibility and declarative system in Debian at DebConf 2023.

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Creating Blurred Background Image using ImageMagick

13 Aug 2023 | 8 minutes

An article on how to resize an image to an aspect ratio with its background blurred using ImageMagick.

My Projects

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Aayra

Read eBooks and listen audiobooks, together.

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aurthy

aurthy lets you sign and verify docs.

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Aashii

A Telegram bot to let members communicate with admins.

Books I Have Read

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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jack D. Zipe

The original dark version of the twisted tales.

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The Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Mahabharata from Panchaali’s eyes

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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

So all the jokes we loved are just questions from philosophy…