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22-Feb-2021
Performance►CSS

It's hard to setup purgeCSS with react CRA

Ask any frontend veteran, CSS is the hardest thing to refactor. Having said that, unused CSS easily gets shipped to production despite modern build. One of the CSS pruning libraries is purgeCSS. Let’s see how purgeCSS works with react CRA.

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18-Feb-2021
Performance►Lighthouse

Fixed lighthouse SEO audit to 100 on my blog

Lighthouse is an amazing audit tool to check the performance of the website based on certain rules. I ran lighthouse from the chrome dev tools and this is what I found. An 80 on SEO score on the landing page. Read this blog to find out how I got the SEO score to 100.

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13-Feb-2021
Lifestyle►Scams

Bank account hacked but all branch offices are closed

Off late there is not a single citizen who has escaped getting scammed by others, especially when the scammer wields power in some form or simply can put you in trouble. Here is my story related to one of my bank accounts.

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14-Jan-2021
Business►Innovations

IT spends and subscription based products

Wow, that app is great. That’s what I was looking for. Wait there is a purchase button. It says 40$/month. But it’s an alarm clock. Why are subscription charges so high for basic apps? If I build an app, will people pay 30$/month? Let’s find it out.

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13-Jan-2021
Lifestyle►Gadgets

Does alexa have a purpose at my work place?

Alexa gadget needs no introduction. Those round or tubular smart speakers which can talk to you and advertise themselves as an assistant. But are they useful in a working setup? Let’s find out.

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13-Jan-2021
Lifestyle►Scams

Followed google reviews and got scammed, had narrow escape

Let’s say if you land in a new city and knew none. You rely on google reviews and try to shortlist vendors for your requirement, but beware most reviews that you would read are either influenced or they are fake. Here is my story about how I got scammed by relying on google reviews.

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10-Jan-2021
Lifestyle►Minimalism

Minimalism on the internet

Whenever I talk about minimalism people think I am some sort of miser but I am a value seeker. In this article, I would like to show the route to minimalism on the internet.

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09-Jan-2021
Webapps►Cookies

WTF is this cookie policy alerts, third pary cookies on websites, etc

A cookie is a simple and important feature in frontend engineering. In fact, without cookies, most web apps may not be able to identify you. For instance, your Gmail won’t remember you. You have to enter login and password again. If cookies are a must-have, why are websites asking for permission about cookie usage? Let’s find out below.

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09-Jan-2021
Linux►Package Managers

Learning npm and apt package manager commands at once

You cannot be a professional developer without an encounter with Unix/Linux systems. Linux is the preferred operating system of choice for cloud machines. SSH is a magical technology to control the cloud machine without making a trip to the data center. All said but how to install and manage software on the Linux operating systems? The answer is Package Managers.

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08-Jan-2021
Reading►Goodreads-challenge

My 2021 Goodreads challenge of reading 100 books, what it means?

At the dawn of the year, I commit to reading a certain number of books. You can call it a Reading goal. Last year I committed to reading 20 books but this year its 100 books. My highest to date. Here is why I set this goal.

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