Tech Tips, Tricks & Trivia

This Week I Learned -  *  Rishikesh Sreehari has created NPSNAV.in  website that hosts India's NPS Fund Database & API. You can access the latest NPS NAV and complete historical data for free. You can use the API programmatically or integrate live fund values into Google Sheets, Excel, or other tools. I needed an easy way to check the 52-week high and low of some schemes, so I vibe-coded a sample using the NPSNAV.in API which can be re-used for any NPS scheme. * Similarly, I used the free MFAPI.in API by Yuvaraj Loganathan to visualize the multi‑year NAV history of any Indian mutual fund scheme. The code sample shows seasonal patterns and the 52‑week high/low levels for any MF scheme at a glance. * These ChatGPT prompts can help you learn a new language. *  Nitter.net is an open-source alternative Twitter front-end   *  Invidious is an open source alternative front-end to YouTube   *  Adafruit IO is a cloud service by Adafru...

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