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Back from Dead | Troubleshoot slow page loads & 503 errors of WordPress blog

Jatin K Malik · Aug 28, 2018 · Leave a Comment

TL;DR: Read logs, delete useless shit, keep the DB clean. * Warning: A long read! * Oh well, I feel like a n00b while typing this but that's how things roll. I am not sure if I have any regular readers left, as to have regular readers one needs to be a regular author, which I am clearly not. (Yes, I wish to change.) Still, if you go back and stalk this blog, you will notice that post frequency for 2018 has been abysmal at it's best. But yes, there is a reason an interesting story behind the same. A story which might teach you a thing or two about hosting WordPress on your own hosting. It …

Back to the basics + rant against Godaddy! [Comeback]

Jatin K Malik · May 2, 2017 · 3 Comments

Hey folks, If you are a regular reader of Bitsnapper, you may have noticed that I haven't written a post from a few weeks now. Well, you can blame it on my life (with stuff going on) and partially on Godaddy for not making the transitioning phase from one hosting to another seamless. This blog is powered by Wordpress, and I began with something Godaddy likes to call Wordpress Managed Hosting as they claim that these servers have virtually 0 downtimes and are optimised to work with Wordpress hosted blogs/websites. The entry barrier is pretty cheap as you start with ₹99/month for any …

5 cool ways to surf blocked sites in your office/college

Gourav Goyal · Jul 3, 2016 · 1 Comment

Hi folks, It’s been a really long time since I wrote something on the Bitsnapper. Anyway, I’m back with loads of cool stuff to write about 8-) Today, I’m going to tell you about 5 different ways you can unblock and view the banned sites so that you too can watch cat videos on youtube, surf facebook or maybe download the latest episodes of Game of thrones right outta office laptop or college internet lab :P Mandatory disclaimer: I am not responsible for bricked devices, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because you got caught. Please do some research if you have any concerns about …

Google I/O 2016: What to be expected this year?

Aditya Bhardwaj · May 17, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Google is again ready with new announcements for this year with it's awaited event of the year: Google I/O Conference. Every year Google introduces new research in its various projects like Android, Chrome, TV, VR, and many more exciting experiments every year. Since the beginning of 2016, fancy announcements have been there by giants like Facebook and Microsoft. We can expect something similar from Google too. What I have found out during past few months via a number of rumours about projects, I can say this time I/O would be quite interesting. Though the information is mere rumours, but …

My experience with OYO rooms | Review/Rant

Jatin K Malik · May 16, 2016 · 14 Comments

>> Final Update #6 (20th May'16) After all this fiasco, what did I learn? In India, despite being a startup, no one likes to follow the process. Whether you are applying for a Govt ID, or you want to surrender a postpaid connection or if you want to complain against a mishap. Unless and until you make noise on social channels or use a medium which may trigger bad PR for the company, generally no one cares. If you are a reader of BitSnapper from a long time, you can obseve the same pattern at my post for Den Boomband, Royal Enfield, MTNL and MTS. This platform was supposed …