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Book Notes: Cloud Native Patterns

I have worked on cloud systems for a few years now, but as is said, “Fish don’t know they’re in water”. …

Cloud Computing

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Cloud Computing

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Mar 30, 2022

Brook’s Law as a Special Case of Amdahl’s Law

Brook’s Law as a Special Case of Amdahl’s Law Brooks’ Law From Wikipedia: “Brooks’ law is an observation about software project management according to which “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later”. This was put forth by Fred Brooks in his classic book “The Mythical Man Month”, in 1975. …

Management

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Management

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Feb 5, 2022

Maturing

Merriam Webster dictionary defines a toy as something that a child plays with. That’s the context in which the word is most used. But it also defines it as something, such as a preoccupation, that’s paltry or trifling. Kids obviously don’t think of toys as trivial; it’s us, the adults…

Technology

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Technology

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May 17, 2020

A chat with the different selfs

When I think about how the pandemic has affected me, I can’t think of one absolute way it has. The experience hasn’t been binary, one that can be categorized into good or bad. We all have various sides of our self, and each of them has their own thoughts and…

Pandemic

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A chat with the different selfs
A chat with the different selfs
Pandemic

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Apr 8, 2020

Fine Walls

It’s been more than a month since we started working from home and about a month since our county put the shelter-in-place in effect. We’ve limited our outdoor trips just to walks every evening, and grocery shopping once a week. The rules and recommendations around the importance and usefulness of…

Covid-19

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Fine Walls
Fine Walls
Covid-19

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Dec 6, 2019

Summary: Behind the Smiles by Reveal

In March 2014 when I got an offer from Amazon for a summer internship, I couldn’t have been happier. I was happy for two reasons, one, because I needed a break from interviewing and two because it was Amazon. …

Amazon

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Summary: Behind the Smiles by Reveal
Summary: Behind the Smiles by Reveal
Amazon

7 min read


Nov 27, 2019

Entrepreneurship and Dogs

In 2013, I was working in a startup with a team of about 10 engineers when one day, we were all called for a team meeting. The founders were in the meeting so we knew it was something important. …

Startup

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Entrepreneurship and Dogs
Entrepreneurship and Dogs
Startup

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Nov 8, 2019

Time to Read

“But I soon came to feel that teaching these sensitive young souls Latin and mathematics was cheating them of something far more essential — what they needed wasn’t dry information but hope, the kind that comes from being transported into a dream-world of possibility.” — Helen Fagin, in The Velocity…

Reading

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Time to Read
Time to Read
Reading

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Jul 29, 2019

Unconscious High

Something amazing happened with me a couple of weeks back. I finished a big bike ride up in Colorado. Through three mountain passes, at a high elevation, a long and beautiful 120 mile day-ride. It’s my longest ride so far and frankly the most ambitious goal I set for myself…

Cycling

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Unconscious High
Unconscious High
Cycling

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Jul 14, 2019

I’ve Got No Time

Have you ever asked a friend or a colleague to do something and got “Sorry, I didn’t get time to do it”? I’ve definitely gotten a lot of those and frankly, I have told that to a lot of people too. What do you think that actually means? 1. They really…

Self Improvement

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I’ve Got No Time
I’ve Got No Time
Self Improvement

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