vivekpatil94

GeoIP Block NGINX Ubuntu 20.04

Block or filter IPs based on location in Nginx (tested on 1.18.0) on Ubuntu 20.04.

Install Nginx modules

To make use of the geographical filtering, we must first install the Nginx GeoIP module as well as the GeoIP database containing the mappings between visitors’ IP addresses and their respective countries. To do so, let’s execute:

$ sudo apt install libnginx-mod-http-geoip geoip-database

vivekpatil94

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would