The Frictionless Trap: Why SMS Couldn't Solve Spam, and What WhatsApp Did Differently
Why SMS couldn't solve spam and what WhatsApp did differently. A deep dive into messaging platform architecture and consent design.…
Navigating the AI Era - Balancing Innovation with Responsibility
AI is transforming industries and daily life, sparking innovation and creativity. But are we risking mediocrity by over-relying on it? Discover how to balance AI's potential with foundational learning, ensuring a future of progress, originality, and boundary-pushing innovation.…
A decade long of NotImplementedException
10 years back this day, I officially kick-started my "this.life". I have come a long way since then and as usual I did not realized that today till end of the day and a small incident which pushed me to evaluate my geek journey. I am just…
XCode license must be accepted in order to be connected and working against the Mac
So, I recently refreshed my Mac - I use it for Xamarin development and while I am travelling or to show off :D I use it in conjunction of my awesome Windows Desktop Build with VS2017. So I follow the drill, install Mac - update all things - setup iTunes…
Meet Thanos - My version of "God's Own Machine" (2017)
THE IDEA "God's Own Machine" - Always loved this term, not sure who coined it but read it first from Scott's Blog long back. All right - back in Early 2014, I decided to create my own build (custom assembled desktop computer) and I…
Change default NodeJS - npm and npm-cache directory on Windows
Developers mostly like to take control of your machine and how things work on it. This time I decided to take control where NodeJS would restore my global packages and manages package cache. In this case I am referring to Windows 10 particularly as that is my core development platform.…
Error: StrongTypingException: The value for column 'IsPrimaryKey' in table 'TableDetails' is DBNull
Using MySQL community server in one of the projects I have been working on. Few days back I reset my machine and installed latest version of MySQL server - v5.7.12 (development mode). This started giving me error on "update from source" in EntityFramework (EDMX) - design…
Azure Notification Hub - The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden
Azure notification hub can be used to send push notification to your client app. It supports sending push notification to application build with Xamarin (but not only restricted to it). I create a notification hub in Azure using FREE TIER for a work related project, with intention to be used…