https://blogs.kastuv.com.np/posts/Recent content in Posts on Kastuv TuladharHugoen-USMon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blogs.kastuv.com.np/posts/nontech-cat-world/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blogs.kastuv.com.np/posts/nontech-cat-world/<h2 id="cats-are-crazy">Cats are crazy</h2> <h2 id="she-purrs">She purrs</h2>https://blogs.kastuv.com.np/posts/telecom-ipran-network/Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:29:01 +0800https://blogs.kastuv.com.np/posts/telecom-ipran-network/<!--  --> <p>This is a throwback blog when I was working as a <em><strong>Datacom engineer</strong></em> in a <em><strong>Huawei Technologies</strong></em>. 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Later on, I felt the requirement to automate the process as the data was just too much to deal with manually. I started thinking an easy way to move all the scopes with just one click sorta zero touch provisioning.</p>https://blogs.kastuv.com.np/posts/network-inventory/Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:57:40 +0800https://blogs.kastuv.com.np/posts/network-inventory/<blockquote> <p><em><strong>Scenario:</strong></em> I was asked to send an inventory reports every month that demands lots of tweaking/calculations, handle multiple files to get the desired result. At first, I was doing everything on excel, it took me hours and hours and I needed to do it every end of the month. It was daunting 😥.</p> <p>After working through <code>excel formula → get data → get chart → send report</code>. It was a great time to try automate the task. Here is the gist of it.</p> </blockquote>