I use docker-compose quite a lot. It makes using docker much more simple. I made a cheat sheet of all the syntax that I use often and compiled it into a gist. Hope it might be useful for others as well. Continue reading
Run pi-hole using docker
While there are many DNS level adblockers available out there, Pi-hole clearly stands out for multiple reasons:
- It gives you stats and graphs of all the DNS data which is amazing
- It gives you a web interface using which you can selectively black list or whitelist websites and that makes things really easy.
Google Summer of Code 2017 Final Report
The idea:
The aim of my project was to support installation of containerised applications in amahi. Before I started my GSOC project, amahi supported applications which used a specific stack only. The goal of this project was to add support for different stacks by using docker. Continue reading
How I use raspberry pi at my home to block advertisements on all devices and load webpages fast!
My father is not an avid internet user and he doesn’t understand or care for things like adblocker. I did install adblocker on his PC but many news sites and blog don’t allow you access if you have adblocker enabled. He keeps calling me all the time with problems that he is unable to access a webpage so I just disabled adblocker for him. That came with different baggage of problems altogether. He kept complaining me about the junk and popups he gets on different websites and I had to somehow fix this. So I decided to fix the problem for all devices at my home with a very small hack. After finishing my setup I thought of putting up the setup on my blog. So here’s how it goes. Continue reading
Understanding Linux Week 4 : “Everything is a file” in Linux
If you use linux then at some point or the other you must have heard that in Linux “Everything is a file”. If you haven’t heard it already then don’t worry, you’ll get to know it very soon. I have been exploring Linux Filesystem lately and this blog is a result of that exploration. Continue reading