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Frontier AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are competing hard, while open source models are catching up fast. This competition is driving costs down. The price per 1M tokens keeps dropping, which means you can do a lot more for a lot less. So the old excuse of 'I don't have the budget to use AI in my business' is quickly disappearing.
Read moreThe first Monday of the new year always feels like a reset button. For our service company, yesterday marked the official restart, and as expected, it was a busy one. The day was filled with catch-ups, follow-ups, and lots of reconnecting with clients who had patiently waited for us to get back into full swing.
Read moreSome Sundays move at their own slow pace, and yesterday was one of them. I went into the weekend feeling excited to refactor a piece of code that’s been bothering me for weeks. But by Sunday evening, the work was still unfinished and instead of accepting that, I spent way too much time complaining to
Read moreIt’s finally TGIF. That feeling of “Friday” has shifted a lot over the years. When working for a company, Fridays used to mean freedom, the countdown to switching off, getting some rest, and temporarily stepping away from anything work-related. It was the mental signal that the week was over and life could resume for a
Read moreStarted later than usual today. Not because it’s Saturday, but because two days into this 31 day sprint my brain is already feeling the cost of reading line after line of code for more than 12 hours a day. There’s a very real point where the text editor starts to blur and every function begins
Read moreJan 1, 2026 (1/31 Days) Happy New Year 🎉 Nothing fancy from my side this year. Just one simple goal, 31 days. This month is going to decide how the rest of the year goes for me. Every year, like most people, I make a list of resolutions. Some years I hit most of them,
Read moreAs most people were winding down from Christmas Eve to the 28th, I did something a little different. I gave my team the week off, told our clients we were on holiday break, and then quietly disappeared into our codebase. Running a 24/7 ops company means “off” time is rare. There are always pings, messages,
Read moreAnother great Weekly Roundtable session today. It’s only our second session, and honestly, it couldn’t have gone better! I think everyone should definitely check it out! It’s an unscripted, no-agenda space where amazing professionals from all walks of life come together to talk business, technology, and everything in between. What began as a simple Sunday
Read moreWeb Summit has always been a special event for me. Aplace where I get to meet inspiring founders, connect with passionate startups, and soak up a vibrant atmosphere of innovation. Naturally, I’m always excited to attend. But this time, I want to take a step back and share a more honest review of my experience,
Read moreToday was one of those deeply focused, high-output days where everything revolved around AI. I spent the day running multiple AI agents simultaneously, managing several parallel projects. Some of these are real products we’re currently developing with the team, while others are experimental side projects that I like to build when I need a creative
Read moreRunning a business is a constant lesson in unpredictability. No two workdays are ever the same, and last week was the perfect example of just how much things can swing from one extreme to another. At the start of the week, everything seemed to click. There was a burst of energy and focus, I felt
Read moreLast few weeks have been an intense mix of milestones, challenges, and personal moments. It’s been one of those periods where everything seems to happen all at once, and you just have to keep moving forward. After years of late nights, countless iterations, and more “what if we tried this…” conversations than I can count,
Read moreCloudFest has been on my radar for a while, and this year I finally made it happen. In March, I found myself at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany, surrounded by over 11,000 cloud and internet infrastructure professionals. And yes, it’s as unusual as it sounds, a massive tech conference taking over an entire theme park. For
Read moreTowards the end of last year, I discussed the importance of investing in oneself. This investment is essential not only for acquiring new skills but also for improving various aspects of life that can enhance productivity. Such personal growth can positively impact professional performance and overall well-being. You can check my previous post https://medium.com/@nilansanjaya/over-the-past-few-years-ive-made-plenty-of-purchases-b2315add7e27 In
Read moreOver the past few years, I’ve made plenty of purchases. While many things I buy end up in daily use, or sometimes gather dust. But when I think about what’s truly added value to my daily life and productivity, a few standout investments come to mind. Here’s what’s made the biggest differences recently: 💻 Mac
Read moreA couple of weeks back, one of my good friends Satyajit Morais came all the way to visit me here in Italy. We first met 7 years ago, back when I was just starting my company. It was in a co-working space, where he was also renting a space. Something clicked and our vibes matched,
Read moreMy journey with Drupal began when I joined a new company in IT, after leaving my previous role at the time. It was a time of great learning and growth at a fast phase. I was exposed to cutting-edge technologies, advanced infrastructures, and the opportunity to collaborate with international teams. These experiences helped me develop
Read moreLast week, I sprained my ankle. Not once, but twice in the same day. (Talk about overachieving!) This double misstep landed me in the hospital, where the doctor ordered two weeks of complete rest with no walking, no gym, and definitely no morning meditations. At first, I was bummed. My daily routine was completely messed
