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Simple Thoughts Simple Solutions for Complex Problems Menu About Contact Search Search for: About Contact Categories Tech How I protect admin interface of this WordPress blog Post author By angsuman Post date July 11, 2020 No Comments on How I protect admin interface of this WordPress blog One of the easiest way to attack WordPress blog is by targeting some script of admin interface or by brute force attack and it has been found that having a good password is not enough. I take two additional steps to protect my admin interface from even the most determined hacker while allowing access to […] Tags WordPress Categories Tech Useful stuff I do with Amazon Alexa in my house Post author By angsuman Post date February 10, 2020 No Comments on Useful stuff I do with Amazon Alexa in my house Most people use Amazon Alexa to listen to music, we use it also to listen to Mantras/Stotrams like Gayatri mantra etc. However, as you read this article you will realize that it can be used for much more useful and potentially life-saving purposes. Note: if you are concerned about security, just mute it when you […] Tags alexa , amazon alexa , automation , patient care , pump automation , server monitoring , speakerphone , uber Categories Tech Bengali News for Amazon Alexa Devices: Announcement Post author By angsuman Post date January 30, 2020 No Comments on Bengali News for Amazon Alexa Devices: Announcement For the first time, you can now get Bengali News on Amazon Alexa Flash Briefings. How to enable Bengali news for Alexa devices Go to alexa.amazon.in (for Indian users) Click on Settings and then click on Flash Briefing Click on Get more Flash Briefing content and search for Bengali News Click on Bengali News India […] Tags alexa , amazon alexa , amazon echo , bengali , echo , news Categories Hardware Linux Fix: Laptop Touchpad disabled after Ubuntu 18.04 Update Post author By angsuman Post date December 31, 2019 1 Comment on Fix: Laptop Touchpad disabled after Ubuntu 18.04 Update I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 without issues. However, after a certain update suddenly the laptop touchpad stopped working. I tried few fixes suggested and ended up disabling even the keyboard. I didn’t have time to debug and left it as it is for few days. Today, finally I looked into it and found a simple […] Tags Ubuntu , Ubuntu 18.04 Categories Tech Nginx surpasses Apache Web Server Post author By angsuman Post date November 24, 2019 No Comments on Nginx surpasses Apache Web Server Nginx has surpassed Apache Web Server since April this year and has increased the lead since. According to Netcraft report from October 2019, Ngnix is now has 32.88% market share whereas Apache Web Server has 28.64% only and Microsoft is lagging far behind at 14% only. Tags apache web server , nginx Categories Linux Production: How to check and fix nginx errors before deployment Post author By angsuman Post date November 24, 2019 No Comments on Production: How to check and fix nginx errors before deployment I will show a simple tip to test nginx configuration on live site ( production server ) before deployment. This is especially useful for server serving many different sites. A little mis-configuration, even a missed comma, can instantly bring down hundreds or even thousands of sites. So you should test it first: If it fails […] Tags nginx Categories Tech How to modify Jekyll SEO Tag Plugin to remove .html from canonical URL and og:url Post author By angsuman Post date October 25, 2019 No Comments on How to modify Jekyll SEO Tag Plugin to remove .html from canonical URL and og:url Jekyll creates pages with .html extension. You may not want the archaic .html file or your existing site may already have links without the .html at the end. In either case we need to show the pages without the .html extension at the end. This requires setting up nginx rewrite rules (for static site generated […] Tags jekyll , ruby Categories Linux Tech Static Page Sites: How to clean URL structure on Nginx Post author By angsuman Post date October 22, 2019 1 Comment on Static Page Sites: How to clean URL structure on Nginx Static Sites are all the rage these days because they are: super-fast (static pages which can also be cached in memory for further speed) impossible to hack (how can you hack non-executable html pages?) very low load on the server (minimal processing) However, you will often find broken links due to minor changes in the […] Tags nginx Categories Tech Jekyll: How to auto-generate hierarchical menu Post author By angsuman Post date October 16, 2019 No Comments on Jekyll: How to auto-generate hierarchical menu Jekyll, the wonderful static sites generator that new Taragana corporate site is built upon, provides a navigation menu (in the default theme) which is essentially a list of all pages on the sites. This does not work well for sites with large number of pages, corporate sites and especially sites with deep page hierarchy. Jekyll […] Tags jekyll , liquid Categories Java Tech Where to store passwords / credentials in Gradle Project Post author By angsuman Post date April 11, 2019 No Comments on Where to store passwords / credentials in Gradle Project Problem Statement Projects are checked in version control systems like git. You don’t want your credentials to be checked in git too. As such you need a way to easily inject your credentials in your build while keeping it away from prying eye. Solution The solution is to store it in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties. This file is […] Tags Gradle , security Posts navigation ← Newer Posts 1 2 … 10 Older Posts → Search Search for: Find Us Email info@taragana.com Hours Monday—Friday: 9:00AM–5:00PM © 2022 Simple Thoughts Privacy Policy Powered by WordPress To the top ↑ Up...