Category review
I enjoyed this book more than I did the first one. The story and characters were familiar so the jumps back and forth in time made more sense.
Picked this up because a review in Goodreads mentioned that Brandon Sanderson had recommended it.
Read this over the weekend. The first book ended on a cliffhanger and I couldn’t wait.
Some of the most imaginative writing I’ve read in this genre.
I don’t usually enjoy post apocalyptic novels. This book was an exception.
This is an engrossing story. It’s scope is epic. In fact, the big reveal, I guessed would come, didn’t show up in the first book at all. Like other epic...
I liked this book better than the first. Rather than Asho, I found myself rooting for Audsley. Weyland finally does something other than what you expect “knightly” characters in books...
Reading the book was like watching an artist compose a painting. Every facet starts out being hazy and becoming clearer over time. Senlin doesn’t start out being likeable. You don’t...
Recommended as highly as I possibly could. I couldn’t stop reading. I read while walking on the streets. At home. On lunch breaks at work. Everywhere.
Easily one of the best books in this genre in recent years. Packed with action, unexpected twists, clichés turned on their heads and one of the most interesting female characters...
I enjoyed the book. The characters were very well fleshed out. Each one was interesting and their backstories were merged into the story very well. These days I also find...
“Heroes die” is a clever blend of science fiction and fantasy. The premise is that of a very hierarchical society that derives entertainment from gladiator games. Actors are sent to...
This book is what the Twilight series could have been if they’d been written about smart teens who weren’t always lovesick or coping with self pity and angst. Or if...
Before I began this book, I read the first two again. Not because I’d forgotten anything: I’ve read them enough times now to be able to quote from them. Instead,...
Series review. Books 1 through 7
I was introduced to Brandon Sanderson’s writing only recently. He has been writing the last 3 books of the Wheel of Time series after its original author (Robert Jordan) died....
‘Gardens of the Moon’ and ‘Deadhouse Gates’ are both books by Steven Erikson and are the first two in the series: Mazallan, Book of the Fallen.
Emil’s enemies is a play told from the perspective of Dietrich, a pacifist philosopher priest, awaiting his execution after his role in several assassination attempts on Hitler is revealed. In...
The book is by Evelyn Waugh, who I read about on the cover of some other book I was reading. The reviewer praised the author saying he was ‘almost as...
‘The Prince of Ayodhya’ was lent to me by a very interesting lady. Was a bit surprised when she said: “Keep it for as long as you like, am not...
I don’t usually read books that have been hyped. Have no good reason for this odd(?) behaviour. However a friend forced this one on me over the weekend. Not wanting...
Am not much of a sci-fi fan but read it anyway ‘cause it (Snow Crash) was recommended by L.
How do you define a good book?
The Manticore’s secret is along the same lines as the Simoqin Prophecies (which it would have to be considering it is a sequel). The plot is a little like the...
Dorothy Dunnett has been my favourite author for two years now. The first book of hers that I read (and still read again whenever I can) was ‘The Game of...
Picked up ‘India after Gandhi’ after seeing a copy with L and I enjoyed the book thoroughly.
‘The God Delusion’ is a great book. One I think everyone should read.
“If I was doing it at all, I was arguing with Narnia. Tolkien is not worth arguing with.” - Phillip Pulman, the author of ‘Dark Materials’ says this in an...
The book I’ve enjoyed the most. I was sad for a few days after finishing it, thinking ‘what book will ever measure up to this?’ A decade and probably a...
I read this book the first time in 2012. Since then, I’ve reread it 3 more times. The second time, I skipped every other perspective but Kaladin’s. The third time...
Category book-review
I enjoyed this book more than I did the first one. The story and characters were familiar so the jumps back and forth in time made more sense.
Picked this up because a review in Goodreads mentioned that Brandon Sanderson had recommended it.
Read this over the weekend. The first book ended on a cliffhanger and I couldn’t wait.
Some of the most imaginative writing I’ve read in this genre.
I don’t usually enjoy post apocalyptic novels. This book was an exception.
This is an engrossing story. It’s scope is epic. In fact, the big reveal, I guessed would come, didn’t show up in the first book at all. Like other epic...
I liked this book better than the first. Rather than Asho, I found myself rooting for Audsley. Weyland finally does something other than what you expect “knightly” characters in books...
Reading the book was like watching an artist compose a painting. Every facet starts out being hazy and becoming clearer over time. Senlin doesn’t start out being likeable. You don’t...
Recommended as highly as I possibly could. I couldn’t stop reading. I read while walking on the streets. At home. On lunch breaks at work. Everywhere.
Easily one of the best books in this genre in recent years. Packed with action, unexpected twists, clichés turned on their heads and one of the most interesting female characters...
I enjoyed the book. The characters were very well fleshed out. Each one was interesting and their backstories were merged into the story very well. These days I also find...
“Heroes die” is a clever blend of science fiction and fantasy. The premise is that of a very hierarchical society that derives entertainment from gladiator games. Actors are sent to...
