Slash your Mobile Bill: A Simple Life Hack
Recently, I was catching up with a close relative when the topic of phone bills came up. During our conversation, I got to know that… Read More »Slash your Mobile Bill: A Simple Life Hack
Incident Response with n8n, AI, and Slack
Recently, I created an end-to-end automation workflow that monitors a sample website, applies fixes when needed, and requests approval via Slack before executing any critical… Read More »Incident Response with n8n, AI, and Slack
Gaming Laptop Price Trends in Sri Lanka: Is Now the Right Time to Buy?
It’s mid-February 2025, and with Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series laptops about to hit the market, I was curious to see how gaming laptop prices in… Read More »Gaming Laptop Price Trends in Sri Lanka: Is Now the Right Time to Buy?
Weird Font Rendering Issue in Chrome and Edge
Introduction While using Chrome or Edge as my browser, I encountered a strange issue on certain websites: some text was rendered in my local language,… Read More »Weird Font Rendering Issue in Chrome and Edge
A Guide on Creating and Exposing CephFS as NFS
In a previous article, we looked into how to setup Rook Ceph within our Kubernetes setup. Within this article, I’m going to show how we… Read More »A Guide on Creating and Exposing CephFS as NFS
Automating SSL Cert Renewal with Certbot and Route53
One of the recurring hassles I had was the renewal of the SSL certificate used for the techbyk.com wildcard domain. The underlying magic of SSL… Read More »Automating SSL Cert Renewal with Certbot and Route53
Rook Ceph Setup on a K3s Cluster
In this article, I’ll walk you through on how to setup a K3s cluster. Next, how to create a ceph cluster on top of this.Finally,… Read More »Rook Ceph Setup on a K3s Cluster
Wireless mouse causing issues with a new monitor
Recently I faced the issue of my Logitech mouse (M275) and Keyboard (K270) with a unified receiver not working properly with a new monitor. After… Read More »Wireless mouse causing issues with a new monitor
Step-by-Step Guide to Hardening RHEL with CIS Recommended Partition Setup
Introduction CIS (Center for Internet Security) hardening refers to a set of best practices and security configurations developed by the Center for Internet Security to… Read More »Step-by-Step Guide to Hardening RHEL with CIS Recommended Partition Setup
License Renewal Journey: Lessons from the DMT
Driving License Renewal in Sri Lanka I recently went to renew my driving license to the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) – Werahera, since the… Read More »License Renewal Journey: Lessons from the DMT
Enabling VoWiFi and VoLTE on Pixel devices – Sri Lanka
Enabling VoWiFi and VoLTE Introduction: If you are using a 4G-capable phone and using 4G, you’ll notice that when you receive a call or SMS,… Read More »Enabling VoWiFi and VoLTE on Pixel devices – Sri Lanka
How I converted to an eSIM Online [Dialog]
An eSIM, short for “Embedded Subscriber Identity Module”, is a chip that is integrated directly into a mobile device. Unlike traditional SIM cards, which must… Read More »How I converted to an eSIM Online [Dialog]