Madhukar Prabhakara
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The urge to stick it to someone


I’m in a prospect call with a colleague, talking to a prospect we haven’t spoken to in about 2 years. Last time, this person chose…
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Data collection tools should do more


I have used various data collection tools to collect data over many years. Having had the opportunity to work with organizations that heavily rely on…
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Configuring AWS SES to allow sending emails from specific ip addresses only


I started using AWS SES to allow my open-source application https://appsare.com to send email notifications. I enabled SES on my account. Configured my domain appsare.com…
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Vibe coding: My personal experience


I decided to vibe code a feature I am building for my open-source uptime monitoring app : https://appsare.com So, since it’s an uptime monitoring tool,…
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Forcing myself to not ignore costs when building


I have come to a conclusion after pandering with many different thoughts and ideas that making more money than you spend is the only way…
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AI is fantastic, but don’t stop learning to code


Have been using AI for a couple of my projects actively. Right now I use just vscode with Github copilot. Here is how I am…
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Laravel and Golang, a match made in heaven


I have been tinkering with an app idea for some time now and I think its coming along really well. One of the main functionalities…
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In the future, people simply capable of thinking will be invaluable


Have been using AI since the early days of Open AI and it has been nothing short of amazing. I use it actively for web…
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How to create Custom notification channels in Laravel


Recently, I needed to integrate Pushover with my app so users could connect their individual Pushover accounts and get push messages from my web app…
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Free Uptime monitoring app for your webapp – without the compromise


Uptime monitoring of web applications has gotten expensive. Well, there are many free tools out here but they almost always make us compromise on the…

Madhukar Shedthikere Prabhakara
CTO @sopact