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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 – Chapter Ⅱ Feb 16, 2020 vim … productivity
• Python's itertools.groupby callable Feb 9, 2020 python … tutorial python-itertools itertools-groupby
• The tar Command Clipboard Feb 2, 2020 shell … bash tar tutorial command-clipboard
• Working with Strings in Python Jan 26, 2020 python … programming reference tutorial
• Automating the Vim workplace Jan 12, 2020 vim … productivity
• Python's map builtin function Jan 4, 2020 python … programming reference
• The Jython Pillow Guide Jan 9, 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 python … programming 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.

Silly Calculator calc.sharats.me

A notepad style in-browser calculator, that displays results live on the right side.

• Folding support for sections of the worksheet (defined by lines ending with a :).
• Variables support in the calculations.
• Powered by math.js.

Command Line Generator cligen.sharats.me

A simple no-fuss UI to generate often used command lines with arguments.

• Includes short sections on help on how the generated command works and, if applicable, what to look out for when running the command.
• Currently supports the `tar` command.

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