https://sr1k7nth.is-a.dev/blog Posts by Srikanth. en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:16:22 GMT https://sr1k7nth.is-a.dev/blog/attendance-tracker/the-idea-and-how-the-system-works https://sr1k7nth.is-a.dev/blog/attendance-tracker/the-idea-and-how-the-system-works Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:16:17 GMT Problem The ERP portal at my college was ugly to begin with, and apart from a per subject percentage it gave you no real analysis of your attendance. I used to screenshot every attendance page and then manually calculate my overall percentage and worse, how many classes I could miss or had to attend to hold a safe percentage. It was way too much work to keep up with every semester. So why not automate it? Solution Build a system that scrapes the portal and hands back the calculations and analytics on a mobile first web app. User flow 1. Enter the portal ID + password . 2. The credentials are s