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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:52:00 +0000vmwareautomationpythonpowershellesxitutorialspowercliwindowsscriptingdata sciencelinuxvcenterprogrammingdevopsjavascriptnetworkstorageincidentkubernetescloudawsciscodellsqltechnologypostgresqlterraformazurecontainerdjangoshellvagrantcentosemcpowertoolchefcodedatabasedockergaminggcpgooglek8smobilesoftwareAI/MLansibleavamarbig datacodingdatacentersdevelopmenthadoophashicorphypervibmindexmicroservicesopenstacksecretssecuritysrmvaultvcewealthwebxiomy techdirthttps://ambig.one/2, |Cloud, Code, Tech|http://www.cloudishes.com/noreply@blogger.com (ambi)Blogger467125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-2055374643645077333Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:32:00 +00002026-03-14T08:36:04.106-07:00datacentersProject Greenland Chimney: Engineering the Passive-Pressure Data Bunker On, leave the https redirect off http://www.cloudishes.com/2026/02/blogger-cloudflare-httpshsts-config.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-1633331205601362934Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:38:00 +00002026-02-01T20:23:10.401-08:00devopsGoodbye harbor, thank you gitea I have used, advocate harbor on prem registry to almost everyone. I think in an enterprise situation where you dns servers, tls certification managers and policies, domain names of your own etc., you can do this with some ease. However it is top heavy product. What I mean is it is targeted, tailored for enterprises where you have a whole IT department where you have dedicated techies http://www.cloudishes.com/2026/01/goodbye-harbor-thank-you-gitea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-7713140898170667204Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:53:00 +00002026-01-19T07:53:00.798-08:00A Caution to microsoft vs code users You will keep losing your data, like I have. here is a TLDR.Issue: If you reload/restart VSC for any reason, it reverts to the last commitited changes or some random old stage and you will lose all your uncommitted changes. This reload/restart of VSC can be because of the followingrandom network issue which disconnects your wsl2/remote-ssh to server where code exists you wanna take a http://www.cloudishes.com/2026/01/a-caution-to-microsoft-vs-code-users.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-3177979620789716134Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:05:00 +00002026-01-11T02:03:51.081-08:00automationcloudk8sPlanning k8s on hetzner for my webapps I have always been a fan of rke2 but one thing I found lacking and not yet added to their tool is not adding a floating IP for master HA cluster. I use to do the following https://github.com/MrAmbiG/k8s_rke2_HA_KubeVip in such cases in my k8s clusters but getting floating an IP for this and then another for my metalLB, pay for them separately, manage them, seemed like something which I http://www.cloudishes.com/2026/01/planning-k8s-on-hetzner-for-my-webapps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-8080813647462696750Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:22:00 +00002025-11-11T07:22:29.074-08:00technologyShock absorber design with 9x bike's height & 2x bike's length adjustment  converting kit for existing shocks at the bottom converting kit for existing shocks in the middle shocks extending beyond the cenre of the wheelstandard fixed shocks with 3 different heights, fixed at the end.Here are my custom shock absorber design for bikes. This will remove the problem of compromising on the height of the bikes to accommodate good shocks. Now you canhttp://www.cloudishes.com/2025/11/shock-absorber-design-with-9x-bikes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-1086652888659349451Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:10:00 +00002025-11-11T03:36:56.369-08:00automationcodeopenIOT standards Today the requirement of an app per IOT device per vendor per platform is driving away the adoption of IOTs (Internet of Things). You have a refrigerator, washing machine, designer lights/bulbs, speaker, NAS, AC, robo vacuum, door camera, house security cameras, all from differenent companies and each of them have their own app, own registration process. So now my phone is bloated with 20 http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/09/openiot-standards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-1609291080352228539Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:24:00 +00002025-08-13T03:24:05.874-07:00Internet companies nerf your profile/accounts online It was probably first noticed widely on twitter with the name *shadow banning* and it still exists even though name changed to x. This is not new. Youtube has been doing it for ages, they boost or nerf certain content or the creator depending on whether the creator or content is profit friendly or not. Everyone who knows this from ages somehow thinks that video game companies don't do it orhttp://www.cloudishes.com/2025/08/internet-companies-nerf-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-5528998485112026808Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:07:00 +00002025-08-11T11:07:21.883-07:00The Godaddy scam I have heard of this scam but I didnt believe it. Keep receiving mails about domains expiring soon, even though auto renew is set and the sometimes the early renewal is already donekeep receiveing mails about payment method missing but when I login and check, the credit card info is still present and tested to be working, including paypal.You end up ignoring such mails later, thinking that http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/08/the-godaddy-scam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-812984522268711892Sun, 10 Aug 2025 12:32:00 +00002025-08-12T03:49:31.950-07:00Plex server, issues and workarounds Problem: Every now and then on windows plex client refuses to launch, even though plex server is launched & working. Solution: Exit/kill all plex services (probably from the tray menu or task manager)win key + R to open the run command window and input %localappdata%Delete the Plex folder, not the plex server or plex media folder.Now launch the plex media server and then http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/08/plex-server-issues-and-workarounds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-5396077608971804503Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:13:00 +00002025-07-16T01:13:10.920-07:00codedevelopmentSetting up flutter for android on windows is BS So all these mega tech corpos cant make an installer or their employees only do what they are told/asked and they dont give a damn about these things.I was trying to setup android development on windows with my VSC, hey don't judge me, I dont want to use the inbuilt IDE of android, I wanna stick to what I know, whom I know and that is VSC; so here are the pointersDo not use WSL on VSC, it http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/07/setting-up-flutter-for-android-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-2787811499044552060Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:36:00 +00002025-06-12T13:40:57.761-07:00Django statics won't work for admin & drf If you have django debug toolbar installed, loaded and being used then the statics for