<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Notes on Prakash Khadka</title><link>https://prakash-khadka.com.np/notes/</link><description>Recent content in Notes on Prakash Khadka</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://prakash-khadka.com.np/notes/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Back to Hack The Box</title><link>https://prakash-khadka.com.np/notes/getting-started-with-hack-the-box/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://prakash-khadka.com.np/notes/getting-started-with-hack-the-box/</guid><description>&lt;p>Getting back into Hack The Box to spend some time hacking again.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Pwn-ing over 100 machines was quite an achievement, but eventually work took priority and I drifted away from the platform. It&amp;rsquo;s been more than five years since I last spent time on HTB.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Now I&amp;rsquo;m picking it up again, tackling a few machines whenever I have some free time and seeing if I still have what it takes to pwn them.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Why I Prefer SLOs Over Uptime Targets</title><link>https://prakash-khadka.com.np/notes/slos-over-uptime/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://prakash-khadka.com.np/notes/slos-over-uptime/</guid><description>&lt;h1 class="heading" id="understanding-slos-and-error-budgets">
 Understanding SLOs and Error Budgets
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&lt;p>&amp;ldquo;We need 99.99% uptime&amp;rdquo; sounds like a clear goal, but what does it actually mean for users?&lt;/p>
&lt;p>A service can be up while users are experiencing failed requests or slow responses. Uptime alone doesn&amp;rsquo;t tell us whether the service is working as expected.&lt;/p>
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 What is an SLO?
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&lt;p>An SLO (Service Level Objective) defines how reliable a service should be. It consists of three parts:&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>