Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com I am a Software Engineer from India. I am currently building Daestro. I work in Rust, Javascript and Python. Zola en Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:28:01 +0000 IndexNow Bulk URL Submit Using Curl Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/snippets/index-now-bulk-url-submit-api/ https://vshukla.com/snippets/index-now-bulk-url-submit-api/ IndexNow is a service which is used to inform search engines i.e. Bing, Naver, Seznam.cz, Yandex and Yep, about the content updates. This improves indexing. PostgreSQL: Make Create/Drop Operations Infallible Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/snippets/safe-postgresql-create-drop-operation/ https://vshukla.com/snippets/safe-postgresql-create-drop-operation/ Make PostgreSQL create/drop operations infallible by using IF EXISTS and IF NOT EXISTS within the query, which will only run the operation when condition matches. Meditation Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/blog/meditation/ https://vshukla.com/blog/meditation/ Just sit. To make things happen, focus Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/blog/2025/to-make-things-happen-focus/ https://vshukla.com/blog/2025/to-make-things-happen-focus/ UFW Cheat Sheet Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/snippets/ufw-cheat-sheet/ https://vshukla.com/snippets/ufw-cheat-sheet/ UFW stands Uncomplicated Firewall which provides simple interface over iptables to create host based firewall for IPv4 or IPv6 Setup Redis TLS With Self-signed Certificate Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/tech/setup-redis-tls-with-self-signed-certs/ https://vshukla.com/tech/setup-redis-tls-with-self-signed-certs/ Brief guide on how to setup Redis TLS using Self-signed certificate. Content Strategy For Indie Makers Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/blog/2025/content-strategy-for-indie-makers/ https://vshukla.com/blog/2025/content-strategy-for-indie-makers/ My thoughts on indie makers can approach their content and marketing strategy. This Blog Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/blog/2025/this-blog/ https://vshukla.com/blog/2025/this-blog/ A bit about my blog Cloud Init Script to Set-up Server Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/snippets/cloud-init/ https://vshukla.com/snippets/cloud-init/ The cloud init script that I use to automatically configure my server with the essentials. Deploy Systemd Service Behind Nginx with TLS Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Vivek Shukla https://vshukla.com/snippets/systemd-service-nginx-deployment/ https://vshukla.com/snippets/systemd-service-nginx-deployment/ A cheatsheet to deploy Systemd service behind Nginx reverse proxy. This approach is very common and used a lot.