This book is what the Twilight series could have been if they’d been written about smart teens who weren’t always lovesick or coping with self pity and angst. Or if...
Before I began this book, I read the first two again. Not because I’d forgotten anything: I’ve read them enough times now to be able to quote from them. Instead,...
Series review. Books 1 through 7
I was introduced to Brandon Sanderson’s writing only recently. He has been writing the last 3 books of the Wheel of Time series after its original author (Robert Jordan) died....
‘Gardens of the Moon’ and ‘Deadhouse Gates’ are both books by Steven Erikson and are the first two in the series: Mazallan, Book of the Fallen.
The book is by Evelyn Waugh, who I read about on the cover of some other book I was reading. The reviewer praised the author saying he was ‘almost as...
‘The Prince of Ayodhya’ was lent to me by a very interesting lady. Was a bit surprised when she said: “Keep it for as long as you like, am not...
I don’t usually read books that have been hyped. Have no good reason for this odd(?) behaviour. However a friend forced this one on me over the weekend. Not wanting...
Am not much of a sci-fi fan but read it anyway ‘cause it (Snow Crash) was recommended by L.
How do you define a good book?
The Manticore’s secret is along the same lines as the Simoqin Prophecies (which it would have to be considering it is a sequel). The plot is a little like the...
Dorothy Dunnett has been my favourite author for two years now. The first book of hers that I read (and still read again whenever I can) was ‘The Game of...
Picked up ‘India after Gandhi’ after seeing a copy with L and I enjoyed the book thoroughly.
‘The God Delusion’ is a great book. One I think everyone should read.
“If I was doing it at all, I was arguing with Narnia. Tolkien is not worth arguing with.” - Phillip Pulman, the author of ‘Dark Materials’ says this in an...
The book I’ve enjoyed the most. I was sad for a few days after finishing it, thinking ‘what book will ever measure up to this?’ A decade and probably a...
I read this book the first time in 2012. Since then, I’ve reread it 3 more times. The second time, I skipped every other perspective but Kaladin’s. The third time...
Category anecdote
Today, I met an interesting man. Mr. Khan is 80 years old, looks 60 and talked to me like he was my age.
Pro Tip: The correct response to your wife complaining about the number of times she has hit her head is not “Ahhhh. That explains many things.”
Pls look away if you are a vegetarian
May not seem like much of an achievement but it is one to me. Thought I’d describe how I learnt so that others can too (and to gloat :)).
My wife’s mother is an excellent cook. She invites us for dinner often and we are usually sent home with enough food to last us a couple of days. The...
Was conducting interviews when I realized I’d misplaced my phone. Told the HR rep. He said he’d call my number and we could try to hear it ring if it...
A few weeks ago I was asked to travel to Mysore for work. I’d booked a taxi for the journey and was picked up at 6:00 in the morning. The...
Category author
:). Did I mention she is my favourite author. Well, she is that for many many more people. When I first finished ‘The Game of Kings’, I became sad thinking...
The first book of his that I read was one called “Silhouettes in Satire”. It wasn’t really ‘his’ book in the sense that he’d never written it - was only...
Category software
Here are a few tips on making your Cypress automation tests runs faster.
Organisations which design systems […] are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organisations. — M. Conway JFrog’s products cover a broad range of DevOps...
Artifactory, JFrog’s flagship product, has been in the market for more than a decade now. Individual developers working on Open source projects, Startups - big and small, and large Enterprises...
TLDR This post is a tutorial. The final outcome will be a script that creates several sessions on a remote machine, running commands in parallel. Jump to the end to...
Update: 1-Aug-2019: The example mentioned in this post is now redundant. Use iTerm’s status bar instead.
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(2012: This post has been edited to remove company-specific information)
One of the most difficult aspects of managing a wiki is getting your team to contribute. While there are several ways to motivate users to contribute, the easiest is to...
After a point in time, just being able to navigate to a page on the wiki was not enough - people needed to be told what (types of) pages were...
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##Wiki Strategies - JavaScript Based Tools
With only a few weeks left before I move on from the company, my focus these days is to ensure that my team-mates learn everything I have to teach.
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(2012: This post has been edited to remove any content specific to the company I was in at the time)
3 of the 12 steps in Joel Spolsky’s article “The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code” (written in 2000) dealt with builds. Today, everyone agrees on the need for...
In this post, I document some observations on automated UI-based testing. Note: The intended audience for this post are folks who are familiar with (but are not experts on) automated...
Category tech
I recently worked with the folks at The Home School on their IT infrastructure, website & social media. This was a fun and rewarding experience. Something that helped me while...
Here are a few tips on making your Cypress automation tests runs faster.
At FeldsparTech we are working on a no-code platform called Atman. Atman’s UI is a component library that works as a standalone application or can be embedded into another application...
Organisations which design systems […] are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organisations. — M. Conway JFrog’s products cover a broad range of DevOps...
