One of the most toxic male traits is to self-assume the role of the mediator / arbiter of disputes. You will find one such person in all Whatsapp groups.

All data conversations this year must be measured in number of icebergs per minute.

It's a phase that mid level techies go through. I remember overhearing a conversation once where distributed consensus was being suggested as a way to solve all infrastructure problems in Bangalore.

The thing I don't understand about driving in Germany is that cabbies never seem to follow any speed restrictions. But I got a fine for driving 36 on a 30 street. Is it all about dodging the speeding cameras then?

BigQuery NTILE on a 1 billion rows takes like a couple of seconds. Very impressive.

Sad and angry about what happened in Solingen.

I hate this about myself but I have too much trust in marketing copies with monospaced fonts.

There is this sport called Indian competitive vegetarianism where you try to out-compete each other by abstaining from vegetables like Okra, Eggplants or Jackfruit.

What is the definition of a native speaker of a language? Can Indians / Singaporeans call themselves native English speakers?

Next time when you are contemplating buying a book, think about how many months of streaming service you could buy instead.

Excellent reportage. youtu.be/d7jmRYjQdAw?si…

The boy scout rule in coding is somewhat oversubscribed.

It's 2024. Hindi readers are still stuck at Premchand. I haven't even seen them graduate to 1970s literature. Let alone the 21st century.

I don't know if others have experienced this but most Indian organizations that I have worked at (or those run by Indian execs) eventually started feeling like two orgs in one. The funny thing is that the separation wasn't hierarchical. It cut through all levels.

"Platforms don't do things. They make it possible for you to do things" is semantic poppycock. It doesn't mean anything.

The way Germany treats small business owners needs to change. They are not charlatans for you to deny them basic facilities like a bank account or a roof over their head.

Data engineering is essentially 3rd party system integration, which means you have to forever pander to systems that are either a few generations behind or ahead of you with no incentive to align to your needs.

This reddit comment about Germans is spot on.

Germany wants to know how many places I have lived in since being born. So far 22.

Literally boatloads of stares in Lübbenau, Spreewald.