admin & drf won't work. It is a conflict between them. Disable debug toolbar if you need the statics to work for admin & drf pages.versions: django 5.1.xSTATICFILES_DIRS = [ os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"), os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media"), ] # Static files STATIC_URL = f"{STATIC_URL_BUCKET}/http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/06/django-statics-wont-work-for-admin-drf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-9031045146985575111Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:03:00 +00002025-04-04T18:30:32.571-07:00Arkham notes Arkham CityDisable all nvidia, directX features; otherwise the riddler's trophies wont show up correctly in the inventory even after you collect themComplete the ridder's side mission to rescue hostages first after the main game completion, before any other side mission, otherwise riddler's condundrum challange fails to mark the hostage location on the map. Preferabley doo it in the normal http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/04/arkham-notes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-6891843548450263785Sat, 29 Mar 2025 19:10:00 +00002025-03-29T12:10:10.769-07:00Why do I despice 2nd party devices like samsung phones iPhones are a 1st party device because the hardware is from them, operating system aka software is from them. There is only one version of the hardware and software unlike android where google is the 1st party device maker with its google pixels and samsung are the 2nd party devices where they too make android phones but the hardware on these phones and software (Adroid) is way too http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/03/why-do-i-despice-2nd-party-devices-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-7046139976258298937Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:48:00 +00002025-03-19T08:48:06.535-07:00Capitalism ruined social media, especially reddit I recently started posting on reddit because I like the idea of connecting to like minded groups who like the same topic, game that I do, discuss or join some communities too. Unfortunately almost all the so called "community groups" of all topics are owned/run by few dictatorial groups in bed with the actual product owners. If you join a community of a game then most likely that is being http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/03/capitalism-ruined-social-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-8643857585243225458Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:33:00 +00002025-03-19T08:33:39.057-07:000.1% gamer Yes, robert pattinson, ben afflect got fired and replaced by me, I am the new batman.1.x % total completion rate but almost none on PC+mouse bcz the port being a bit klunky compared to the previous installments in the series. So I say 0.1% may be, bcz all tutorials/guides online are for consoles. Many a times by mistake the game shows up controller inputs on PC indicating that the inputs ofhttp://www.cloudishes.com/2025/03/01-gamer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-2148478988686532424Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:25:00 +00002025-01-18T16:25:40.586-08:00Dumb gaming studios of MOBA games I see more and more MOBA (multi player battle arena) games keep failing or keep losing users. IT is not because they are badly done or not paid attention to but they missed the most basic point. *friends*.All of these games expect us to have 3-5 friendsthese friends are gamersthese 3-5 friends like the same game as you likethese 3-5 friends are in the same time zone as you arethese 3-5http://www.cloudishes.com/2025/01/dumb-gaming-studios-of-moba-games.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-3502647023322443361Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:06:00 +00002025-12-24T05:57:05.854-08:00wealth40% CAGR in 1 minute per daymoved to https://rockmine.blogspot.com/http://www.cloudishes.com/2024/12/40-cagr-in-1-minute-per-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-2354518764617755921Sat, 16 Nov 2024 17:53:00 +00002024-11-16T09:53:33.762-08:00FI1 - Hygiene certification You have certifications for food and products but none of them are agnostic. Kosher is jewish certification, halal is an islamic certification, jhatka certification is only for sikhs, then you have certifications and verification by each countries which are limited to a country or a geography. None of these have a reliable reverification of such standards by the consumer or the customer http://www.cloudishes.com/2024/11/fi1-hygiene-certification.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-6490181274489198561Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:56:00 +00002024-08-14T14:56:45.807-07:00Mushrooming streaming services and a solutionWhich streaming services are you using? The big 5? What about some of those titles, shows, movies which are not on those subscription services? Do you have to upgrade to the max tier to get the full quality streaming or no? Are you sharing your logins with others? so that 5 of you can buy 1 services each and share with each other?Sooner or later it will be a headache for consumers and they would http://www.cloudishes.com/2024/08/mushrooming-streaming-services-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-6377690769629165917Thu, 20 Jul 2023 18:12:00 +00002023-07-20T11:12:33.988-07:00Windows bluetooth crackling sound [cause, solution] So I had/have this issue with windows where bluetooth speakers start producing cracklintg/cracking sound for no reason. scraping the internet yielded no solution. Windows troubleshooter has solved no problem in all these years and that stays the same today. Here are the details:Type of PC: laptopmake: 2023Ram: 32GBGPU: Integrated RTX4080OEM: AsusCPU: AMDWireless I/O devices:keychron k2 http://www.cloudishes.com/2023/07/windows-bluetooth-crackling-sound-cause.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-6574166491998127415Sat, 27 May 2023 02:08:00 +00002023-05-26T19:08:29.955-07:00Postgresql on cloud, self or hosted, if self then monolithic or k8s? which k8s operator? So I have been planning to move my django sites to kubernetes to get that automated horizontal and vertical scaling, failover, high availability, fault tolerance and other good stuff. Database on kubernetes has been a very huge topic of , to do or not to do...yes a year back, I would not have recommended it. Operators were just kicking in. Now many seem to have matured everyone has their http://www.cloudishes.com/2023/05/postgresql-on-cloud-self-or-hosted-if.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828659915446207115.post-3731518543322726270Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:33:00 +00002024-11-16T09:28:42.795-08:00The Coma question! In any organization, employees play a crucial role in determining the success or failure of the company. As a result, it is essential for companies to identify the different types of employees and understand their behavior to create an efficient and effective work environment. In this blog post, we will discuss the three types of employees and how companies can handle them.1. Company's http://www.cloudishes.com/2023/02/3-types-of-employees-which-one-are-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ambi)0