Pritesh Tupe's Blogs and Storieshttps://www.priteshtupe.com/en-ushttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-6/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-6/import MVPVideo from "../../video/go-fyne-part-6.mp4" Alright folks, time for the home run! If you've been following along, then in the previous [part 5](/posts/go-fyne-part-5) we joined together bo...Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:42:20 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-5/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-5/import NavVideo from "../../video/go-fyne-part-5.mp4" In part 4, we got our list page up to show content from our store. But our app is still just a couple of disconnected pages, and utterly unusable...Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:40:06 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/nextcloud-setup-2025/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/nextcloud-setup-2025/## Rant Incoming (may skip) Alright, I'm just gonna go ahead and say it - as much as I love Nextcloud, upgrading it is an absolute pain in the behind! > Forgive the snappy tone, I just spent a whole...Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:44:16 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/useful-neovim-digraphs/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/useful-neovim-digraphs/## What are **digraphs**? > Digraphs are used to enter characters that normally cannot be entered by an ordinary keyboard. > > [neovim docs](https://neovim.io/doc/user/digraph.html) Basically, a bun...Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:26:55 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-4/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-4/In the previous part, we managed to save our fuel logs into a persistent storage (`fuellogs.csv`) from the input page. In this part, let's create a view to see these saved logs! > Check out the previ...Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:33:17 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-3/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-3/In the previous part, we built the UI for a user to enter fuel logs. But wait, where are we saving them? We aren't. Let's fix that in this part. > Check out the previous part where we built our UI he...Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:59:47 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-2/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-2/## Let's build our fuel log input page! > For setup, go here: [Part 1](/posts/go-fyne-part-1) First, what data actually goes into a fuel log? Just 3 values, per our design spec: Distance, Volume and...Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:53:03 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/make-your-own-audio-books/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/make-your-own-audio-books/import bella from "../../audio/af_bella.mp3" import heart from "../../audio/af_heart.mp3" import nicole from "../../audio/af_nicole.mp3" import michael from "../../audio/am_michael.mp3" import emma fr...Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:24:11 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/sync-on-mount/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/sync-on-mount/## Problem Statement I wish to backup my stuff on an external SSD; however, I don't want to manually copy-paste files hither and thither every time I connect my ssd to my laptop. So, how do I automat...Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:02:44 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-1/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/go-fyne-part-1/import MileageCalculatorUI from "../../images/mileage-calculator-ui.svg" ## What should we build? Let's start with something that I always wanted for myself, and is simple as a first project as well...Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:23:41 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/markov-chain-text-gen/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/markov-chain-text-gen/import MarkovChainSvg from "../../images/markov-chain.svg" import MarkovChainInput from "../../pages/components/MarkovChainInput.astro" ## What is a "Markov Chain"? > [...] processes involving rando...Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:52:55 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/should-i-use/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/should-i-use/### ...its or it's? > If you can substitute either it is or it has for it’s in a sentence, then you’re using it correctly. Otherwise, the correct word is its. > > ~ [Grammarly](https://www.grammarly....Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:47:50 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/web-components-basics/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/web-components-basics/Let's say we want a web component that says "Hello, World!" > A web component is a custom reusable html tag. ### Here's how we define it ```javascript class SayHello extends HTMLElement { connect...Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:19:38 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/typescript-exhaustive-typecheck/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/typescript-exhaustive-typecheck/Consider an enum: ```typescript enum Color { Red, Blue, Green, } ``` that has a switch case: ```typescript function whichColor(c: Color): string { switch (c) { case Color.Red: ret...Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:20:39 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/sleep-sort/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/sleep-sort/## Behold ```javascript const arr = [1, 5, 9, 7, 2, 8, 4, 3, 6] arr.forEach((x) => setTimeout(() => console.log(x), x * 1000)) // Output: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ``` Try it yourself, open a browse...Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:11:41 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/minimal-systemd-unit/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/minimal-systemd-unit/Say we have a long-running program `foo` that needs to run on boot and restart on failure. Here's a quick low-down on how to set it up on systems that support systemd - 1. Create a `foo.service` file...Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:11:40 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/backup-strategy/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/backup-strategy/> Everything worth backing up follows 3-2-1 strategy : Atleast 3 copies, 2 local and 1 remote  ## Notes: 1. Technically, github/nextcloud/bitward...Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:30:11 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/break-timer/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/break-timer/## Definition What exactly is a "break-timer"? For our purposes, let's say it's a timer that runs for 25 minutes and then shows up a notification with a message: "Time to take a break!". After the no...Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/git-hooks/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/git-hooks/## What are git hooks? Straight from the horse's mouth: > Hooks are programs you can place in a hooks directory to trigger actions at certain points in git’s execution. > > - [git-scm.com](https://g...Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/preparing-for-pgdm-canada/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/preparing-for-pgdm-canada/ <em> This is a rough outline of the steps I took preparing for my journey to Canada for my studies. I'm outlining them below to give a sort of holistic ...Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/setting-up-haskell-development-environment-for-neovim/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/setting-up-haskell-development-environment-for-neovim/> This is mostly for my sake in case I need it again but may help others avoid the pitfalls I faced, so sharing here. ## In shell (I'm on Manjaro Linux) > Do NOT install stack, cabal, ghc, ghci, ghc...Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/learning-a-general-purpose-language/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/learning-a-general-purpose-language/## Beginner ### Theory > Quick Starts, Tutorials, Walk-throughs, User Guides, Beginner Books, etc 1. Basic data types and operators 1. Basic data structures 1. Variable definition 1. Function defin...Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/nextcloud-setup/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/nextcloud-setup/> See [nextcloud setup 2025](/posts/nextcloud-setup-2025) for latest update <blockquote> Disclaimer: This post begins (and ends) with the assumption that you are familiar with the words in the title....Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/regex-groups/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/regex-groups/Assume we have a string date in yyyy-mm-dd format (year-month-day) like so "2021-04-27" If we were to apply regex on it to extract year/month/day from it : <div> ```javascript const d = "2021-04-27...Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/reading-list-oct-2020/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/reading-list-oct-2020/## Books ### 1. Deep Work - Cal Newport | [Amazon Link](https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B013UWFM52) > A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, DEEP WORK takes the reader on a journey thro...Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/hasty-charts/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/hasty-charts/I recently got to work on an email campaign where I had to send emails to our users with their monthly usage statistics. I wanted to show the stats in a pleasing visual format instead of dull numbers...Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/wireless-adb/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/wireless-adb/## How to use adb wirelessly ### Option 1 1. Enable Wireless Debugging in Developer Options 2. In the Wireless Debugging menu, open "Pair device with pairing code" 3. On host machine, enter `adb pai...Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/ip-on-tap/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/ip-on-tap/There are times when you need to know what ip your system holds, be it public (WAN) or private (DHCP in LAN) Every time, I had to dig through ifconfig output for the router-assigned ip, or open up th...Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/remove-stubborn-bloatware/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/remove-stubborn-bloatware/Yes, you can actually remove all the apps that are hogging the resources on your precious android device - no matter if they cannot be removed or even disabled normally. Just follow the steps below : ...Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/quick-screenshot/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/quick-screenshot/Heyo, quick tip - While web-browsing, should you ever need to take a screenshot of any page, you don't need to install any fancy extensions to do so. Just follow the steps below (these are for Chrome...Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/music-on-console/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/music-on-console/I recently tried out a new music player - a *terminal based* music player! For context, my OS is macOS Catalina and I have been using a music player called VOX for the longest time (ofcourse, I did t...Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/dont-say-no-say-later/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/dont-say-no-say-later/Ofcourse, this is only in the specific context of breaking addictive bad habits, not in a general sense. Allow me to elaborate... Say you have a very bad habit of day dreaming for hours on end, or pe...Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/free-ebooks---haskell-webcrawler/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/free-ebooks---haskell-webcrawler/_So I've been learning a new language "Haskell" during this quarantine period; a couple of days ago, my uncle sent me a pdf with links to ebooks apparently worth thousands of dollars, that springer.co...Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/reaching-zero/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/reaching-zero/import reachingZero from "../../audio/reaching-zero.mp3" import AudioPlayer from "../../pages/components/AudioPlayer.astro" <br /> <AudioPlayer label="Listen instead: " src={reachingZero} /> <br /> ...Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/why-dogs-bark-at-cars/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/why-dogs-bark-at-cars/Today morning, a while after I woke up, I sat in the balcony with my dog Tommy, watching the rains come and go. Presently, Tommy decided to growl at something. Following his heads trajectory, I realis...Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/my-trip-to-amritsar-and-shimla-part-2/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/my-trip-to-amritsar-and-shimla-part-2/_This post is a continuation of the journey I started in previous post. If you haven't already, please read Part 1 first_ ## Day 2 (cntd) As I stepped out the car at what appeared to be a deserted p...Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/my-trip-to-amritsar-and-shimla-part-1/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/my-trip-to-amritsar-and-shimla-part-1/_This June, I went on a trip to Amritsar & Shimla along with 3 of my college friends - Aakash, Shubham & Rishab. The plan had been in works since April and was technically our first long distance trip...Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/calculate-day-by-date/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/calculate-day-by-date/_Disclaimer : I found this method on YouTube; I merely wrote it down for convenience (so I can make a program someday) and thought I should share it with you all._ _Here's the source : [Video Link](h...Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/an-experiment/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/an-experiment/I believe this is what they call free association writing - you just "start writing" without any idea of what you are going to write about. What am I writing about? I have no clue, hopefully though, I...Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/who-you-are/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/who-you-are/_The title of this post represents the epitome of human understanding of self, or the lack thereof... outside of the purpose of our existence. Here, I try to present what I have learnt about my own se...Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/greed-evolution-on-psychological-level/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/greed-evolution-on-psychological-level/_My intent behind writing this post is to offer a perspective on the role "greed" plays in the larger picture of human kind and how it may have evolved into what we know it as today. I must admit I am...Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/what-we-deserve/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/what-we-deserve/There I was trying to catch a wink - that seemed to have vanished as soon as I hit the bed, when as usual the brain started throwing up unfathomable imaginary sceneries. I have learnt the hard way the...Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/time-travel/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/time-travel/_Yesterday I saw a game/movie called "Quantum Break" on YouTube and I was hooked till the end. It revolves around a literal "End of Time" scenario with main characters having strange superhuman abilit...Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/json-manipulation-in-java/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/json-manipulation-in-java/## Prerequisites : 1. An IDE (I'm doing in Netbeans v8.1) 2. json simple jar (Download at http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple/1.1.1) 3. Patience ## Problem State...Sun, 03 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/planning-problem-part-2/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/planning-problem-part-2/_So, in the last post, we left of with a bit of code that took input for initial_states, actions and a goal. Here on, we will be adding and modifying the same code. Just a warning, it might get too co...Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/planning-problem-part-1/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/planning-problem-part-1/_So, I had this subject called Intelligent Systems for my last semester and we had several hands-on practicals for various modules of this subject. One of those modules was - Planning Problem. We had ...Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/the-play-of-shauns-life/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/the-play-of-shauns-life/## Act I - Innocence Shaun always liked when people called him 'good boy'; He liked being a good boy, because then, mommy would smile and daddy would give a pat on his back or ruffle his hair. Someti...Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/all-is-fair/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/all-is-fair/_"I should have told her, I should have told her how much..." he sobbed away into silence. Those were the last words he ever spoke._ ## New Delhi, 2030. Colonel Singh was proud, as any father would ...Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/a-thing-about-curiosity/https://www.priteshtupe.com/posts/a-thing-about-curiosity/_It's been a very long time since anything that I heard in the classroom excited me..._ I remember listening about Dalton's theory for the first time in my Science class ages ago, and I remember how ...Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT