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The Poll App We Built in a Day: A Story of Deadlines, Details, and Vue.js

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You know those moments when an idea hits, and it's so good you just have to build it right now ? That's exactly what happened with this app. We were in the middle of planning our Staff Recognition for 2025 at Vakkaru Maldives, and we had a challenge. The surprise of the night was going to be crowning our "Mr. and Miss Vakkaru," and we wanted the entire audience to vote, live. We needed something fast, reliable, and engaging. While the initial idea came from the resort's management, the vision for how to actually bring it to life sparked from my friend and colleague of over a decade, our incredible Assistant HR Manager, Hassan Thalhath - Solah. He imagined us creating the poll in real-time, right in front of everyone. Attendees would just scan a QR code, vote on their phones, and watch the results pour in. No fuss, no delays. Here’s the crazy part: from the moment Solah and I started planning the execution to having a fully working application, less than a day h...
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Zapping Through Multicast Madness: A Fun Python Script to Keep Your IPTV Streams Rocking!

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Hey there, stream wranglers! If you’re in the wild world of IPTV —think hotels, cruise ships, or sports bars blasting live channels to a gazillion screens—you know multicast UDP streams are the unsung heroes of efficient video delivery. But UDP is like that carefree friend who doesn’t check in, leaving you wondering, "Is this stream even alive?"   In this post, we’re looking at a Python script I built to help a friend whose streams randomly drop. It checks both multicast and unicast UDP streams, and if one goes down, it can (optionally) send a heads-up via Telegram. It’s got retries, scheduling, and just enough socket magic to keep things running smooth. Let’s take a look under the hood!  Table of Contents What’s the Deal with Multicast UDP Streams? What’s This Script All About? The Code: A Party of Sockets and Streams Breaking Down the Dance Moves Real-World Applications Improvements to Spice It Up Watch Out for These Gotchas Final Curtain Call 🧙‍♂️ What’s t...
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Turning a Joke into Innovation: AI Integration in our Daily Task Manager

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Recently, I developed a ticket management system to streamline day-to-day operations at my workplace. The system is as simple as you’d expect: users can create tickets with tentative completion dates, and team members can post updates on those tickets. However, today I’m not here to discuss how I built the system. Instead, I want to highlight how I integrated AI to help users generate updates with prompts or even summarize the updates they wish to post. It all started as a joke. In today’s world, we rely heavily on AI tools like ChatGPT, BART, and Deep.ai to rephrase our writing and ensure grammatical accuracy. It’s no secret that many of us use grammar tools, whether AI-powered or not. At our workplace, quite a few users do the same. This is nothing to be ashamed of, and no one should be concerned about it. In fact, I believe it’s essential to present ourselves and our ideas clearly and polished. After all, while English may be our primary workplace language, it’s not our mother tong...
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