Akashdeep Dhar

📍 Pune, MH https://gridhead.net/

Arriving At Flock To Fedora 2025

On June 3rd 2025, we began our almost twenty-eight hours long onwards journey that took us from Kolkata to Prague through Dubai and Vienna. Despite tiredness, Sumantro and I were looking forward to participating in the Flock To Fedora 2025 conference and meeting our community friends in person.

Loadouts For Genshin Impact v0.1.9 Released

Loadouts for Genshin Impact v0.1.9 is OUT NOW with the addition of support for newly released artifacts, characters and weapons from Genshin Impact v5.7 Phase 1. Consider utilizing the released binaries from GitHub and PyPI, and contributing to this free and open source software project.

Pagure Exporter v0.1.4 Released

In the first half of 2025, communities like those of Fedora Project, CentOS Project and OpenSUSE Project were migrating their projects away from Pagure. The v0.1.4 release of Pagure Exporter helps significantly with the heavylifting involved and this article covers my experiences as its architect.

Storytelling Analysis - Treasured Above All

Genshin Impact's story quests are often heartfelt or wholesome but rarely as nuanced as Escoffier’s story quest Dulciaria Structura Act I that explores themes like rumours, blackmail, suicide, nihilism etc. It is not perfect but I loved the attention to detail and wanted to analyse the storytelling.

Loadouts For Genshin Impact v0.1.8 Released

Loadouts for Genshin Impact v0.1.8 is OUT NOW with the addition of support for newly released artifacts, characters and weapons from Genshin Impact v5.6 Phase 1. Consider utilizing the released binaries from GitHub and PyPI, and contributing to this free and open source software project.

Expecting Accountability In Open Source

I have long struggled with expecting accountability due to concerns about potential conflicts, fears of negative perception and doubts about self-worth - especially with friends. With personal empathy and shared responsibility, we can build an open source culture where growth and commitment thrive.

Loadouts For Genshin Impact v0.1.7 Released

Loadouts for Genshin Impact v0.1.7 is OUT NOW with the addition of support for newly released artifacts, characters and weapons from Genshin Impact v5.5 Phase 1. Consider utilizing the released binaries from GitHub and PyPI, and contributing to this free and open source software project.

Departing From FOSDEM 2025

The returning journey from FOSDEM 2025 took me from Brussels to Kolkata through Dubai, where the journey was saved by some interesting discussion with a friendly elderly couple, some amazing action movie screenings, some rushing at the layover destination, and some bother from nearby troubling kids.

Day Two - FOSDEM 2025

The second day of FOSDEM 2025 presented a distinctive group of obstacles to overcome and winnings to receive with my assignment to various roles like doorkeeper, micrunner and emcee at the Distributions Devroom while I was making time for friendly conversations and struggling with the injured foot.

Day One - FOSDEM 2025

The first day of FOSDEM 2025 ended up being both a challenging and rewarding outing even for someone who had the experience of representing Fedora Project and CentOS Project three times before due to factors like populous location, inadequate respite, tricky conversations and disorderly encounters.