Blogs

This blog refers to the bootstrapping an autoscaled Node using Cloud-Init, Cloud-Config and UserData and get it available for serving requests. Here, in this blog I am bootstrapping a web server. We will be using a yaml file and a recipe to implement the same. What is Cloud-Init? Cloud-Init is the package which is already […]

One Simple Reason “Content that Connects with Target Audience” Speaking to 20000 people, knowing that over a billion would be tuned in, is a tough act. For Mr. Modi it is a cakewalk. He seems to outdo himself time and time again. Here is some proof of evidence to back it up. In the world […]

Best practice is an approach to do something that gives good result when applied prudently. For testing best practices include many things such as risk-based testing, objectives of testing, verification & validation etc. Let’s have a brief discussion on four best practices of manual testing to help manage time and efforts of a tester in order […]

With the advent of social media especially Twitter & Google, terms “trend” and “fad” are being used interchangeably which is terribly wrong on their part. This is not a play on semantics as there is a marked difference between them. We don’t need to look no further than Music Industry which is originator of most […]

There are no such tools till now to monitor whether your Docker container is running or not. Now, I had a Docker container running in production and I could not afford not knowing whenever it went down or rather stopped. So, I decided to do something about it. The blog is about the same. What […]

In continuation to my last blog about possible attacks on a password reset functionality, this part of the same series will look into below two implementations: • Email sent with a temporary password or current password • Secret questions asked and then given the option to reset the password I will mention possible issues which might […]

WordPress websites are mostly an easy target for attacks due to improper file permissions and vulnerable plugins being installed. Different factors that lead to attack on WordPress sites are :- Weak Passwords Vulnerable Plugins Obsolete version of WordPress being used Possible Solution Securing WordPress is a process and it involves a number of steps. A […]

The art of digital marketing is not the same as it was yesterday, and it won’t be the same tomorrow. The behavior of consumers has been seeing a lot of fluctuations in their pattern making digital marketers think through their proven success strategies and tweak them to bring in more success. In short, the marketing […]

Recently, I worked on filters in Logstash using different tools like grok, date etc. Many of us find grok patterns complex to write, so here I am writing this blog to make writing grok patterns easier. Use Case I had a use-case in which I had to filter logs from catalina.out, but it was difficult […]

A part of data tracking using analytics that can also provide succinct insights is word association by topic. Word association is derived from mentions and can also be used to find common keywords in two different topics. For instance, two different academic institutions can have common keywords in terms of tuition fees and courses. What […]

YouTube was not always YouTube without the unbelievable success stories of its users. Started in 2005, YouTube is becoming more popular as the ultimate website for watching videos. Regular users who would otherwise have kept themselves anonymous are now finding fame by uploading videos, just like the way teen icon Justin Bieber started his journey. […]

YouTube, as the name says, have become a search engine on its own even for those people who are not highly tech-savvy. In almost all cases, every person has seen some videos on YouTube. Yes, people love YouTube but the major question remains “Why?” What makes it so popular among people on the web or […]