Ideas & updates
Security, piracy and engineering deep dives, plus practical ideas for growing your institute. From the team building Upclass.
What institutes really pay per sale on their own gateway, how the UPI MDR from 15 October 2026 changes things, and when a revenue share costs less, with a worked example.
Leaked lectures on Telegram, YouTube or Drive? A 72-hour plan: save evidence, report every copy in the right order, escalate when needed, and close the gap.
How certificates, chains and certificate authorities make public keys trustworthy, India's licensed certifying authorities, and the move to short-lived certificates.
No DRM is unbreakable. How it gets defeated in practice, from the analogue hole and software-only levels to HDCP strippers, compromised devices, shared logins and insiders.
DRM, recording blocks, corner watermarks and trust in students all feel like protection. Why eight common piracy myths fail, and what to ask a vendor instead.
Browser, CDN, reverse proxy, app memory, Redis and database: what each caching layer stores, who shares it, and how one results-day request moves through them.
Autoscaling is a feedback loop of metrics, policies and limits. How AWS Auto Scaling groups use target tracking, warm-up, warm pools and health checks, and what doesn't scale.
Why opening database connections is expensive, how pools lend and reuse them, two-tier pooling on large systems, Django's pool options, and the settings that matter.
Decryption turns ciphertext back into readable data with the right key. A worked AES-GCM example, the kinds of keys involved, and why attackers target the moment of decryption.
Encoding changes format, encryption hides data and hashing fingerprints it. A side-by-side table, a task-by-task guide, and where salts, peppers and obfuscation fit.
What the DPDP Act 2023 and DPDP Rules 2025 require of coaching institutes: notices, consent, parental consent, security, breach reporting, retention and the May 2027 deadline.
One paid account can feed a whole network of Telegram channels. How leaked lectures travel, who makes money from them, why takedowns alone don't end it, and the warning signs.
Fix your enquiry funnel before buying leads, market results within the CCPA's rules, use demo classes and free tests, build referrals, and keep students engaged so they renew.
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