Abhirama’s Blog

This is the first post in a series on open source software.

I think the minute you have a backup plan, you’ve admitted you’re not going to succeed.

You have been trying to solve a problem for quite some time; the solution appears to be elusive.

In the modern software world, where micro-services are de rigueur, observability of systems is paramount.

When I was working on Kwery, a lot of people used to ask me - Why are you not trying to build a team and raise money?

You have a feature where if someone signs up on your product, you create a wallet for that person and top it up with complimentary money.

With daily morning newspapers dedicating pages and front lines to startups and venture capital(VC) investments, they are no longer the niche they used to be.

pencil-918449_640 I have been writing for quite some time now.

matrix-356024_640.jpg What does writing idiomatic code mean?

We can classify software development into: 1.

We can roughly classify concurrency models into: 1.

Hiring is an area which is usually given a lot of lip service but neglected in practice.

Someone sitting at a distance asks for the water bottle near me.

sparkler-839831_640 You have an established product, and you introduce a radically new/different feature.

When you disagree with something or someone, either you do it because you think your idea is better, or you want to keep your ego intact.

I was looking at Jimi wallets online.

Zoho’s domain was inaccessible for a while.

Imagine a person who walks from her home to the office.

If you have a producer with an uneven rate of production and a consumer that cannot keep pace with the producer at its peak, use a queue.

Whenever a new process is introduced, there is always going to be some discomfort.

Checklists have been in vogue for quite some time now.

Some disparate thoughts on security in no particular order.

book-1659717_640 Long time back, in one of the social gatherings, someone asked me what do you do in your pastime?

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. -- Phil Karlton Even though the above might have been in jest, naming variables while writing code is a head-scratching experience.

I recently watched Hichki, a film about kids from underprivileged backgrounds who get the chance to attend an elite school.

When I was at FreeCharge, I did quite a bit of data engineering.

When faced with a problem, the way we should think is: 1.

think-2177813_640 Many are apprehensive about switching programming languages.

Obstacle racer Amelia Boone says that she is not able to devote enough time to friends and family due to the demands of her tough training regime.

It is a packed elevator.

Most programming languages have conventions.

When evaluating new technology, framework or library; a lot of importance is given to the salient features.

I read an interesting article by Richard Wiseman on luck, which I would highly encourage everyone to read.

Making decisions is part and parcel of being a leader.

When contemplating on introducing automated testing in legacy applications, it is easy to get bogged down in terminology; unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, black box testing, white box testing, stress testing, etc.

Consciously or unconsciously, as software engineers, we perennially take build versus buy decisions.

Sapiens, the book, gives a fantastic perspective of the context in which today’s religions, society, and social practices evolved and how in the current context, a lot of these are irrelevant.

Due to the plethora of NoSQL databases available, schema-less is a tantalising option these days.

Sorry, could not help with the snarky title.

Phil Knight, founder of Nike, pens down the early days of Nike in this part memoir, part biography, part business book; “Shoe Dog”.

Whenever you ask a question on unit testing in a forum, there is always that one person whose only job is to point out what you are doing is not unit testing but integration testing.

In my new workplace, I was assigned a brand new shiny MacBook.

Have you observed the way Google maps asks for info about local joints and places?

I was sauntering on Church Street and came across a used book store.

Let us say that you want to execute a job periodically, what comes to your mind first?

A lot of people are confused between SQS and Kinesis.

Releasing early and often can make the difference between life and death for new age internet companies.

I got a phone lying down on road.

Being part of a startup is not an excuse to shoot first and ask questions later.

FreeCharge recently moved into a bigger office; this brought back fond memories of setting up the first Bangalore office.