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 September, 2009


Tweets for 2009-09-30

RT @ghoseb: An in-depth coverage of the RMS vs Miguel de Icaza fiasco on Groklaw – http://bit.ly/142jLc #
Wonder if economics aspects of programming played a role too RT: @dalmaer Wow, Gnip moving from Java to "Ruby and MySQL" #
RT @dalmaer: Kalle Saas has shared a simple JavaScript localization function that he uses http://bit.ly/V9MqH #
@dhananjay25 Non [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-29

RT @naveen_sharma: Understanding the performance difference between dynamic and weak typing http://j.mp/19QmLr #
Every single time I "rewrite" (not refactor) a program which has lots of stuff I haven't done before .. it ends up being far superior #
This is why I like twitter and use twitter for. Twitter Matters: Conversations vs. Monologues http://bit.ly/1I2E1y #

The best amount of polyglotism is that you can manage successfully

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Tweets for 2009-09-28

RT @andreisavu: Duct Tape Programmers and the Culture of Complexity in Software Projects http://ff.im/-8Qwc5 #
Surprised to see my blog in the top 200 http://bit.ly/18rcFl @jurgenappelo after so much inattention to blogging. #encouragement_to_blog ? #
.@debasishg Duct-Tape is finding the "shortest" path. Agile is finding the "shortest sustainable and non masochist" path towards the goal. in [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-26

Assertion : Yaml for config files is a superior format to xml, json and ini. #
@surya_s Brizzly is Indeed nice. Just wondering when they can offer a combined feed instead of multiple tabs at top for each account. in reply to surya_s #
@headius The relative growth graph is quite interesting as well http://is.gd/3HrEv in reply [...]

Mind your language: Pragmatic programmers should not be re-termed duct tape programmers

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Tweets for 2009-09-24

Agile Tips: Respect the elder bugs http://ff.im/-8CEm8 #
RT: @michaelg I saw a vision of the apocalypse today, and it's called code supernova- collapsing under the weight of exponential code growth #
A class example of an hopelessly one sided extreme argument. The Duct Tape Programmer http://ff.im/-8CO2P #
Pragmatic programmers should not be re-termed duct tape programmers http://bit.ly/4mVygB [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-23

Dobbs Code Talk – Erlang Programming Book Review http://ff.im/-8AemO #
How Ravelry Scales to 10 Million Requests Using Rails http://ff.im/-8AemP #
Protect source leakage from public SVN sites. Protect the .svn dir (translation makes reading difficult) http://is.gd/3B7AD #
@debasishg so far chapter 1 didn't impress me. Maybe that'll change. in reply to debasishg #
Wow! http://readtwit.com converts links (even [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-22

@surya_s it simply outsources it from Yodlee. http://bit.ly/4D9AB in reply to surya_s #
A less than satisfied experience with Google App Engine http://ff.im/-8vGP2 #
Very Nice! A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) http://ff.im/-8wtGl #
nice epigrams RT @debasishg RT @psnively "If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some." http://bit.ly/1ImdMB #
Apparently [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-21

Erlang, Yaws, and the deadly Tornado http://ff.im/-8rUbq #
@sirtajkang whats this in context of ? any source ? in reply to sirtajkang #
@codemonkeyism confused. either I didn't understand or you were intentionally sarcastic to exchange attributes or u think apache isnt prodn? in reply to codemonkeyism #
@debasishg @stilkov Any known studies contrasting Ruby/Rails and Python/DJango productivity [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-20

Vim made easy: how to get your favorite IDE features in Vim (by @arstechnica) http://ff.im/-8qBbX #
@nkhalasi me too ! maybe I just might in reply to nkhalasi #
@shantanoo ur welcome.. glad u liked it. in reply to shantanoo #
Some empirical unscientific non-sharable evidence suggests both scala n android adoption in Indian devs is [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-19

RT: @markhneedham interesting post and comments about polyglot programming http://bit.ly/2RiGMF #
Easy Command-line Parallelism http://ff.im/-8mNO6 #

Tweets for 2009-09-18

Ouch! "architecture is based on J2EE, the giant black hole of Java that is sucking itself into oblivion.." – @fielding http://bit.ly/11Otx4 #
@codemonkeyism i'm not entirely clear either, though parts such as JSF, EJB (jBoss staple) aren't seeming to catch any reasonable mindshare. in reply to codemonkeyism #
@timbray If there was an implicit criticism there .. [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-17

Grand Central Dispatch n Multicore parallelism http://ff.im/-8eUGg #
RT: @debasishg+100 .. talking straight! RT @justinsheehy Roy @fielding says it straight about the REST-* silliness: http://bit.ly/lsj60 #
Couldn't understand this . Security Mental Model for Azure http://ff.im/-8fT0D #
guava-libraries – Is this the start of google-commons ? http://ff.im/-8gTc5 #
noop – A new language from google http://ff.im/-8gTc1 #
@kevinb9n [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-16

REST-* is to REST what WS-* is to SOA, an avoidable spin act and greed run to irreversibly corrupt a good thing. http://is.gd/3kPTk #
FWIW: JBoss on REST-*: Architecture Goals : http://is.gd/3kSV3 Why Are We Different Than WS-* ? http://is.gd/3kSmU #
So humorous if it were not so tragic http://is.gd/3la36 AS SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS WE OWE IT TO [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-11

Towards a new definition for open source (by @ianbicking) http://bit.ly/HNGPx #
Correction. Tornado – Friendfeed's non blocking high performance web server framework open sourced : http://bit.ly/10h2ke #

Tweets for 2009-09-10

There are Two Types of Developers by @codebetter http://ff.im/-7SfQs #
The high cost of overhead when working in parallel by @CodeMonkeyism http://ff.im/-7Sg3W #
iTunes + CSS3 http://judsoncollier.com/blog/fullstory/21/ #
WTF is a SuperColumn? An Intro to the Cassandra Data Model http://ff.im/-7Skv6 #
Digg the Blog ยป Looking to the future with Cassandra http://ff.im/-7Smzs #
@HJ91 cloud computing is also starting to [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-09

@VinayakKamat @sbidwai – Blog is good for reporting new stuff. However wiki better for a structured/consolidated view of internal team info in reply to VinayakKamat #
@VinayakKamat @sbidwai – also objective. Blog ==> Expression, Wiki ==> Reference. & Blog Posts = Person owned. Wiki pages => Team owned. in reply to VinayakKamat #
Comparison of pubsubhubbub and [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-08

Planning to attend Pycon India 2009 on Sep 26/27 in bengaluru. Anyone from the twitter network I'm likely to meet ? #
RT: @kohlerm RESTful Transactions: http://www.jboss.org/reststar/specifications/transactions.html (via @jboner) #
IMO the best way 2 get high quality is 2 make the devs test their own code n the testers write their own. In other words no [...]

Tweets for 2009-09-06

@testertested seems the problem is that you are into testing, if you were a dev you wouldn't have noticed them in the first place #joking in reply to testertested #
RT: @kohlerm RT @codemonkeyism: RT @zyklotrop: Painting the living room, agile style. The wall behind the bookshelf: YAGNI. | LOL #