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, Solving problems through programming is what I crave. C++, Java and Python I am quite competent at, Python being the most exciting. A number of other languages I experiment with.

Archive for September, 2010


links for 2010-09-29

Microsoft gives up on Live Spaces: blogs to be shifted to Wordpress.com | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Wow! Its a PHP monopoly RT @cranil Microsoft gives up on Live Spaces blogs to be shifted to Wordpress.com http://t.co/mMagHmU via @guardian
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Shedding Bikes: Programming Culture And Philosophy
Thats a cool book name. RT: @zedshaw Learn Python The Hard Way is [...]

links for 2010-09-28

OpenOffice files Oracle divorce papers • The Register
RT @BR3NDA: OpenOffice files Oracle divorce papers • The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/28/openoffice_independence_from_o …
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Created twitter list http://twitter.com/dnene/indian-pythonistas/members on meeting some wonderful folks@ #inpycon2010 Pls suggest additions
Created twitter list http://twitter.com/dnene/indian-pythonistas/members on meeting some wonderful folks@ #inpycon2010 Pls suggest additions
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An Interview with Debasish Ghosh, author of DSLs in Action [...]

Tweets for 2010-09-28

@jneira the link to the actual interview on the page is returning a 404 /cc @debasishg in reply to jneira #
@radhamukkai well put. in reply to radhamukkai #
Created twitter list http://twitter.com/dnene/indian-pythonistas/members on meeting some wonderful folks@ #inpycon2010 Pls suggest additions #
@_lprasad done. Thanks in reply to _lprasad #

links for 2010-09-27

GarlicSim blog – Python idiom for taking the single item from a list
What? I didn't know this trick. #Python idiom for taking the single item from a list http://ff.im/-rbK86
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iirc – Google Search
@debasishg Probably not the same one you referred to but I found this article from Meyer interesting http://is.gd/fw8AV (PDF) /cc @djspiewak
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My [...]

links for 2010-09-24

Functional Programming in Python. Pycon India 2010. Dhananjay Nene
Uploaded my talk slides for Pycon India 2010. "Functional Programming in Python" http://is.gd/fpyGv HTML5 generated from RestructuredText.
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links for 2010-09-23

Ayodhya verdict – PyCon India 2010
Bummer. Pycon India in doubt. Concrete decision by 1600 IST today. http://is.gd/fok2j India tenses up as ayodhya verdict looms for tomorrow.
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Prettt-tty, pretty, pretty good!: The four stages of (functional) programming
RT @pchiusano: Blog post – the four stages of (functional) programming: http://pchiusano.blogspot.com/2010/09/four-stages-of-functional- …
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Road Journal: REST and self-descriptiveness
LOL! RT: @sallamar [...]

links for 2010-09-22

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=groovy%2C+clojure%2C+jruby%2C+jython%2Cscala&l=
@dnene http://ht.ly/2HJoU :-/
– Javier Neira (jneira) http://twitter.com/jneira/statuses/25149695897
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python, ruby, groovy Job Trends | Indeed.com
@jneira I haven't seen that evidence yet http://is.gd/flQGb YMMV
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Stephen Colebourne's Weblog
@jneira This is the context http://is.gd/flPAT
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links for 2010-09-21

What's new in purely functional data structures since Okasaki? – Theoretical Computer Science – Stack Exchange
RT @debasishg: What's new in purely functional data structures since Okasaki? .. a host of interesting data structures .. http://bit.ly/ …
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paper.li – read Twitter as a daily newspaper
The interesting feature of http://paper.li (refer last tweet) seems to be one [...]

Monads in an Object Oriented context

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A case for non leaky dual abstractions.

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links for 2010-09-20

John Graham-Cumming: "We've read your code"
A good learning for junior programmers. "We've read your code" http://ff.im/-qQQA0
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Google LatLong: Enriched Google online experience now available in every new BMW
Enriched Google online experience now available in every new BMW http://ff.im/-qQQeR
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Why are so many programmers arrogant? – Programmers – Stack Exchange
RT @willmcgugan: Why are programmers arrogant? http://is.gd/fjNET
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links for 2010-09-19

Alexander Stepanov: "I think that object orientedness is almost as much of a hoax as Artificial Intelligence." : programming
Bullshit! RT: @proggit Alexander Stepanov "I think that object orientedness is almost as much of a hoax as AI" http://bit.ly/bbmIFr
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Brent’s Network « Brent's Network
@dnene Speaking of bliss… get your FREE audiobook of The Rainbow Bridge: http://bit.ly/9Szfie?=mtqx
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links for 2010-09-18

i  l I .P o s e d  p hi l . o s o ph y
Isn't metaphysical anyways too hard to go beyond? RT: @newsycombinator
The Principals of 'Pataphysical Programming http://j.mp/1ILSYs
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Performance Antipatterns in AJAX Applications
Great Read. RT @navneetk: Performance Antipatterns in AJAX Applications http://is.gd/fg3Kq
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links for 2010-09-17

dnene comments on Does Functional Programming Replace GoF Design Patterns?
Couldn't but help contest some uncalled for OO bashing @reddit_prog http://is.gd/fe8zX Why do people always so strongly have to take sides?
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links for 2010-09-16

File:'08 Chevrolet HHR SS.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
@mamund You mean this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:'08_Chevrolet_HHR_SS.jpg
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links for 2010-09-15

How piracy works. : The Word of Notch
How piracy works. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1121596044/how-piracy-works
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Microdata: HTML5’s Best-Kept Secret | Webmonkey | Wired.com
Microdata: HTML5’s Best-Kept Secret | Webmonkey | Wired.com http://ff.im/-qFPLT
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How-To Create Your Own Instant Search – woorkup.com
How-To Create Your Own Instant Search http://ff.im/-qFPKs
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programmingclosure.com
Resources for closure programmers http://ff.im/-qFPBx
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xkcd: Password Reuse
LOL! xkcd: Password Reuse http://ff.im/-qFOzC
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Kevin's Work Blog: [...]

links for 2010-09-14

HTML5 presentation
Is there a separate tool to generate such beautiful & rocking slides ? Sample presentation : http://slides.html5rocks.com/#slide1
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Redmine – Overview – Redmine
@jstrachan @hseeberger even redmine is http://www.redmine.org/ quite nice
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Assert.java – testng – Project Hosting on Google Code
@dnene unfortunatly not http://bit.ly/aDK03d … the method simply map to .equals, perhaps here for future enhancement, a [...]

Tweets for 2010-09-14

I think I am going to ditch Powerpoint/OO Presentation. Beamer it shall be with a healthy dose of pygments. #
@aloiscochard shouldn't it rely on the built in equals() as with any other object ? in reply to aloiscochard #
@aloiscochard perhaps to work around some gotchas like http://xahlee.org/java-a-day/hashmap_equality.html ? in reply to aloiscochard #
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links for 2010-09-13

HTML5 kicks the living crap out of Flash…. obviously!
Wow! Don't Stop RT: @paulrouget
Remember this challenge: http://www.dothatin.com ? Here is the answer: http://bit.ly/aXPpDt #hml5 #firefox4
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HA! Do THAT in HTML5
Wow! Don't Stop RT: @paulrouget
Remember this challenge: http://www.dothatin.com ? Here is the answer: http://bit.ly/aXPpDt #hml5 #firefox4
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Code Monkeyism: Whom to hire: The best, [...]

links for 2010-09-10

Ideone.com | d1DnD
My initial (clumsy?) attempt at implementing Monads in #Python http://ideone.com/d1DnD
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