Hello, Oriz
The first post on blog.oriz.in — what Oriz is, why it exists, and what to expect from this blog.
Blog
Writing on software, AI agents, finance tooling, and the tools I build.
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Lifestyle The Best Platforms to Track Movies, TV Shows, Anime, and Manga in 2026
An honest, research-backed comparison of every serious tracker — Letterboxd, Serializd, Trakt, Simkl, MyAnimeList, AniList, Kitsu, MangaUpdates, Mihon, Ryot, Yamtrack — and which one (or which combination) actually fits how you watch and read.
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Engineering Build Your Digital Twin in 2026: A Public Lifestream That Tracks Everything You Consume
The fourth and final post in the trackers series — flip the architecture from private extension to a public digital twin website. Many extensions feeding one database, periodic exports from Google Takeout / Apple Health / YouTube history, real-time webhooks from Strava and Last.fm, displayed beautifully on web and mobile PWA. Free hosting, free database, your data, your face on the internet.
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Lifestyle Track Everything for Free with No Ads and No Self-Hosting in 2026
A strict, research-backed shortlist of media trackers that are completely free, show no ads, and are fully managed in the cloud — no Docker, no servers, no paywalls. Plus the four-app combo that covers movies, TV, anime, manga, games, and books together.
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Engineering Track Everything via APIs in 2026: A Free, No-Self-Hosting Browser-Extension Stack
The honest 2026 map of free public WRITE APIs for every media type — movies, TV, anime, manga, books, audiobooks, podcasts, music, games, visual novels, fitness, and YouTube — so you can build one browser extension that scrobbles everything. Plus why Open Library is the right books pick, why Letterboxd was cut, and where the real coverage gaps are.
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Developer-Tools OneDrive vs Local Drive for Git Repos: The Definitive Answer (With 3 TB OneDrive and 150 GB Local)
Should you clone your GitHub repositories into OneDrive or keep them on your local drive? If you have 150 GB local storage but 3 TB on OneDrive, the answer is not obvious — until you understand what OneDrive does to a Git repository. This post covers corruption risks, performance costs, the Dev Drive solution, and the exact workflow to use in 2026.
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Learning & Growth Part 6: The Exhaustive PKM Book Taxonomy — 33 Categories, 100+ Subcategories, and 300+ Sub-subcategories
An exhaustive, three-level hierarchical taxonomy for book organization in personal knowledge management systems. Places learning how to learn first, merges philosophy and religion, and leaves no node of human knowledge unmapped.
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Engineering envpact — The Complete Engineering Specification for a Centralized, Serverless Secrets Manager for Solo Developers
A comprehensive engineering specification and vision document for envpact: a $0, serverless, Git-backed secrets management ecosystem with a Node.js CLI, Python module, MCP server, VS Code extension, GitHub Action, and web dashboard — all designed for solo developers managing 100+ public repositories.
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Tech 7 min Why I rebuilt oriz.in from scratch
Thirteen orphan repos, one rejected AdSense application, and a decision to consolidate everything onto a single Astro 6 deploy on Cloudflare.
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Education & Career Degrees While Working India: The Ultimate Master Index
The most comprehensive guide for Indian B.Tech graduates working full-time who want to pursue additional degrees, certificates, and PG diplomas without quitting their jobs. 28-part series covering free degrees, stipend-based programs, IGNOU, IIT Madras, PMRF, AEDP, and more.
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Education & Career Part 01: Introduction — The Working Professional's Complete Education Guide
Why pursue a second degree while working in India? Complete decision framework for B.Tech graduates at TCS, Infosys, Wipro. General category candidates guide. How to use this 30-part series.
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Education & Career Part 02: IGNOU MBA — The Complete Guide for Working Professionals
Complete guide to IGNOU MBA 2024-2025. Fees semester-wise (₹62,000–₹66,000 total), exam pattern (TEE), study material on eGyanKosh, Bhubaneswar regional centre, application process, eligibility, and full ROI analysis for general category working professionals.