Notes on Aditya Naik | Personal Website

Freeing up disk space on mac and APFS local snapshots

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:32:59 +0200

Today, I faced the infamous Mac APFS issue, and panicked a bit wondering if something was eating up all the space I was freeing up on my mac.

Like everyone else, I ran out of space and nuked quite a bit of old cruft that had gathered over the years. Only to see not a bite freed when I ran df -h. Talking with local qwen based parrot only showed me whats still left on the disk.

Certificates compromised, PHP vulnerability

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:12:52 +0200

Today was not a great day for web security on multiple fundamental levels. There was an issue within core layers of TLS and you can read more about it on cloudflare blog

On the non-technical side, this issue could have been much better handled by both the eMudhra company and indian regulator, but they instead decided to gaslight and claim social media fear mongering. Standard reaction and expected, but disappointing none the less. Interestingly enough, they used very low entropy root keys for their intermediate certificates, but any key is as random as any other key so this looks embarrassing for them to have used test keys in production for more than a year without realizing this process gap. Since then, they have announced that they are moving out of SSL/TLS business but perception damage is done.

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:56:14 +0100

I just found out a cool way to connect between Github and Jira.

I wanted a quick way to link Jira ticket in the PR raised on Github. I came across this awesome ‘autolink’ functionality in github that is exactly suitable for this purpose.

Just navigate to github project settings, and at/near bottom you will find the autolink setup.

Just add it and you are good to go.

Read more at https://github.blog/2019-10-14-introducing-autolink-references/

Tue, 24 May 2022 13:33:57 +0200

Klarna, the swedish payment giant, is laying off some ( seems like 10% or so ) their workforce, and apparently there were some hiccups in the process.

Klarna was one of the shining examples of new age Swedish unicorns and this news will adversely impact the local valuations and fund raising plans for others following in its footsteps towards growth.

This confirms that the global tech salary bubble has now burst, along with growth stock valuation bubble.

Wed, 18 May 2022 10:28:49 +0200

There is rising inflation in most of the countries. Printing money and reducing rates to stimulate economy during COVID and some severe supply chain disruptions, has led to oversupply of money and shortage of goods.

Due to war in Ukraine, there is massive impact on wheat, fertilizer and oil supply chains
Due to ongoing COVID restrictions, there are strict lock downs in China, further impacting supply chains
Due to adverse weather, grain production is going to be adversely impacted across the world.
Most countries, (apart from China) do not have huge stocks of grains to survive through the year without taking a huge hit on the economy.

It is going to be a painful year.

Mon, 16 May 2022 20:22:07 +0200

It was fascinating to talk about personal roots and awareness of mortality today.

We all (or most) want to belong to a tribe. It could be ideological, familial, political, athletics fans or whatever else.
It would a feeling of profound loss, if you have been connected to an ancestral place that was settled for many generations, and then you uprooted for better life and opportunities. Specially if you have been to the place and can find a personal connection.

Also certain milestones and events make you think of mortality of oneself or close connections, and sometimes we take some action to capture part of a person that we fear we will lose.

Sat, 14 May 2022 21:18:19 +0200

It has been quite busy last few weekends, but I finally pulled off setting up posting notes through micropub!!🎉

Seems really convenient to just log into any web client and post a quick note on my blog. Takes the formality of blogging away!!