Category Archives: Rants

Me being angry.

Tiling Window Managers: How I Ended Up With Awesome

Posted on August 26, 2010 by hkothari

Below is my timeline of window managers, from what got me into tiling window managers, to where I am now, and why I think awesome is the best tiling window manager out there today. Ion3 This was my first tiling … Continue reading →

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Google Webmaster Tools: Essential Tools for a Webmaster

Posted on August 23, 2010 by hkothari

If you’re running a website and you aren’t signed up for Google Webmaster Tools, something is seriously wrong in your cranium. If you don’t get a lot of visitors to your site it’s only slightly helpful, but it’s still helpful. … Continue reading →

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sventon – An Alternative to FishEye and ViewVC

Posted on July 26, 2010 by hkothari

I was recently looking for an alternative to ViewVC for my tomcat application server and I thought I was in luck with FishEye by Atlassian, but it wasn’t right for the job because it was proprietary. So, looking for an … Continue reading →

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Google Caffeine Is AMAZING.

Posted on July 24, 2010 by hkothari

Google recently rolled out caffeine, their new search index which allows finding of new content more efficiently. I figured it wouldn’t be that noticeable a change, but I was dead wrong. After making a post on LinuxQuestions.org I began to … Continue reading →

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Introducing Grails – A Framework That Will Blow Your Mind

Posted on July 20, 2010 by hkothari

I’ve posted a few times before about grails, so I figure I should formally introduce you to it in case you don’t know what it is. Think ruby on rails, but faster and better because that’s what it is. Grails … Continue reading →

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