Read moreRecently, I stumbled upon a few old Zoho videos from around 2019, including keynotes and product demos. Watching them brought back a lot of thoughts, especially around their emphasis on culture, teamwork, and work-life balance. It was refreshing to hear how they valued the importance of people not just as employees but as individuals who
Read moreLast week, I reached out to my friends, family, and colleagues, asking for their support in an AI accelerator competition for my business. I had no idea of the wave of support that would follow! I was completely amazed by how everyone went above and beyond to help. 💖 Although we didn’t win the competition,
Read moreDisclaimer: This isn’t about the projects and tasks we handle as a company — these are my personal strategies for managing the varied responsibilities of being a founder. Our clients are happy and have been with us for years, thanks to the great work our team delivers. In my journey as a founder, I’ve come across one
Read moreThrowback to one of the best weeks of my life so far! Many years ago, I remember sitting at my desktop computer with Windows XP, receiving emails about an event that seemed too good to be true. At that time, in the middle of all the web and email scams that was happening, I couldn’t
Read moreI’m finally doing something I’ve been looking forward to doing for a long time. I wanted to isolate myself from as many distractions as possible and focus on things that I don’t usually get enough time or priority over my day-to-day responsibilities which include a long overdue backlog of items related to both the growth
Read moreSo I’ve came across this issue recently when i updated the packages on one of my VPS. Postfix service stopped working and it didn’t start back. Tried few different ways and still it didn’t start. Nothing much helpful on the logs either. The problem seems to be an existing process using the postfix pid lock
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Read moreThis is one of the annoying errors you might get when using the above combinations. Very hard to cache, you might turn the world upside down looking why your css or js files are not getting updated on the browser unless you restart the vagrant box. The symptoms are, you do a edit on your
Read moreAssuming your module is already armed with the NodeMCU firmware, its time to program our end point so we could control it remotely through wifi. In our case at the moment, we simply need to control one of its output PIN to give out power ( Switch on / off ) depending on the signals
Read moreESP8266 wifi module is going to be our endpoint where we will be controlling through our Homebridge device. For the moment, we will be simply controlling a 5V relay which will control the power of any electrical device ( ex: Lights, TV, Wall outlets etc ) NodeMCU is a firmware that allows you to program
Read moreHomebridge is a lightweight NodeJS server you can run on your home network that emulates the iOS HomeKit API. It supports Plugins, which are community-contributed modules that provide a basic bridge from HomeKit to various 3rd-party APIs provided by manufacturers of “smart home” devices. This is going to be the brain of the whole smart
Read moreThis isn’t a tutorial on how to build your own smart home. But more of how i built mine. There are lots of different tutorials out there, using different chips, platforms, different software, etc. The hardest part at the beginning was to select which platforms to go with, and which hardware and software to use.
Read moreI’ve received this beautiful poem from CircleCI. thought of sharing it. ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the startup were grim engineers who had taken old BART up to put out a fire that users had found; they hacked and they Slacked but did not make a sound. No presents, no stockings, no holiday
Read moreThis is a common error that might occure while you try to install a brew package or when you try to do a brew link which could say Error: Permission denied It’s too bad that unless you properly look on the log it outputs on the console, you won’t notice that the brew link has
Read moreSo im back here writing a blog post. lot has changed in life which im not planing to go through. however it has been hard for me to find time to do anything other than office related work in the past couple of years. It was a bit late when i realise that i had
Read moreSubway, the world popular restaurant chain finally opened in Sri Lanka. With there massive social media marketing and advertising for the grand opening of there first Subway branch in Sri Lanka, everyone was excited to try out there food. After a long waiting delay, it was finally opened to its customers on 12th August. After
Read moreAfter participating in some of the recent tech meetups around Colombo, This seems to be more of a success. It was held in DHPL Building on 14th July 2014 with a participation of over 100 Geeks from around the country. With a well organized agenda, interesting topics and discussions about Mobile App Development and 3D
Read moreIs positive thinking is an illusion? we are to be believed that everything that happens has a positive reason and to move on. I’m not an expert on the “Positive Thinking” topic. even though its a widely spreading fact among people. But i do use the concept, trying to see the positiveness of everything that
Read moreIts a simple question some one asked me, and a simple answer i was going to give, when it took me few seconds to realize that i don’t have a simple answer. While knowing it’s for a gift, I was sure it has to be an object or a thing. Something i would use or
Read moreHere goes my third blog after loosing two blogs that was self hosted on my own server. lost the first one due to an update failure and lost the next one due to a hacking attack. so finally decided to move in to a blog publishing service. Lets see how it goes…
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