Month: April 2025

As a dosimetrist, I know firsthand that people often assume healthcare professionals are financially secure. They see the salaries attached to our roles and think we have it easy. But the reality is far more complicated. Behind the white coats, scrubs, and precision of our work, many of us suffer the secret financial struggles of … Read more

Whether you think it’s the best thing after peak Google Search, or a scourge unleashed to gradually wipe out the essence of humanity, one thing is clear: Artificial Intelligence is here to stay. While it may have gained widespread popularity only in recent years, AI has been a path of interest to scientists since the … Read more

Apache Spark comes with a robust set of window functions, each designed for a different purpose. In this article, lets explore some of the window functions provided by Spark SQL, such as Ranking Functions, Analytical Functions, and Aggregate Functions. Specifically, we’ll dive deep into the following functions: ROW_NUMBER RANK DENSE_RANK LAG LEAD CUME_DIST PERCENT_RANK NTILE … Read more

Learning about and working with web3 data is challenging. This is true even if you already have experience working with data in other domains. I know this because I have been facing this problem for years. In this post, I share my experience working with web3 data. I also summarize the challenges you might face … Read more

Bitcoin is known for its volatility; and for good reason. On 22 December 2017, it fell below $11,000, a whopping 45% from its peak. Then, on 2 March 2025, it recorded its biggest daily gain in history, adding over $10k to its price within a single day. n As a result, some would argue that … Read more

While billion-dollar crypto heists like the Bybit hack dominate headlines, there are threats that are far more subtle and more disruptive than any data breach. I have recently interviewed Alex Ferrer, Director of Forensics at Crypto Legal, who once again reminded me of how often we cybersecurity reporters fail to keep our readers’ eyeballs where … Read more

Hello AI Enthusiasts! Welcome to the fourteenth edition of “This Week in AI Engineering”! Genspark AI emerges with a multi-LLM and MCP agent system, Google unveils production-ready Veo 2 video generation, Meta announces Llama 4 Herd with 10M token context, OpenRouter quietly releases the mysterious Quasar Alpha model,, and Google launches Firebase Studio for AI … Read more

I spent 400 Euros with Cursor in a couple of days… and these are my lessons learned. Building software with Cursor is super fast, and you should definitely use it. However, there are some downsides. AI can fail to keep your code consistent and can introduce vulnerabilities into your application. So these are my tips: … Read more

Look at the split image. On the left, I’m chain-smoking, wild-eyed, surviving on whiskey, black coffee, and almost no sleep. On the right, I’m wearing a blazer, eyes clear, leading a dev team at a thriving software company. This stark contrast captures a raw truth: I’m still the same person, just a more stable version … Read more

When one hears the phrase “dark web”, it usually evokes visions of illicit transactions, hoodie-wearing hackers, and clandestine operations. Yes, some of that does occur, but the dark web is really more complicated and less Hollywood than what films or the news portray. Here in this blog, let’s get deep into the dark web—what it … Read more

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing industries in technology today. With increased cyber attacks and data breaches, companies and governments are spending more on security than ever. This has led to a massive demand for cybersecurity experts. If you’re curious about joining this field, you might be wondering: Do I need a cybersecurity degree? Is … Read more

When most people hear the term hacker, they immediately think of criminals huddled in dark rooms, hacking into systems and stealing information. But that’s only half the story. The reality is, hackers—particularly ethical hackers—understand the inner workings of how systems operate, and more importantly, how they can be compromised. This special kind of knowledge provides … Read more

TIMEVALUE Function: A Brief The TIMEVALUE function in Excel is used to convert a time string into a decimal number that Excel recognizes as a time value. This decimal can then be formatted as a time or used in calculations. This is especially useful when your time is in text format and you want to … Read more

1. email forwarding This one is my fav 🧡Cloudflare forwards all incoming emails from any of my domain inbox to a single gmail. E.g. you can email me at alex(@)isora.me or dsa123(@)isora.me and i will receive those. 2. CDN I was too lazy to set up an S3 image storage for startupswiki.org and got charged … Read more

As enterprise systems shift from deterministic software to probabilistic AI, forward-thinking organizations leverage proactive quality assessment to maximize value, minimize risk and ensure regulatory compliance In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, ensuring the quality of both traditional software and AI systems has become more critical than ever. Organizations are increasingly relying on complex digital systems … Read more

Chances are, you have seen them a lot lately. AI just did something that would make Hayao Miyazaki roll his eyes harder than his son’s works: it recreated the magic of Studio Ghibli’s animation style—without a single human hand involved. Over the past month, AI-generated images in the iconic Ghibli aesthetic have flooded social media, … Read more

The Noise That Never Stops Inflation, interest rates, trade disputes, economic sanctions, global markets: these words don’t just fill our inboxes and headlines — they echo in our heads as we try to sleep. But while headlines scream, business owners keep doing what we always do: staying low to the ground, like ants building our … Read more

In every enterprise environment, Active Directory (AD) group memberships play a pivotal role in access control and security. Unauthorized modifications to privileged groups like “Domain Admins” or “Enterprise Admins” can expose your organization to risk. Enter ADHawk: a simple but powerful PowerShell script that watches over your AD group memberships like a hawk—hence the name. … Read more

Spoiler alert: AI isn’t coming for your job. But if you’re still manually resetting passwords in 2025, then maybe it should! 😀 The AI Hype Train: Get Aboard or Get Left Behind? 🚂💨 Remember when we all laughed at Clippy, our very own old-school “AI assistant”? I know that while it’s a difficult trace for … Read more