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.

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Tweets for 2010-03-13

Even if youtube, it should account of India's population before publicising an event. IPL fans trip Google juggernaut http://is.gd/arQQI #
*Correction* Youtube should account *for* India's population before publicising an event. IPL fans trip Google juggernaut http://is.gd/arQQI #
@santoshpanda thanks, twas fun, and enjoyed meeting again @_rohit11 @nileshkulkarni @thecancerus @irohan @ngkabra @hasolia @aseemjakhar in reply to santoshpanda [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-12

#humour Why programmers love meetings OR a day in the life of a programmer http://i.imgur.com/pdpIk.png #
@vdichev And since Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs. Erlang is now C++ without ….. http://is.gd/ajuFc in reply to vdichev #
SAML vs XACML http://ff.im/-hnW2r #

Tweets for 2010-03-11

@offbytwo its based on my limited sample size empirical observation. As @vdichev said its a subjective term. ..contd.. in reply to offbytwo #
@offbytwo ..contd but also reflected my inability to find a good reason based on lang characteristics (eg Ruby is far more similar to Scala) in reply to offbytwo #
Introduction to the Reactive Extensions [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-10

Making Ruby Fast: The Rubinius JIT http://ff.im/-hfkYW #
Cloudy with a chance of rain : @theeconomist weighs in on cloud computing http://is.gd/a6uWH #
While counterintuitive this note "kind of" praising BASIC rings true to yours truly who began with BASIC too http://is.gd/a6XKn via @vdichev #
@vdichev the article made me think that it was probably not such a [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-10

Making Ruby Fast: The Rubinius JIT http://ff.im/-hfkYW #
Cloudy with a chance of rain : @theeconomist weighs in on cloud computing http://is.gd/a6uWH #
While counterintuitive this note "kind of" praising BASIC rings true to yours truly who began with BASIC too http://is.gd/a6XKn via @vdichev #
@vdichev the article made me think that it was probably not such a [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-09

@anildigital its interesting how the compiler is in coffeescript using a DSL used to transform coffeescript to javascript in reply to anildigital #
@IamSB When your coding its not WPM which matters .. its what you pack into a word so maybe your coding speed might still've increased in reply to IamSB #
Though Hadoop [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-08

@nmerouze hmm .. i thought that was the whole point in reply to nmerouze #
Trying out http://packrati.us to automatically bookmark the URLs in my tweets. Interesting service. #
@RobertFischer what in your opinion would be the most unannoying definition of functional programming (serious question-not being facetious) in reply to RobertFischer #
@RobertFischer Ignore my last [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-07

This definitely looks very interesting Shinken – Nagios re-implemented in Python http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/features via @ghoseb #
@djspiewak I looked at the docs and it does actually seem a nice starter (though I was disappointed they didn't remove the GOTO) in reply to djspiewak #
@_ketan I'm looking at it from a user perspective. Will scala (akka+camel) reduce my [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-06

Is this typical ? In the first pass when I attempted to learn Functional Programming using Scala/Clojure/Haskell etc. I found it hard (1/2) #
But once I started applying FP techniques in the language I know (python), I found it was much easier to then grok FP in other langs. (2/2) #
I believe, not all scenarios [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-05

@talios the authors are doing it voluntarily and if their choice is GPL then so be it in reply to talios #
@_navin @harshadoak @indicq – when requirements change, its time to drop some of them *not* extend sprint date. in reply to _navin #
FWIW A flow chart rendition of a popular song http://schnouki.net/2009/11/01/hey-jude/ #
Interesting conversation [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-04

This patent is for aux traversals RT: @stilkov RT: @gruber Ming-Jen Wang got a patent for the concept of a linked list http://bit.ly/aCp7R0 #
Calling this patent http://bit.ly/aCp7R0 as one for concept of linked list is not correct. Do we oversimplify? /cc @gruber #
@codemonkeyism I'm failing to see how currying introduces coupling. /cc [...]

Tweets for 2010-03-03

ROTFL! Analogies betn SQL/NoSQL RT: @igrigorik hilarious.. brian aker's (mysql core) talk on nosql: http://bit.ly/aPS3xH /via @thebaldwin #
@codemonkeyism huh ? isn't currying just an explicit partitioning of otherwise implicit logic? in reply to codemonkeyism #

Tweets for 2010-03-02

Despite IE6's widely reported burial, its ghost continues to haunt 20% (and probably lot more of enterprise) desktops http://is.gd/9vgzt #
@michaelg that wouldn't be way off the mark for a typical X Lang / Clojure LOC comparison .. would it ? Clojure very strong on brevity in reply to michaelg #

Tweets for 2010-03-01

Understanding Clojure’s PersistentVector implementation (Feb/09) http://is.gd/9qqtw #
I like CoffeeScript's (which compiles to JS) readability http://is.gd/9qFom Not surprising since its inspired by python. #
Notes from a production MongoDB deployment http://is.gd/9qIaH #
@LauJensen yes i did. in reply to LauJensen #
@vdichev that comment on boilerplate is interesting .. i've always felt u can't write code generators for python [...]

Tweets for 2010-02-28

Interesting. Annotation based boilerplate elimination. RT: @kasthomas Reducing Java verbosity with Lombok http://3.ly/JpIL #
A cloud service PiCloud which runs #python functions on the cloud http://bit.ly/ddWOwg via @stilkov #
@nielinjie I imagine PiCloud pickles the function params (and perhaps the stack as well) and runs it remotely pickling the ret params also in reply to nielinjie #
@nielinjie [...]

Tweets for 2010-02-27

@chaitannya Not sure if I know sufficient about it to comment in reply to chaitannya #
Using google buzz to document my Pune Cloudcamp notes. http://is.gd/9idZU #
@dushyanth I like the fact that buzz is simple, uncluttered and most importantly every stream is a "simple" web page. in reply to dushyanth #
@davenielsen @mhegi @manishd @sidoscope Nice meeting [...]

Tweets for 2010-02-26

Very nice find. Thanks. RT: @puredanger wrote a blog on using the with-command-line option parser in Clojure http://tr.im/PQyC #
After FP in Python Part 1 http://is.gd/91gnv Planning parts: 2) Function Library 3) Immutability 4) When FP in python. Any thoughts ? #
Schemaless features and scaling issues (CAP etc) getting hashed into a single bucket called #nosql [...]

Tweets for 2010-02-26

Very nice find. Thanks. RT: @puredanger wrote a blog on using the with-command-line option parser in Clojure http://tr.im/PQyC #
After FP in Python Part 1 http://is.gd/91gnv Planning parts: 2) Function Library 3) Immutability 4) When FP in python. Any thoughts ? #
Schemaless features and scaling issues (CAP etc) getting hashed into a single bucket called #nosql [...]

Tweets for 2010-02-25

@anantshri Going on strong in reply to anantshri #
+1. NoSQL explained correctly (finally) http://ff.im/-gyl9G #
How Ning made me a chump and how you can avoid it http://ff.im/-gyl9E #
High performance scalable datastores (PDF) http://cattell.net/datastores/Datastores.pdf #
Worth reading. But convincing??? JSON versus XML: Not as Simple as You Think http://ff.im/-gynV0 #
@djspiewak Well after reading this http://ff.im/-gynV0 [...]

Tweets for 2010-02-24

@psnively Lots if the client was closed (eg VB). The URL bar allows user to arbitrarily jump,so client side state is unmanageable @djspiewak in reply to psnively #
@psnively storing virtually anything in a cookie beyond a nonintelligent identifier is seriously frowned upon in some audits / ethical hacks in reply to psnively #
@psnively I plead [...]