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Taking backups is essential nowadays. PostgreSQL provides three methods [SQL dump, File System Level Backup, Continuous Archiving(Incremental)] of providing backup. One can use any of these methods as per the need. In this article, we will learn to take Incremental backup on PostgreSQL. To understand Incremental Backup we first need to understand some basic terms related to it that is explained below: What is WAL(Write Ahead Logging) file? It is a file that stores operations…

Is there anything that can beat the Human Instinct / Intelligence? If this question was asked a few years ago, the answer would have been, ”Definitely No”, but in recent times the answer has become “Debatable”. As Machine Learning and AI has arrived in the market and so swiftly they have made a certain space into the mighty IT industry, a question has been arising that is there any field where ML / AI cannot…

What is CORS? Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a mechanism that uses additional HTTP headers to tell browsers to give a web application running at one origin, access to selected resources from a different origin. A web application executes a cross-origin HTTP request when it requests a resource that has a different origin (domain, protocol, or port) from its own. As we can clearly see, it’s a browser thing. Most browsers enforce a certain standard…

It is an essential part of a software development cycle to keep the tech stack updated, and with so many frameworks a movie buff like me would say it is a real Sophie’s choice… This blogpost is for product owners or developers working on Angularjs, looking for answers to which technology to upgrade to. Whether to stick to Angular and move a version up or pick a new framework. The following blog post says why…

Every site in current time is not only focused on functionality but also focused on user interface and that too a responsive web or mobile first web. The way we structure our stylesheet has direct relation to the complexity of the project and also affect the post compilation maintenance and enhancements. Basically there is nothing good or bad about structuring the stylesheet for the web. It varies according to requirement and size of the project.…

India’s 71st Independence Day just went by. I had the proud privilege of hoisting the tricolor at a high school function. The word ‘freedom’ played hugely on my mind. I gratefully remembered the supreme sacrifice that our freedom fighters had made in India’s struggle for freedom. And then this question arose in my mind - are we really done with our ‘freedom’ struggle? The answer didn’t even take a second, in fact it didn’t even…

More often than not we are in situations where we confidently set out to do something. And then we doubt our ability to accomplish it, literally taking the wind out of our sails. Not just that, it actually crashes the idea and forces us to trash it too! We have all been hearing about the power of positivity and are probably quite convinced about it. One has read or heard somewhere and internalized that the…

Its end April and the hot Indian summer has its arms tightly around us. Typically, during such times, one dreads visits especially by US/European customers. Just this last week we had one such team from KPMG visit us. We were pleasantly surprised as they took the relentless 42°C heat unflinchingly. It may not be an exaggeration if one said that they handled it better than us locals! In our case, their warm and fulsome appreciation…