Woohoo! We have a Penguin India book coming out in Jan. It's about Indian public policy stories and frameworks — infused with some Bollywood references and garnished with humour. Will you read it? Only answer allowed is a yaaasss :).

Damn, ReserveBankOfIndia! Yet another, "I have money in the bank, but it is of no use" situation. Is this some kind of second demonetization drive?

The details of the session have been published. Do register if you are interested in this topic, and help spread the word. :)) hasgeek.com/pwl-bangalore/… Zainab Bawa Hasgeek RandomSpark Swanand Papers We Love BLR

How #DigiYatra Can Potentially Be Used to Police Your Travel - Srinivas Kodali m.thewire.in/article/rights… via The Wire

Partnering with Devtron in its developer relations journey, Rootconf has organized a panel discussion on doing CI/CD Ops for multi-cloud on Friday, 24 Feb - has.gy/hX7a With Anand Chitipothu @SmitShah_11 Soumyadeep Mukherjee 🏡 Vaidik Kapoor

A friend of mine and I are going to run an introductory Probability and Bayesian Statistics study group, on Telegram. This is suitable for both students and working professionals. They'll learn and sharpen their reasoning skills through data. Please DM me if interested.

#FOSSHack complete! We built "Raven" - an open-source alternative to Slack - and it can be installed alongside your favourite Frappe apps. 🚀 Will be published soon on Frappe Cloud marketplace!

🥁🥁 Internet Archive now has a "Archive all your Tweets with the Wayback Machine". #Archives #Twitter archive.org/services/wayba…

In case of Khadeer Khan's death, there are many questions and no answers from the Telangana Police. This week I wrote about the super app that Telangana cops used to target Khadeer Khan. m.thewire.in/article/tech/k…

As reported by DownTo Earth: India 2nd-most dangerous country in 2022 for Environmental Defenders. All the three co-founders of Paani were attacked/threatened numerous times. Seeking police intervention only made it worse. downtoearth.org.in/news/mining/in…

Tried without success to mentor ChatGPT to write a simple version of Fortune program of unix in Nim lang. After a couple of iterations, it got so confused that it gave a solution in Python instead of Nim. Looks like ChatGPT is showing the symptoms of Alzheimers.

Principles of Project Management Flow, my take on frictionless and effective project management. * No fluff; all practical and lived experiences * Mental models, principles * Tactics + Strategies Also included: "How to Jira without losing your mind" hasgeek.com/rootconf/proje…

Don't depend too much on AI tools/IDE's etc. Have a basic understanding of stuff like operating systems, networking, microprocessors, databases etc (the real "full stack"). If AI makes low-hanging programming jobs obsolete (or low paying), you must be an expert to survive.

Creative coding talk by Rasagy Sharma at JSConf India.

Live coding music by Abhinay Khoparzi - Creative Technologist at large using Tidal cycles at JSConf India.

What do I optimize? Whom do I make unhappy? How much time do I spend on cost optimization? - hasgeek.com/rootconf/cloud… Every proposal for Cloud Costs Optimization conf gets better and better. Check the cloudburst. And remember to become a #rootconf member. Anand Chitipothu Raghdip

Spending your time wrestling with decisions on cloud costs? Use your time wisely. Join #rootconf Cloud Costs Optimization conf. Learn from experiences of Freshworks Inc Tech At Flipkart Rubrik Exotel Developers Ozonetel | oneCXi udaan at has.gy/xeb4 on 28 July Anand Chitipothu

Stories of SQL server, CosmosDB and all that makes infrastructure udaan On 21 July at has.gy/GkTG Curated by Swanand Anand Chitipothu Azure Cosmos DB

How about a hands-on hacking session with threads? Not the kind you debug in your code, but real, colorful ones you can hold and loop. Join me at Rootconf 2025, explore the logic, loops, and connecting the dots with string art. 12 PM on May 17. hasgeek.com/rootconf/2025/…

How about a hands-on hacking session with threads? Not the kind you debug in your code, but real, colorful ones you can hold and loop. Join me at Rootconf 2025, explore the logic, loops, and connecting the dots with string art. 12 PM on May 17. hasgeek.com/rootconf/2025/…