Satyajeet Kanetkar

Hi, I'm Satyajeet

glorified mattern patcher • recovering perfectionist • fledgling motorcyclist • sambar fiend • subtext junkie • cheese dilettante • purveyor of fine axioms • perpetually adjusting my weights • conspicuously ignoring the abyss

Popular posts

Understanding Prometheus Range Vectors

Jan 4, 2021 ∙ 6 min read

Range Vectors in Prometheus are a bit non-intuitive, unless you’ve thoroughly read and understood the documentation. Who does that? One is supposed to spend time doing it incorrectly, then look for random blog posts like this one to understand how open source software... ..read more

📺 BoJack Horseman - An Attempt at a Thematic Analysis

Jan 15, 2021 ∙ 10 min read ∙ tv-review, animation ∙ spoilers

We’d already seen a flurry of blog posts, videos and essays trying to deconstruct the success of Netflix’s “BoJack Horseman”. I too, finished watching the last season last year and really felt like commenting my version of the show. ..read more

🎥 Aparichit (Anniyan) (2005)

Jan 20, 2018 ∙ 4 min read ∙ ★★☆☆☆ ∙ spoilers

I haven’t seen many Tamil movies, translated or otherwise. This one however receives a lot of air time on Hindi movie channels for some reason. While I hadn’t seen it completely in one go, it had an interesting concept given the time it came out. After finally seeing it, I can... ..read more

🎥 Rajnigandha (1974)

Aug 9, 2020 ∙ 4 min read ∙ ★★★☆☆ ∙ spoilers

A relic of the seventies, “Rajnigandha” is a gentle walk-through of the emotional turmoil experienced by a twenty-two year old woman when she unexpectedly meets an old flame. ..read more

Charting Range Vectors in Prometheus

Jun 9, 2021 ∙ 9 min read ∙ prometheus, observability

In the previous blog post, we mentioned that Range Vectors cannot be charted. This blog post illustrates how we can work around the limitations and use Range Vectors in charts. We will also take a l... ..read more

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Satyajeet Kanetkar

Satyajeet Kanetkar ·

TIL: the otherwise familiar ISO 4217 has a specific code reserved for "test transactions". All those tests you wrote that hardcoded USD, could've used "XTS" instead. And another "XXX" for a transaction with "no currency". I wonder what sort of transaction has no currency, in a system that tracks currency?
Satyajeet Kanetkar

Satyajeet Kanetkar ·

TIL: the python stdlib batteries also have struct and array modules to read C binary data directly. In hindsight quite required, just the part of stdlib I hadn't the need for yet.
Satyajeet Kanetkar

Satyajeet Kanetkar ·

Few things are as non-intuitively tasty as chilli spiced hot chocolate. I've never regretted ordering it! This one at Roastea in Koramangala.
Satyajeet Kanetkar

Satyajeet Kanetkar ·

If you get a "this model is not available for your subscription tier" on the /v1/messages endpoint when trying to use Digital Ocean's new Serverless Inference, it's likely because of a fine-print gotcha buried in the docs (https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/inference/details/limits/) > All tiers, except Tier 1 and Tier 2, have access to all models. Tier 1 and Tier 2 do not have access to any Anthropic models and OpenAI models (except gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b).

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