October 5, 2026
Introduction # I received a message that claimed to come from the transport ministry:
Airtel Warning: SPAM | RTO Notice: Your vehicle has an Over Speeding challan BH3969314321 issued on 04-10-2026. Check & Download now: https://echallangovtok.live/app . MoRTH
The sender shown on my phone was +91 9108627963. The message supplied a challan number, a date, and a link. I downloaded the response from /app with wget. It was an Android APK.
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April 27, 2024
Reserving entity IDs ahead of time can address a bunch of issues in software development and system design, particularly in distributed systems, databases, and applications requiring high concurrency or real-time processing. Here are some of the key benefits and problems that this approach can solve:
Avoiding Collisions and Ensuring Uniqueness In distributed systems where different nodes generate IDs independently, reserving IDs in batches can prevent collisions. Each node or service can reserve a block of IDs and use them without needing to coordinate with others in real time, ensuring uniqueness across the system.
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November 7, 2023
ps aux | grep java | grep unlogged-sdk- | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9 This is a command that can be used to identify and terminate Java processes that are using the UnLogged SDK library in Linux. Here’s an explanation of each part of the command:
ps aux: lists all currently running processes on the system, along with their process ID (PID), user ID, CPU usage, memory usage, and other relevant information.
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June 11, 2023
Introduction # Project Lombok is a java library that automatically plugs into your editor and build tools, spicing up your java.
Never write another getter or equals method again, with one annotation your class has a fully featured builder, Automate your logging variables, and much more. This post is not a guide to use lombok, you can find plenty of them with a search. This post is about how the lombok works internally.
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