A passionate programmer, software architect, and a enthusiastic observer of internet technologies and usage. Having worked in a variety of roles, the essential passion that drives me is that of a Programmer. Architecture and Design issues excite me, C++, Java and Python I am quite competent at, and Scala is one where I would like to get there.

Archive for July, 2009


Tweets for 2009-07-31

@surya_s @davetron5000 check out http://tinyurl.com/mouols (see the URL) also http://tinyurl.com/25nvod in reply to surya_s #
RT: @surya_s: RT: @mamund: iPhone Hack Exposed: The Key Facts http://ff.im/-5XtDM #

Tweets for 2009-07-30

How the programmer who wanted to fix everything earned a promotion (by @TheDailyWtf) http://bit.ly/FdND7 #
Tips on using python's datetimemodule (via @bstpierre) #
So true! RT: @jboner: RT @dysinger "Programming is like sex, one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life." #
RT: @markhneedham, @floydmarinescu When you're an architect, your job is [...]

links for 2009-07-29

The best way to load external JavaScript
(tags: javascript performance)

Tweets for 2009-07-29

Ola Bini: Re2j – a small lexer generator for Java http://ff.im/-5RqHq #
JavaInvoke allows you to spawn additional Java VMs during testing http://ff.im/-5RqHr #
OpenID for Google Apps is Here, But Not Everybody's Happy – @rww http://ff.im/-5RqRb #
Sun Dev N/w : JDK 7 support for Dynamically Typed Languages in the JVM http://tinyurl.com/mrof5s #
Incremental Delivery and Continuous Design [...]

Tweets for 2009-07-28

Static Typing vs. Dynamic Typing : a 3 line blog post by @mfeathers http://ff.im/-5Onjy #
RT: @KentBeck: interesting approach to introducing agile dev: "a third of you will be gone" http://tinyurl.com/mfwkhr apparently worked! #
Dobbs Code Talk – Version Control with Git Book Review http://ff.im/-5PiXc #
Dobbs Code Talk – Thanks, Tom : Mark Nelson gets angry [...]

Tweets for 2009-07-27

@sbidwai @surya_s Ha, with one stroke you've got the REST and messaging fans cheering for you n the RCP / SOA fans frowing at you. in reply to sbidwai #
ComposedRegex : How to make your Regular Expression strings Readable by @martinfowler – http://martinfowler.com/bliki/ComposedRegex.html #
NSFW: Hilarious Fault-Tolerance Cartoon http://ff.im/-5LOGr #
Interesting discussion with @mike__kelly Does representation format [...]

Tweets for 2009-07-24

Slight change @headius : I'm a Taste Driven Drinker (TDD) not a Behaviour Driven Drinker (BDD .. an alcoholic) re: http://is.gd/1JVtr #
@testertested @testrepublic am actually wondering what such an open source mentoring system is likely to offer as features. in reply to testertested #
RT: @debasishg: lots of twitter clones based on key/value stores .. #cassandra [...]

Tweets for 2009-07-23

Had a strange day today. Architecture could undergo a radical change. Am excited (at the much bigger challenge), concerned n fatigued. #
@psnively sure in reply to psnively #
"Hello World" book for teaching kids s/w programming uses Python as the sample language. Excellent choice http://is.gd/1I8wx (via @surya_s) #
@psnively Interestingly our interactions provided a great [...]

Tweets for 2009-07-22

Hmm many tweets about Eucalyptus : The Open Source Amazon API compatible cloud platform – http://www.eucalyptus.com/ #
LOL! RT: @sduskis RT @ptrthomas Enterprise Service Bus: what hapless developers are thrown under when an Enterprise Architect is let loose #
@sbtourist count me in as one more person who wonders why there was a GWT. in reply to [...]

Tweets for 2009-07-21

Is this RESTful? http://ff.im/-5uBIe #
Agile Roots—Complex Adaptive Systems Theory http://ff.im/-5uBIf #
Discussion between @mike__kelly and @serialseb on URI naming, uniqueness, aliasing etc. nice one. http://tinyurl.com/mlc97z #

links for 2009-07-20

InfoQ: Pragmatic Real-World Scala
(tags: scala presentation programming talk)

Tweets for 2009-07-20

Coding Horror: Software Engineering: Dead? by @codinghorror "what we do is craftsmanship, not engineering" +1 http://ff.im/-5rGwY #
Against all the odds by @highscalability "Everyone doesn't need a rdb". ACID vs. CAP http://ff.im/-5rHgO #
Nice blog : restful web services cookbook http://bit.ly/tndoC #
"Project Zeus" — How to Build a Cloud http://ff.im/-5rLjg #
Monday’s Musings: Why On-Premise Vendors and SI’s [...]

Tweets for 2009-07-19

InfoQ: Pragmatic Real-World Scala http://ff.im/-5rfS2 #

Tweets for 2009-07-16

RT: @andreisavu: Workflow Engine – To Build or Not to Build One? http://ff.im/-5hIuR #

Tweets for 2009-07-15

Python decorators in ruby by @wycatz .The comments make gr8 reading http://bit.ly/C18Fs
via @headius #
I like this kind of blog posts. Focused and informative. RT: @surya_s Jira Plugin: Unique Issue ID Across the Projects http://ff.im/-5euVc #

Presentation : ReST explained

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Tweets for 2009-07-10

Hibernate query cache considered harmful http://bit.ly/wHvxC
by @puredanger in reply to puredanger #
@shrinik Always. But to try to keep it low in reply to shrinik #
@shrinik It shouldn't be used as a productiveness benchmark – but instead as an expressiveness indicator. Better code always takes fewer LOC in reply to shrinik #
@shrinik KLOCs. [...]

Tweets for 2009-07-09

What about dealing with state? RT: @dmohlRT @rogerhcastillo "Nice FP discussion: http://bit.ly/pRToG – Why no one uses functional languages" #
@kasthomas The key is not tech or beating apple. If they can make it simple, safe n usable for grandmoms (eg. their home page) they are home in reply to kasthomas #
@HJ91 Hey, when did I [...]

links for 2009-07-08

Git vs. Mercurial: Please Relax « Important Shock
(tags: git mercurial)

Tweets for 2009-07-08

Git vs. Mercurial: Please Relax « Important Shock http://ff.im/-4VT5R #
We are going to be spoilt for choice, speed and security- Google OS http://bit.ly/13NVxQ #
The one big reason I support Google OS is that Apple seems to have made control and tyranny fashionable – Go open source ! #