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    This post will introduce you to Homebrew, the missing package manager for MacOS. If you want to install any open-source package not present in the App Store, you can do so with this tool. Here I'll explain how you can install Homebrew and the basic commands you need to run for searching, installing, uninstalling, and maintaining your packages/libraries.
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    Stop your virtual machine if there are no active SSH connections. This would be useful if you want to save costs for VM which are inactive. This is only useful for very less use cases when the user knows how to start the VM whenever he starts development and can wait few minutes for boot up of machine but makes sense for users who get billed for VMs which are not in use. Most of the cloud providers don't provide any easy way to do this. This way you can save about 60% of your cloud provider bill.
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    This blog will explain how you can achieve full-screen zoom whenever the user clicks on an image. Full zoom effect can be achieved by pure react and HTML CSS; no special libraries are needed; you'll have complete control on how to configure zoom for your images in your blog or website, etc.
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    Any long running project will have numerous opensource dependencies. Adding these dependencies is made very easy with Nuget packages, etc. This article will give you a gist of details on how you can go about managing your dependencies for project.
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    Use the NumberFormat property of Cell/Range, instead of the DataType property to change the format which is Excel. If you’re curious about NumberFormat and DataType, why those two solve different purposes in Excel, please browse through this post, where I’ll be experimenting and explaining in more detail
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    Environment variables store information about the operating system environment. This information includes details such as the operating system path, the number of processors used by the operating system, and temporary folders' location. These variables are globally accessible, and programs can query the value of the variable.
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    When you click an email on a website to reply to it, you expect your Gmail to open, but it doesn't. This is the default behavior of chrome. This post will tell your everything about configuring Gmail as your default email application on your Google Chrome browser.
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    There are three types of Excel Macro buttons which I've described in the previous post on how to create them manually in Excel, along with their advantages and disadvantages. In this post, I'm going to explain to you how to create them using VBA. Creating buttons with VBA will save you more time if you create many sheets with buttons. Also, I will explain the common styling functions which you can use to make the buttons look good in your project.
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    This post will explain to you how to install Git on a Windows 10 machine and go through all the configuration options available while installing it. This will be helpful even if you’re on Mac/Linux, etc.
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    Git is a version control system, which tracks the changes you make to files, so it keeps a record of what you've done, and helps you to revert to specific version should you ever need it. It also makes collaboration easier, allowing multiple people to work on a single file/folder, without the need to worry about overwriting someone's work.
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    WordPress is a CMS (Content Management System) which is the simplest, popular way to create your blog, business, website, etc. And has become the most popular CMS for everyone looking to build a website and is designed for everyone, emphasizing accessibility, performance, security, and ease of use.