Hi, I’m Mayank Gupta.
Here you’ll find my ramblings about Web Strategy, Digital Experience Platforms (DXP), Web Development, Marketing Technology, Team Management, Leadership, and a little bit about my life.
What others says about me?
Also impressive is the constant and continued enthusiasm Mayank brings to his work and workplace, – I have seldom seen someone so consistently go the extra mile and doing so with a smile and swing in his step.
~ Nik Crosina
I usually introduce him to my colleagues and friends as someone who has answers to all my questions that Google doesn’t. With Mayank, it’s that feeling where you know someone is always there to get everything back on track, you just need to mention it to him!
~ Satyam Gambhir
Watch, Read, Listen
The software is wrong, not the people!
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Quoted below is the whole post that I published back in 2011. And of course me being me, I let it die with the previous versions of this site. And if not for the archive.org, this would’ve been lost completely. Thank you Archive.org! Due to WordPress Vs WPEngine debacle, which has been covered in depth…
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
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in BooksIt’s a very practical book and a must read/listen for anyone and everyone. If anything – this book should be taught in schools, say 10th to 12th grade students. That way, they’ll learn about the reality of finance, investing and money management at just the right age – where it won’t be too overwhelming for…
OS war is truly over!
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in TechBack in the Reviewsauarus days, I wrote a blog post, which became popular thanks to Digg (anyone remembers it?). The post was about Windows Vs Linux and in it, I had to defend Windows even though it was the most popular desktop OS at the time with more than 98% market share. At the time,…
Evolve Drupal 2024 -ATL
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in EventsA couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Evolve Drupal Atlanta event. It was a long but fun and educational day! #EvolveDrupal. Whether it was meeting Karim Marucchi or listening to his talk about DXPs or meeting Maya Schaeffer, Ankrish Khanna, Suzanne Dergacheva, Alex Dergachev and the rest of the Evolving…
Wardley Mapping – Business strategy made easy
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in StrategyThe world of business strategy got a lot more interesting when Simon Wardley decided to share the mapping technique through his book – Wardley Maps. Simon was kind enough to release this book for free and I’d highly recommend reading it. What are Wardley Maps? Wardley Maps, is a strategic thinking and communication tool used…
HestiaCP backups saves the day!
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in TechA couple of days ago, I was exploring a few things on my VPS only to realize that while installing or removing any package from Ubuntu distro – I was presented with this error – “sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)”. And like any part time sysadmin I decided to Google the solution and…
Guide: setting up remote backup on hestia
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in GuidesTo setup remote backups on Hestia CP, here’s what you need to do. 2. Go to Configure 3. Expand Backups and then select Remote Backup. Hestia offers FTP, SFTP, Backblaze, Rclone as options. And since it offers Rclone – I guess pretty much all popular backup options are at your fingertips! Although, I prefer direct…
How to make self-hosted WordPress fast and secure
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in GuidesLet’s be honest, running a self-hosted WordPress site in today’s world is no easy job and can be quite expensive or time consuming. In fact, those who know me would be able to tell that I wouldn’t look beyond WordPress but the hassle of managing the site made me explore various static site generators –…
Blocker for Ad-blockers?
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#Ad-blockers have become vital for safe and privacy focused browsing. While there are ad-networks who follow good code of conduct and would only approve ads that don’t insert malicious scripts or track the users heavily, there are a lot of ad-networks who couldn’t care less as they are trying to make money. I’ve been a…
