krishnakv

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by krishnakv 11y ago
The first I heard about jet.com was through this hanselminutes podcast - http://hanselminutes.com/494/jetcom-scales-with-azure-f-and-... . Their tech stack looks interesting and despite the anecdotes from this thread an
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by krishnakv 14y ago
In this case, the article is clearly a piece that's advocating coffee drinking. When research crosses over from "setting up and experiment and proving/ disproving a hypothesis" to "advocating something as good or not good in general", its i
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by krishnakv 14y ago
> Proportions seem about the same to me. Are you sure the proportion was the same? Reason I am asking is because for people who are bad at programming, there are various process/ management roles available that might better suit. It see
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by krishnakv 14y ago
Some really good advice here, zedshaw, thank you! One thing I might add is, develop a pipeline for writing (1) don't judge your first draft, (2) schedule time to review each draft and edit ruthlessly, (3) edit once more before publishing. T
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by krishnakv 14y ago
I think the reason may be less nefarious. This election is a case study of how much reality can diverge from expectations. And how people can hold on to these expectations till the very last moment, even though data says otherwise. For this
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by krishnakv 14y ago
I am not convinced this is important. Look at the scale, against a base number of 12M+ facebook likes, losing hundreds is a rounding error. The OP seems to be getting the slant on his graph by manipulating it in rather grotesque ways. P.S.
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by krishnakv 14y ago
@Jacques, the people who host blogs on your network are lucky :-). I wish more businesses emulate the good example you are setting by thinking about your "customers" success...
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by krishnakv 14y ago
Signed up! Most programmers start-up something around the SAAS space, just because its within their field of expertise and I can see how a hybrid product + online app is a size-able competitive advantage. Its also a creative challenge. Look
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by krishnakv 14y ago
Just one issue with that. If Microsoft is storing the hash, how does it know what the original password was and whether it was greater than 16 chars? If the algorithm is as above, then I just have to enter a password greater than 16 chars a
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by krishnakv 14y ago
So do I hear a +1 for good social security? Looks like a very clear line from having social security and a safety net to leading in science, tech and inventions/ start-ups, which is growth, i.e. the lifeblood of any economy.
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by krishnakv 14y ago
@srean, I support your post as a balanced view. What the author has written cannot be the median view, given its paints India as full of hucksters, crooks and people struggling by the roadside with unwashed shit on their clothes. Though the
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by krishnakv 14y ago
cue the theme music for "Burn Notice" ... :-)
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by krishnakv 14y ago
Its cool if the manager means it when he says - take this ninja and take pictures and do fun things and MEANS it Its NOT cool if the manager gives you this stuffed toy because someone else told him it would be a good idea and its the new co
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by krishnakv 14y ago
I think the author addresses this quite effectively in the article starting with: "I'm sure some people reading this are going to say "But language FrobBub has had NoduleFoos for years cretin!"." Priceless :-).
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by krishnakv 14y ago
I program Go on both emacs and sublime text 2, very good support for both editors.
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by krishnakv 14y ago
At that point, I would just drop the person who I dislike the most to the bottom of the bucket. After all, as a manager, I have no choice but to fill that slot, and given every-one has performed well on the job, what other heuristic can I u
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by krishnakv 14y ago
Read the article closely it says "Every current and former Microsoft employee I interviewed—every one—cited stack ranking as the most destructive process inside of Microsoft, something that drove out untold numbers of employees". Are you sa
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by krishnakv 14y ago
The major point the came out for me from the article is how destructing ranking people "against a curve" is. "Every current and former Microsoft employee I interviewed—every one—cited stack ranking as the most destructive process inside of
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by krishnakv 14y ago
Is it possible that our reaction to techies and what they can do comes entirely from within? i.e. the geeks are not really doing anything to intimidate the rest of us, they are just going about their daily lives. Its us who are assigning sp
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by krishnakv 14y ago
+1 on "root cause" being the field rather than "person to blame". "person to blame" pre-supposes that the root cause is a person, which is not true in most cases. While programmers do introduce bugs due to oversight, I have seen that system
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by krishnakv 14y ago
"When Google was a young company, she worked 130 hours per week and often slept at her desk." - Nothing from the article suggests this is an edge case. Instead the author seems to perpetuate a very dangerous meme "toughen up and work insane
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by krishnakv 14y ago
IMHO, its not fair to compare Go libraries (at this stage) with the more mature implementation of libraries in C++ and Java. That will come with adoption, but even at this early stage, the set of libraries that come with go offer a lot of p
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by krishnakv 17y ago
I second this. In addition, +1 for Eric Sink. Also check out "The Knack" by Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham. In the end, though, no book can prepare you for starting up,
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by krishnakv 18y ago
I believe strongly in a set of "semi-religious" axioms (from advaita vedanta) that keeps me functional, productive and happy. I strive to be a good son, colleague, friend, etc but within the boundaries of this framework, it makes me ha
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by krishnakv 18y ago
I don't find this essay controversial, just insightful. I can see there are places where you are exaggerated for effect etc, but overall, the essay rings true. Am I missing something :-)?