Artifactory, JFrog’s flagship product, has been in the market for more than a decade now. Individual developers working on Open source projects, Startups - big and small, and large Enterprises...
TLDR This post is a tutorial. The final outcome will be a script that creates several sessions on a remote machine, running commands in parallel. Jump to the end to...
(2012: This post has been edited to remove any content specific to the company I was in at the time)
3 of the 12 steps in Joel Spolsky’s article “The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code” (written in 2000) dealt with builds. Today, everyone agrees on the need for...
In this post, I document some observations on automated UI-based testing. Note: The intended audience for this post are folks who are familiar with (but are not experts on) automated...
Category testing
In this post, I document some observations on automated UI-based testing. Note: The intended audience for this post are folks who are familiar with (but are not experts on) automated...
Category quote
“I’m a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here...
(Source: A friend sent this to me in an email).
Category configuration-management
3 of the 12 steps in Joel Spolsky’s article “The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code” (written in 2000) dealt with builds. Today, everyone agrees on the need for...
Category satire
Today, I warned my maid of a year, that I wasn’t happy with her work. She was quite surprised; Kamalamma said she had NEVER taken a day off, that everyday,...
(2012: This was a post I put on the intranet. Have modified the original to remove the name of the company.
Category poetry
I want to teach one day and so one of the things I google for are articles about teaching.
It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong. For...
The time I’ve lost in wooing, In watching and pursuing The light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing. Though Wisdom oft has sought me, I scorn’d...
Fleas
Song of the Open Road
Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the softly falling snow. I...
Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.
Die Gedanken Sind Frei (My Thoughts Are Free)
Enjoyed a talk by John Wooden immensely. The mp3, video and transcript are available here.
Category logging
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Category opinion
My aunt spent her last days surrounded by family. She joked, laughed, made us all feel seen and loved and was an example of how to face death with dignity....
Today is the birth anniversary of Kodagu’s greatest icon: Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa.
Sowmya asked me last night, who I’ve most enjoyed working with. Thought for a really long time: enough for her to think that I’d forgotten the question. I realised there...
Jeff Atwood’s latest post dismisses To Do lists. While I have a lot of respect for his opinions, I feel he is wrong on this one. Any tool if not...
(NOTE: For the non-development folks, CVS and Clearcase are configuration management tools)
…are sometimes more effective than if the original intent of a decision were satisfied.
Read the phrase ‘the evolution of morality’ in an article a few days back and found it interesting.
After 9 years in one company, I am finally quitting in a month’s time.
Category play
Emil’s enemies is a play told from the perspective of Dietrich, a pacifist philosopher priest, awaiting his execution after his role in several assassination attempts on Hitler is revealed. In...
Category politics
Today, I warned my maid of a year, that I wasn’t happy with her work. She was quite surprised; Kamalamma said she had NEVER taken a day off, that everyday,...
Category obituary
I also was taught by Professor Shrichand. He was probably one of the best teachers I’ve learnt from. This article brought back memories of the man - thought it was...
Category family
My aunt spent her last days surrounded by family. She joked, laughed, made us all feel seen and loved and was an example of how to face death with dignity....
One of the most unexpected windfalls of Pappa publishing a book on our family has been the experiences I’ve had afterwards. I have been able to meet several very interesting...
Category kodira book
One of the most unexpected windfalls of Pappa publishing a book on our family has been the experiences I’ve had afterwards. I have been able to meet several very interesting...
Category atheism
Category tutorial
I recently worked with the folks at The Home School on their IT infrastructure, website & social media. This was a fun and rewarding experience. Something that helped me while...
Here are a few tips on making your Cypress automation tests runs faster.
At FeldsparTech we are working on a no-code platform called Atman. Atman’s UI is a component library that works as a standalone application or can be embedded into another application...
Adoption across India is managed by a central agency called CARA. As of 2020, these are the high-level steps Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) go through:
Organisations which design systems […] are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organisations. — M. Conway JFrog’s products cover a broad range of DevOps...
Artifactory, JFrog’s flagship product, has been in the market for more than a decade now. Individual developers working on Open source projects, Startups - big and small, and large Enterprises...
TLDR This post is a tutorial. The final outcome will be a script that creates several sessions on a remote machine, running commands in parallel. Jump to the end to...
Update: 1-Aug-2019: The example mentioned in this post is now redundant. Use iTerm’s status bar instead.
Category beginner
Update: 1-Aug-2019: The example mentioned in this post is now redundant. Use iTerm’s status bar instead.
Category design patterns
Artifactory, JFrog’s flagship product, has been in the market for more than a decade now. Individual developers working on Open source projects, Startups - big and small, and large Enterprises...
Category adoption
Adoption across India is managed by a central agency called CARA. As of 2020, these are the high-level steps Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) go through:
Category volunteering
I recently worked with the folks at The Home School on their IT infrastructure, website & social media. This was a fun and rewarding experience. Something that helped me while...
