https://karawale.com Blog posts by Pranav Karawale. Thoughts on technology, engineering, and design. en-us Pranav Karawale Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:45:02 GMT https://karawale.com/logo.png https://karawale.com https://karawale.com/posts/back-and-forth-with-omarchy https://karawale.com/posts/back-and-forth-with-omarchy Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:22:57 GMT Omarchy is an opinionated distro based on Arch Linux. After switching between distros, I have landed back on Omarchy and this is the whole journey along with my reasons. https://karawale.com/posts/on-vibecoding-mental-blocks-and-more-code-exploits https://karawale.com/posts/on-vibecoding-mental-blocks-and-more-code-exploits Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:53:05 GMT AI Agents and vibecoding is cool stuff. However it did leave a lasting impact on my workflow. Exploring personal and global effects of AI and recent events. https://karawale.com/posts/windows-to-fedora https://karawale.com/posts/windows-to-fedora Sat, 20 Jul 2024 06:56:38 GMT A personal journey explores the transition from Windows to Fedora, highlighting challenges faced during the installation process and the quest for optimal system performance. https://karawale.com/posts/upgrading-ubuntu-lts-distro-in-wsl https://karawale.com/posts/upgrading-ubuntu-lts-distro-in-wsl Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:34:00 GMT This guide explains how to upgrade the Ubuntu LTS distro in WSL, addressing common issues such as errors related to release versions and the need to remove snap for a successful upgrade. https://karawale.com/posts/one-liner-for-rimraf https://karawale.com/posts/one-liner-for-rimraf Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:35:00 GMT This one-liner efficiently deletes folders or files in a cross-platform manner using Node.js. https://karawale.com/posts/how-to-keep-your-firebase-project-safe-and-secure-from-everyone https://karawale.com/posts/how-to-keep-your-firebase-project-safe-and-secure-from-everyone Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:39:00 GMT This guide emphasizes securing Firebase projects by protecting sensitive data, using production mode for Firestore and storage, configuring security rules, and managing API keys carefully. It highlights the importance of treating server credentials as sensitive secrets to safeguard the entire project. https://karawale.com/posts/reactivity-anywhere-without-virtual-dom https://karawale.com/posts/reactivity-anywhere-without-virtual-dom Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:37:00 GMT This post explores a method to achieve reactivity between JavaScript and the DOM without using a virtual DOM. It outlines how to define global variables, create reactive elements, and update the DOM efficiently. The approach aims to harmonize HTML and JavaScript, minimizing overhead while allowing for multiple stores.