Yatri Trivedi
Contributing since September, 2010
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About Yatri Trivedi
Yatri Trivedi is a backend developer, Pythonista, and Linux enthusiast. He has been programming and self-hosting services for a decade, and has been a Linux user for two.
As a life-long tech enthusiast, Yatri actually wrote for How-To Geek back in 2010. He has been tinkering with Linux for twenty-six years, starting with RedHat 5 and Mandrake. Since then he's been running home and cloud servers for a variety of self-hosting and home labbing projects. The
Over the last decade, Yatri has been working at a variety of startups, both in NYC and remotely. Using Python and other languages to glue APIs together, manage deployments, and to automate, he's built a focus around DevOps. Somewhat rare for his field, he also enjoys documentation.
Technology aside, Yatri is an avid home cook, linguaphile, short fiction writer, and Hindu priest. He is a voracious researcher and enthusiastic in conversations about his interests.
Latest Articles
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How to Turn Your Home Ubuntu PC Into a LAMP Web Server
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You may have noticed that the default installation of Audacity doesn’t have built-in support for MP3s due to licensing issues. Here’s how to add it i
The How-To Geek Guide to Audio Editing: The Basics
Ever get the urge to edit some audio but you’re not sure where to start? Settle in with this HTG guide to the free audio editor Audacity that’s writte
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The Twelve Days of Geekmas
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Need to move a virtual machine, only to find that copying and pasting doesn’t work? Perhaps you just want to know what to backup? Take a l
The Eightfold Noble Geek Path
Dealing with computers day in and day out can be a harrowing experience. In difficult times, or even when things are idle, finding some spirituality
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If you have a home server powered by Linux, you’ll probably be upgrading your OS every so often. Here are some important files to back up and so
How To Harmonize Your Dual-Boot Setup for Windows and Ubuntu
Looking for some harmony between Windows 7 and Ubuntu in your dual-boot setup? Here are a few ways you can make the tense OS situation a little more