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Many engineers wrongly blamed Microsoft for the outage. In reality, it was due to a buggy update from Crowdstrike for Windows. This update ran in Kernel mode, trying to access an invalid memory location, causing a Blue Screen of Death. The problemati

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Only ~4% of internet users run Linux on their personal devices,...... yet over 96% of the world’s servers operate on Linux or open-source systems.
Zerodha is proudly part of this backbone of the internet. How Open Source Became Zerodha’s Secret Sau

Medial App Update: We just launched version 2.2.1 of Medial with some large updates and additions to the platform. This update has been rolled out only to Android users as of now (being rolled out, will get to everyone in 2-3 days). Here's what's n

The Great Cursor Exodus: Why Devs Are Running Back to VS Code Remember when everyone was hyping up Cursor? That AI-powered editor that was supposed to make VS Code look ancient? Yeah, well... plot twist. The Hype Train Derailment Look, I get it. C

How Nokia Went from Icon to Cautionary Tale Once the king of mobile phones, Nokia ruled the world with its indestructible devices and catchy ringtones. But when the smartphone wave hit, Nokia blinked. While Apple redefined phones and Android took ov

SaaS Audit #1: Chief Every SaaS founder dreams of a smooth user journey… But sometimes, even great startups unintentionally create roadblocks that hold users back. Recently, I explored Chief’s website and found a few areas where small changes coul

Why did Google stop using dessert names for Android? If you’ve been using Android for a while, you probably remember the fun dessert names—Cupcake, Donut, KitKat, Oreo... But starting with Android 10, Google dropped the sweet tradition. Here’s why:

🧠 Smartest Startup Tactics to Kill Competition (with examples) 1. Blitzscaling / Outpacing the Market Instead of competing slowly, some startups raise huge capital and expand at a speed that competitors can’t match. Example: Uber — expanded globa

Day 12 The Syndicate That Built Silicon Valley: A Tale of The PayPal Mafia In the wild west of the late 1990s dot-com boom, two outfits were squaring off. On one side, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel ran Confinity, dealing in PalmPilot software and secur