Author: Sumit Gupta

  • Case Study: When to realise mismanagement?

    From last month or maybe two months, I am helping one of my client’s company. They are sort of done with outsourced developer because (well they didn’t meet me before) and get bad experience. They are using my client, who is a hosting provider, for providing server services. They hire an in house apprentice to…

  • Quit, Quite, Quiet : A Year has gone

    It is interesting how these three word summarize my last year. I quit lot of things that were stopping me. I quit to go down. However it is not entirely true that I succeed in my quest. Though, I am certainly at better perspective of life. I have quite interesting events happen all around me,…

  • Extensions Method in .NET

    Recently I use extension method in C# project. I knew those for years, but really never get a chance to use them where they are most effect. I have couple of extension method in my project, such as ToInteger(), for a string to convert a String to Integer, which I used more frequently in my…

  • Experience with BitBucket CI

    I have been using bitbucket for quite sometime, and really like their service. Recently, I come to know that they have Beta of CI through pipeline, that can run any docker from Docker hub. I thought to give it a try though I have my own build setup on my local machine and really don’t…

  • Linux Upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04: Save the day

    So, this fine sunday, I think I wake with “lets spoil the day” mood. I start by checking my server to see how it is doing. A regular log view and updates I perform on my VPS. all was good, until I realise an update is available for my billing software. I decide to purchase…

  • Dropzone.js: A great plugin

    I recently try Dropzone JavaScript library to ease the upload process. It is really a lightweight and good library. I have a existing PHP form that take multiple images, and transfer/upgrading it to dropzone was as easy as include it’s library. I have little to mention, but a link to site is what I want…

  • Next step to development team

    In my last post I try to define what motivate me to learn new things. Also, I try to show that I really believe in learning new things. In this blog, I will try to define the basic things a team need for developer productivity. This list may not be what most agree, some might…