Day to day stories of a software engineerhttps://2403tales.com/https://2403tales.com/posts/exporting-mssql-tables-to-csvjson/https://2403tales.com/posts/exporting-mssql-tables-to-csvjson/MSSQL doesn't provides any straightforward CLI utilties to export data in common formats like CSV or JSON. To tackle this, I developed a script using polars library in Python.Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:27:24 GMThttps://2403tales.com/posts/js-quirks-sorting-array-of-numbers/https://2403tales.com/posts/js-quirks-sorting-array-of-numbers/Sorting numbers in JS isn't as straightforward as you think. You'll have to explicitly pass a comparator.Sun, 22 Oct 2023 12:13:24 GMThttps://2403tales.com/posts/efficiently-grouping-sambam-file-by-reference-name-using-awk/https://2403tales.com/posts/efficiently-grouping-sambam-file-by-reference-name-using-awk/A simple Awk oneliner to group SAM/BAM contents by reference names (or other fields).Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:13:24 GMThttps://2403tales.com/posts/libraries-vs-frameworks/https://2403tales.com/posts/libraries-vs-frameworks/An attempt to explain the difference between libraries and frameworksWed, 27 Sep 2023 12:13:24 GMThttps://2403tales.com/posts/the-curious-case-of-missing-hyphens/https://2403tales.com/posts/the-curious-case-of-missing-hyphens/Looks can be deceptive! This article discusses the bugs that arise due to different representations of similar looking symbols, and why do we need them in first place.Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:13:24 GMThttps://2403tales.com/posts/chromedriver-vs-geckodriver/https://2403tales.com/posts/chromedriver-vs-geckodriver/Managing PDF downloads with Geckodriver is easier than ChromedriverFri, 11 Aug 2023 12:13:24 GMThttps://2403tales.com/posts/leveraging-encodings-to-speedup-grep/https://2403tales.com/posts/leveraging-encodings-to-speedup-grep/A guide on how to use grep efficiently (if your data allows it)Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:13:24 GMThttps://2403tales.com/posts/python-functions-on-steroids/https://2403tales.com/posts/python-functions-on-steroids/TIL that you can attach custom properties to a function in Python. I tried to explore its usecases.Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:13:24 GMT