Monthly Archives: October 2023

How to stop postgres server on MacOS

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Siddharth Jain

This post describes how I was able to stop pg 14 server on macos that I installed from EDB website. The commonly described solution is to use brew but that did not work for me. E.g., when I ran following … Continue reading →

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Postgres timestamp without time zone vs. timestamp with time zone

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Siddharth Jain

the difference between these two is nicely illustrated by below example: What it means: timestamp without time zone ignores any time zone offset specified when inserting data. So it doesn’t matter whether you are inserting ‘2011-01-01 00:00:00+03’ or ‘2011-01-01 00:00:00-03’. … Continue reading →

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TypeScript: Pros and Cons

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Siddharth Jain

TypeScript is a popular language these days and a hugely successful project as evidenced in latest SO Developer Survey. Another feather in the cap for Anders Hejlsberg for whom I have great respect. I myself make my team use it … Continue reading →

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How to read/write HDF5 files in C#

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Siddharth Jain

There are 2 things you need for this: I won’t go into details of .net installation. Let’s get started. The HDF5 library can be installed on Mac in two ways: Method 1: Using brew (I don’t recommend it). sample install … Continue reading →

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