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Articles

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

Sat May 25 2024

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

State of Stateless - DebConf 2023

Sun Sep 17 2023

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

Creating blurred background image using ImageMagick

Sun Aug 13 2023

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

Publishing book with Emacs and OrgMode

Mon Jul 17 2023

My journey in publishing a book using GNU Emacs and OrgMode.

Let's make a silly JSON-like parser

Wed Mar 01 2023

A post about making a silly parser for JSON-like syntax.

Debian Day’22, Bishop Heber College, Trichy

Wed Aug 24 2022

Few words about the Debian Day 2022 in Trichy.

Library

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

Fri Mar 27 2026

The story of Nike narrated by its co-founder.

Deep Work

Cal Newport

Tue Feb 17 2026

The art of focused work in a world full of distraction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Tue Jan 20 2026

Depressing story of two women in Afghanistan.

1984

George Orwell

Thu Jan 15 2026

A dystopian nightmare where war is peace and freedom is slavery.

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Tue Jan 06 2026

Life of a teenager with angst, alienation and superficiality.

The Metamorphisis

Franz Kafka

Fri Jan 02 2026

Worst nightmare for a family with single breadwinner.