Technology on Naresh Mehta

What is AI?

naresh.mehta@gmail.com (Naresh Mehta) — Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a field of computer science that deals with the development of intelligent machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation. AI systems are designed to learn from data, identify patterns, and make predictions or decisions based on that data. AI has the potential to transform many aspects of our lives, from healthcare and transportation to education and entertainment. It has the potential to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as climate change, poverty, and disease. However, it also raises ethical and philosophical questions, such as the impact of AI on jobs, privacy, and autonomy.

Magisk Out, APatch IN!

naresh.mehta@gmail.com (Naresh Mehta) — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I have been using Magisk since almost 12 years now when I first started rooting and unlocking my bootloaders and using/creating my custom ROMs. Magisk allowed for managing root access to applications, install modules that allowed for functionality that is not available otherwise, access the android application’s process space using Zygisk, lsposed and associated modules, etc. Without Magisk, if one had unlocked bootloader and rooted his/her device, it would be a nightmare to manage root access and host load of applications will start failing because of the “compromised security”.

Going from Wordpress to Hugo

naresh.mehta@gmail.com (Naresh Mehta) — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I have been hosting my website on the hosting platform since the last 17+ years. It has been quite a journey and I learnt a lot of things about networking, hosting, website management, content creation, etc. It was ofcourse a Wordpress (WP) site. On the side, I had phpbb (forums), GedView, etc. The website helps me keep my thoughts in control and provides me a platform to voice my opinions, ideas, views, etc. on various topics. I can go back and read the posts/blogs to sketch and retrace information as needed. So the blog/posts help me organize and keep a record of my braindump. The blogs/posts are more or less static and do not change much. So having a heavy WP install and maintaing it is a resource intensive work. Regular updates, security patches, etc. are also a pain to maintain.

OpenWrt on Google Wifi

naresh.mehta@gmail.com (Naresh Mehta) — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

OpenWrt is a great router firmware with lots of features, flexibility and security updates. It is basically a small Linux distribution and does a smart job at adding enhancements to any “supported” router. One can read more about it here.

I have been using Google Wifi for a while now and it has been a great experience. It has an amazing HW (4GB of storage and 512MB of RAM). Google SW can be controlled using Google Home but privacy, DNS, parental controls, firewall, ad-blocking and other features are either not supported or are not as good as I would like them to be. And also my version of the Wifi AC-1304 does not receive any new features.