tapan_k

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Who Will Be the Tim Noakes of IT?(bizcommunity.com)
1 points by tapan_k 10y ago|0 comments
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Why I wrote a book on Go programming(medium.com)
1 points by tapan_k 10y ago|0 comments
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by tapan_k 10y ago
Thank you!
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by tapan_k 10y ago
> I tell students that the best way to make an impact is to focus on the details Thank you for the insight in your last paragraph. Do you have references that will help me explore this even more?
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by tapan_k 10y ago
> Confusion about roles can lead to conflicts. Agree. Accountability is the key here (this is not about authority). If things do not pan out as expected, the PM must be answerable, and to be in that position, [s]he must have the ability
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How to Be Unpersuasive(blog.dilbert.com)
18 points by tapan_k 10y ago|11 comments
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by tapan_k 10y ago
My email is in my profile. :) tapan (AT) karecha (DOT) com
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by tapan_k 10y ago
I can take take a look. (Thanks for the $10 offer, but no thanks).
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ESA and Inmarsat deploy real-time “4D” air traffic control system(arstechnica.com)
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by tapan_k 10y ago
> This year saw the publication of the fourth and final volume of Samuel Beckett’s letters, The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, representing his correspondence from the age of 60 to his death at the age of 83. History has many exam
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by tapan_k 10y ago
> I miss Seattle, the weather, the city, and the people :-) Rare for someone to appreciate the weather in Seattle. Can you tell us more about your perspective?
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by tapan_k 10y ago
And, there are 15 more days to go in 2016
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One Uber rider took 3,135 rides in 2016(dnaindia.com)
3 points by tapan_k 10y ago|1 comments
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NASA: RFP for the Next New Frontiers Mission(arstechnica.com)
2 points by tapan_k 10y ago|1 comments
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by tapan_k 10y ago
I find it much more helpful to think in terms of why and what we will test rather than how much will we test. This approach resolves a few of the frequently debated issues around testing, such as: 1. Should I test first, or test later? 2. W
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Tests Are About Design(openmymind.net)
2 points by tapan_k 10y ago|1 comments
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by tapan_k 10y ago
Excellent list. I would like to add a couple of things that have worked for me: 1. Ensure sufficient sleep (varies for each individual) 2. Identify and manage sources of stress 3. Practice mindfulness meditation Doing the above ensures that
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The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher (1991)(cantrip.org)
5 points by tapan_k 10y ago|0 comments
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by tapan_k 10y ago
It is plausible that the plant imagery in these texts is unrecognisable because these have changed beyond recognition. Take a look at this[1] to see how the fruits we know today looked very different in the past. [1]: http://www.
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by tapan_k 10y ago
The lure of an IDE! I am having a hard time making up my mind on IDE v/s basic tools that help debug, compile, test, etc. On one hand, IDE provide the ease of development, especially if you have used one in the past. On the other hand,
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Golang code comprehension tools [2015](blog.ralch.com)
2 points by tapan_k 10y ago|1 comments
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by tapan_k 10y ago
+1 for Github Pages + Cloudflare Wish there was a poll option on HN. How are you going to count OP? Will you share the results?
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by tapan_k 10y ago
Thank you so much for posting these links. I started reading How to Solve It and am a few pages in, and am so happy to have found this book. This is the value that I find here at HN that keeps me coming back every day. The new tools and new
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by tapan_k 10y ago
I joined the software industry after getting tired of all the [sometimes seemingly mindless] rigours of the construction industry that I worked for at the time. I wanted freedom, such as work anywhere anytime. Now, the pendulum has swung to
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by tapan_k 10y ago
> I do love wearing a uniform of my choice Every uniform is someone's choice. If it's my own, I love it. If it's someone else's then it's a hit or miss -- I will either love it or hate it. Rigid rules are a bane
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Wear Your Uniform(8thlight.com)
4 points by tapan_k 10y ago|2 comments
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by tapan_k 10y ago
> While at Google, his framework for career development led to more than a 10-point bump on engagement scores across hundreds of employees. This caught my attention too. It is not clear if these improvements were sustained over an exten
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Saving the Internet of Things(cringely.com)
3 points by tapan_k 10y ago|0 comments
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by tapan_k 10y ago
> Another solution could be encouraging personal projects. Agree. This is necessary to encourage learning, which helps keep people sharp, which in turn benefits the projects that they are working on in the day job. Even if the technology
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by tapan_k 10y ago
Another reason to not just use Google fonts is to make sure they do not - even if unwittingly - give an impression that the Go language is controlled by Google. This is an open source initiative (at least in spirit) and needs to make choice

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