Hi there!

I am Shrikant. This is my blog/website where I write stuff about the work I do and things I've learnt. Feel free to browse and reach out if you want to say hello.

Recent writings

• Automating the Vim workplace Jan 12, 2020 vim
• Python's map builtin function Jan 04, 2020 programming python reference
• The Jython Pillow Guide Jan 09, 2018 python jython java polyglot
• The Python Dictionary Sep 29, 2017 python programming data-structures reference
• Migrate from Pelican to Hugo Aug 23, 2017 hugo meta awk python
• The ever useful and neat subprocess module Apr 29, 2012 programming python python-subprocess tutorial

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Labs

Just-a-calendar calendar.sharats.me

An easily reachable endpoint to have a calendar to look at. No signup, no setup, no downloads, no flash and very little features. Perfect when you want to show a calendar and talk about dates when sharing your screen in a presentation or meeting.

• Mark dates with four different colors.
• Marked dates are saved in your browser's local storage, so they survive restarts.
• Right click on a date to quickly copy the data in several useful formats.
• Dark mode, for the rest of you guys.
• Hotkeys for common actions. Hit ? for quick help.
• Remove all marks with a single click.

Timezoner tz.sharats.me

A simple UI to help convert times in various time zones. Powered by moment.js, so is aware of all changes to timezones, DST updates etc. No signup, no setup, no downloads, no flash and very little features. Perfect when you want to discuss time zones with a global team and sharing your screen in a presentation or meeting.

• Click on a number in the time of any time zone and hit up/down arrows to step.
• Changing the time/date of one time zone updates all the other times.
• Time zone list is saved in your browser's local storage so survives restarts.

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