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I am Ishan Sharma, iOS & Backend Engineer. I write about programming, productivity and games.
Quick Tip: Faster YouTube Downloads with yt-dlp
YouTube downloads using yt-dlp are faster if you play the video you’re downloading in browser.
Finding an Apartment in Vancouver
Fix for App Intents Not Working on Xcode 14 Beta
Xcode 14’s First Beta has a bug that may cause App Intents to work. Fortunately a quick fix is listed in release notes.
GitHub Commits Not Triggering New Amplify Builds? Check Your Webhooks!
Some of my recent commits generated webhook payload that was missing commits and head_commit keys. That caused AWS Amplify to not publish new changes.
Screen Time: Another Feature That Apple Forgot
Apple has a habit of releasing software and features and then neglecting them. Screen Time is one such feature that suffers from several bugs. I share my frustrations with the feature in this post.
Moving from WordPress to Hugo
I recently moved this blog from WordPress to Hugo. In this post, I share why I chose Hugo, the theme I’m using and the tools I used for moving content.
Getting an Apple TV Remote Volume Controls to work with TCL Roku TV
PlayStation 4 CE-36329-3 Error Fix: Detach External Hard Disk
After trying a lot of things, I discovered the fix by accident. It’s pretty simple, just remove the external disk and it should be fine.
The Little Delights of macOS
macOS has lot of nice features. Recently, I found that mail has a nice little delightful feature when you add rules.
Installing Hadoop on Windows/Linux/macOS in 5 Minutes
Need to install Hadoop for a class or a project? It can take some time. Learn how you can easily do it with 1 command in this post.