https://maheepk.net/Maheep Kumar's WebspaceAdventures of a programmer in the endless stream of life 2024-01-21T17:38:16+05:30 Maheep Kumar https://maheepk.net/ Jekyll © 2024 Maheep Kumar /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png Switching Gears: Embracing Cloudflare for this blog2024-01-21T00:00:00+05:30 2024-01-21T17:37:52+05:30 https://maheepk.net/posts/hello-cloudflare/ Maheep Kumar In light of Google Domains transitioning to Squarespace, I recently made a swift and hassle-free move to Cloudflare for this blog. The entire process took a mere 10 minutes with no downtime, ensuring a seamless transition. While Google Domains served its purpose without a single issue, the decision to explore alternatives led me to Cloudflare. The platform’s features and cost advantages compar... Reliable e-mail delivery in Elixir with Bamboo + Oban2023-11-26T00:00:00+05:30 2023-11-28T13:55:29+05:30 https://maheepk.net/posts/reliable-email-delivery-in-elixir-with-bamboo-and-oban/ Maheep Kumar In the dynamic landscape of web applications, effective communication with users is paramount. Sending bulk emails, such as newsletters or promotional messages, is a common practice for keeping users engaged. Elixir offers a powerful combination of tools for handling such tasks efficiently. In this blog post, we’ll explore how to leverage Bamboo and Oban libraries to send bulk emails seamlessly... Fizz Buzz Pro on Elixir2023-07-08T00:00:00+05:30 2023-08-28T14:28:03+05:30 https://maheepk.net/posts/fizzbuzz-on-elixir/ Maheep Kumar This post is inspired from the following StackExchange CodeGolf thread. Fizz Buzz is a very simple programming task, asked in software developer job interviews. A typical round of Fizz Buzz can be: Write a program that prints the numbers from 1 to a very high number and for multiples of ‘3’ print “Fizz” instead of the number and for the multiples of ‘5’ print “Buzz”. The output must go on fo... Nothing to display2022-11-27T00:00:00+05:30 2023-02-17T23:23:10+05:30 https://maheepk.net/posts/nothing-to-display/ Maheep Kumar This week, nothing happened. This is exactly what you expect to happen after breaking your MacBook Pro’s display when the lid snappily closes on a dangling charging cable by a fluke of probability. A week of suffering and blaming later, you finally get your hands on someone’s old CRT desktop monitor and setup Duet to at least get yourself independently working on the go, using that iPad as a... Converting SF Symbols to shapes2022-10-27T00:00:00+05:30 2023-06-03T21:52:27+05:30 https://maheepk.net/posts/converting-sf-symbols-to-shapes/ Maheep Kumar Introduction This Diwali, I came across a festive-themed Apple icon on Apple India’s website, and set out to recreate it. Here’s the original look for reference: Enter SF Symbols SF symbols is a comprehensive library of vector-based symbols that you can incorporate into your app to simplify the layout of user interface elements through automatic alignment with surrounding text, and support f...