The Irregular Journal of a Pseudo-Random Software Engineer
Cross-posted from Goodreads It’s said that Coming into the Country is one of the finest books on Alaska and wilderness ever written. That may be true, but I wouldn’t know as this is the only book on wilderness I’ve read. I picked up this book from The Tim Ferriss Show podcast episode with David Heinemeier […]
Cross-posted from Goodreads The book presents a collection of simple and neat ideas around how to think about managing your money. Notice my emphasis on “how to think about managing” rather than “how to manage.” I guess the title itself makes it abundantly clear that rather than discussing “proven” formulae for increasing your wealth it […]
I cannot be happier to write my comeback post to say that I’ve joined Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. A8C is an open-source-focused, remote-first, distributed company that has many other cool products in its arsenal, like WooCommerce, Gravatar, Day One, and Tumblr. I’ve joined the WooCommerce division. Joining this wonderful bunch of like-minded people […]
This is the second part of a two-part series. This episode is hosted by AnuRock. In the last episode we were joined by Rakesh and Gautam to talk about micro frontends. We discussed the origins of micro frontends and dissected its various integration approaches. Today we will continue our discussion with Rakesh and Gautam. Topics: […]
This is the first part of a two-part series. To be continued in Ep. 5. This episode is hosted by AnuRock. Today we are joined by Rakesh and Gautam to talk about micro frontends. Rakesh Menon is a Senior Experience Technology Architect and a polyglot developer who specializes in JavaScript. He works with different teams […]
This episode is hosted by AnuRock. Today we are joined by Manish to talk about performance. Manish is a Senior Architect Experience Technology. He is currently part of a digital transformation project in retail domain for an Australian client through an omni-channel solution to improve time of market of features across brands and channels in […]
Cross-posted from Goodreads Practical, on-the-ground tips from a long-time FBI hostage negotiator. While some tips from hostage crises may not translate 1:1 to business or personal negotiations, most of them do (you’ll instinctively feel so). The author does an excellent job in pushing across two major takeaways — (a) you cannot separate out emotion from […]
This episode is hosted by AnuRock. Today we are joined by Venkata Giribabu Jeedigunta to talk about Flutter. Giri is a manager experience technology with a diverse skillset and experience across the full stack. He’s been a Flutter enthusiast and advocate ever since finding it and falling in love with it a couple of years […]
Cross-posted from Goodreads Dark Matter is a rare, well-written concoction of science fiction and thrill. It is a tale that illustrates the horrors of living in the multiverse, reminiscent of how Chistopher Nolan’s Interstellar told of the horrors of time travel. Through all the shock and terror, it’s a story of a ‘regular’ family man […]
Cross-posted from Goodreads Seneca, Musonius, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius… these famous Roman stoics would be happy to see their philosophies being passed on to the twenty-first-century civilization with a pragmatic simplicity. This one has to be one of the few philosophical books written in a clear, direct, and instructive language. Understanding the Stoic way of life […]