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OTC CatchUp #227

Date: 15-03-2025

Duration: 4 hrs 10 mins

Topics Discussed

  • General Introductions.

  • Dekho Updates by Dheeraj Lalwani and Chirag Lulla:

    • Implemented thumbnail support for videos (using the first frame as the thumbnail).

  • Microsoft’s is rewriting TypeScript in Go.

  • Pratik Thakare asked some regarding aspect ratio challenges during image printing, converting SVG to PNG, and redrawing images in the terminal.

  • We talked a bit about Nvidia GPU shipping delays, and new AMD GPUs RX 9000 series.

    • PS5 utilizes advanced upscaling methods to deliver 4K resolution.

Projects Showcased

  • Soham showcased his solutions for a CTF challenge by Hack the Box.

    • He showcased the usage of GDB to debug the binary and find the flag.

  • Ayush Shukla showcased his usage of Kafka and Node.js to build a set of APIs for a shop project.

Attendees

  1. Alpesh Bhagwatkar

  2. Bhavesh Kukreja

  3. Chirag Lulla

  4. Dheeraj Lalwani (Dhiru)

  5. Hardik Raheja

  6. Kartik Soneji

  7. Mohit Gangwani

  8. Pranav Dani

  9. Pratik Thakare

  10. Ramyak Mehra

  11. Swapnil Borkar

  12. Viranchee L

  13. Abhinav Singh

  14. Antariksh Pratham

  15. Ayush Shukla

  16. Faiz Khan

  17. Gautam

  18. Soham - LUEE KASAUDHAN

  19. Manish Dusa

  20. Prakhar Gupta

  21. Prashant R Dalai

  22. Ram Naik

  23. Ratul Dawar

  24. Rishit Dagli CA

  25. Sahil Bansal

  26. Smarika Malviya

  27. Uma Iyer

  28. dipti gandhi

  29. karan ahuja

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