Blog – Sushant Mondal

Sushant Mondal's blog: low-level tech notes, builds, and occasional fun stuff.


Renvatek Quartz-1 passes all 39 RISC-V ACT4 architectural compliance tests

2026-08-12 (updated 2026-09-01)

Filed under: Hardware

What’s Renvatek and this core about? On this month’s very first day, I bought two .com domains: renvatek.com (canonical) and renvatech.com (redirect). Pretty sure the name “Renvatek” is pronounceable by almost everyone (hopefully). From now on, the entity “Renvatek” will serve as my in-house computational-cores designing powerhouse! And the good news is that I have […]

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Creating a unified coding style guide for GitHub and GitLab

2026-07-20 (updated 2026-09-01)

Filed under: Coding/Programming

The author established a GitHub organization to promote shared coding guidelines for collaborative projects with his brother and future team members. This repository encourages contributions in various programming languages, ensuring consistency through established conventions. It simplifies the process for first-time contributors to submit pull requests effectively.

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How to start writing HDL, like SystemVerilog, as a total beginner

2026-07-13 (updated 2026-09-01)

Filed under: Hardware

Skip paid courses. Learn SystemVerilog and HDL basics by reading real RTL code and watching YouTube tutorials instead.

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“amavisd.service failed” error when installing Plesk Email Security extension

2026-07-12 (updated 2026-09-01)

Filed under: Server Hosting

amavisd fails due to a missing Perl module. Fix it with: sudo dnf install perl-DBD-MySQL -y, then restart the service.

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