Blog by Jay Mutkawoa (Nitin)

Indoor gardening in winter

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date February 18, 2022
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4 min read

I remember I use to cultivate vegetables and fruits on the tropical island of Mauritius. I have been helping my father from time to time. At some point, gardening became a hobby. Over time, I was so lazy in home [Read More…]

Cloud Computing

My journey to AWS cloud practitioner – Refreshing my memory with AWS CLI – Part 1

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date February 18, 2022
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3 min read

Its been more than 6 years since I did not deep dive into the AWS cloud administration. I guess it is time for me to do it now. I decided to write as I am moving on to the path [Read More…]

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

Time to gift myself an Apple Watch

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 17, 2022
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3 min read

I finally got my Apple watch 7 delivered. I am so excited to explore this and use it in my daily routine to track what Apple can offer about health. Other features of the Apple Watch are secondary for me. [Read More…]

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

How I am loosing weight? – Part 2

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date December 28, 2021
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2 min read

Today is Tuesday the 28th of December 2021. This morning my weight is 80.7. Well, let’s go back to the previous blog article where everything started some months back. As you can see on Dec 22, my weight was 82.5 [Read More…]

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

How I am loosing weight? – Part 1

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date December 22, 2021
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4 min read

If you are watching several youtube videos about losing weight, the answer to your question would be very difficult and the worst is when you suspect if a video is made only for capitalization purposes. I learned that there is [Read More…]

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Cloud Computing

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

AWS Systems Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps you automate and manage your infrastructure at scale. It provides a unified user interface so that you can view operational data from multiple AWS services and [Read More…]

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Smart Contracts and Tokens in Ethereum

Smart contracts in Ethereum are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. They are computer programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain and automatically enforce the rules and conditions defined within their code. If you [Read More…]

Posted on January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Ethereum, Solidity and Decentralization

Ethereum can be considered a technology that is more capable than Bitcoin. In a traditional Blockchain technology like Bitcoin, I mentioned how Bitcoin is mostly focused on a ledger system with records and algorithms backing up the transactions. But Ethereum [Read More…]

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Proof of Stake in Blockchain

In some of my previous articles, I wrote about the Consensus protocol. If you had been following closely, you would have come across the term several times. I explained how Consensus is a mechanism by which participants in a distributed [Read More…]

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa