Every organization needs a CTO

Recently I was shown a product marketing itself as providing geological data layer for apps. A sketchy product at a glance and maybe scammy in the worst case. The developer is unable to provide direct answers and finding it difficult to provide details on how the product really works. ...

October 22, 2021 · Rukshan

Aren't we all professional Googlers?

Recently I was recommended a YouTube video titled “How to Google like a senior software engineer”. It was showing some Google dorks to filter out results so you can find the exact solution that you’re looking to solve your problem. ...

September 18, 2021 · Rukshan

When I used to collect computer viruses

Today I was having a lecture about information security and information security law. I just started the module and this is the third lecture about the topic. And todays lecture was about different IT threats that an health information system would face. The lecture mainly revolved around malware. During the lecture, the teacher told a point that most malware today are written for profit, and ransomware are popular today because it’s a get rich scheme for malware writers. ...

September 1, 2021 · Rukshan

How to setup SCSS on your computer

SCSS is a CSS pre-processor. By using a pre-processor like SCSS you can easily write simple and elegant CSS. You also have added advantage of variables, arithmetic operations and more. And overall writing sass can be more productive than writing simple CSS. ...

August 22, 2021 · Rukshan

Why JavaScript dialogs (alert/prompt/confirm) are not widely used?

Recently I started working on a small open-source project side project with Vue, and I wanted to create yes/no dialog (basically a model) which will show a notification with a confirm and cancel button. So users can confirm or cancel an event. ...

June 15, 2021 · Rukshan

Would you pay me if I built a web browser?

Google recently announced their Q4 results, and it seems almost everyone is having a great Q4 from Facebook, to Amazon to Google. ...

February 3, 2021 · Rukshan

Who is sending these mysterious 2FA codes?

I read a recent post titled “That’s not how 2FA works”, it was an interesting read. ...

January 20, 2021 · Rukshan

I sent this email asking my friends to switch to Signal

Hello ? I know you like to use WhatsApp, I use WhatsApp as well. One of the most important things in WhatsApp that differentiates itself from other messaging apps like Viber, Messenger and Telegram is WhatsApp’s privacy. ...

January 13, 2021 · Rukshan

What if Parler was a decentralised network?

Recently Parler is getting lot of attention on online and mainstream media, and not for a good reason. This is because Parler is getting banned from almost every service they have been using, from Amazon’s AWS, to Twilio for SMS verification. They also got their app kicked off from both Google PlayStore and Apple AppStore. ...

January 12, 2021 · Rukshan

Everyone should get a personal email address

Recently I sold my old MacBook Pro, and until I buy myself a new laptop, I had to log in to my gmail account from a windows laptop. ...

January 9, 2021 · Rukshan