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No Nut November: a short history of the internet’s strangest challenge
Every November, the internet takes a vow. Group chats start betting, day counters appear, and dating apps go strangely quiet. Where did No Nut November come from? It is older…
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Translating WordPress into Marathi
I started at an rtCamp contributor day in 2024 and have translated for 21 WordPress projects since. The hard part is not the words. It is deciding which words to…
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The cipher I wrote at VIIT, and the bug I found three years later
In 2022 I wrote a bit scrambling cipher in C++ for a college project. This year I ran it again with a memory checker switched on. It had been writing…
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What rtCamp taught me, from trainee to SDE 2
I joined rtCamp as a trainee in January 2024. Four things I learned on the way to SDE 2, none of which were in a course, and what changed when…
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I have watched Modern Family eight times
Two thousand episodes, give or take. Why a sitcom about a family in Los Angeles is the show I go back to after a long day, and what Jay Pritchett…
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Why CNG pressure matters when you fill up
Two stations, the same price per kilo, and one fills your tank while the other gives you half. The difference is pressure. What the number on the dispenser means, why…
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Hampi with strangers: the trip that taught me to say yes
My friends kept saying no to plans, so I booked a group trip with fifteen strangers: Hampi, Murudeshwar and Gokarna in four days. The first hour was awkward. By the…
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Turning 23: a look back, a step forward
Turning 23: where it started in Junnar, the people who shaped me, how my mindset changed, what I am chasing now, and a letter to my 18-year-old self.
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A day as an rtCamp trainee
A day in my first months as a software engineering trainee at rtCamp in Pune: the cab, the bag that works as an ID card, CCD coffee and a lot…
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