fosstrack

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by fosstrack 3y ago
I maintained a fairly successful legacy C/C++ application that performed business critical functions. The core developers were long gone, and countless of changes had to gone into it since. The only way the application survived was aut
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by fosstrack 3y ago
Second that. Anyone interested in studying web crawler tech should definitely take a look at Heritrix. I had used it extensively when it was still in 2.x. They got so many things right about writing well-behaved and fault tolerant crawlers.
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by fosstrack 3y ago
I agree. Its not what they say on their deathbeds, but what brought them peace and acceptance ultimately (if at all). In a way, you experience death every night when you go to sleep, and a new birth every morning. As I programmer - I need t
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by fosstrack 3y ago
Yup. Just read somewhere to the effect- "if you can stop complaining for just 1 week, you will be filled with positivity forever"
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by fosstrack 3y ago
Notes to myself - "Sometimes, the people who have everything in life have nothing in death. But sometimes the people who have nothing in life have everything that they could ever want in their final hours." "I never go to be
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by fosstrack 5y ago
There are really two concepts that I have been trying hard to master: 1. As the OP, learning to recognize the state of your mind, and picking a task that's appropriate to it 2. Learn to enter and exit the desired state of mind at will.
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by fosstrack 6y ago
Pretty much any major university had this in their curriculum. Really enjoyed programming the 8085 boards (kits) using a keypad and LED segmented display. The boards used to lose power suddenly during practical exams after punching dozens o
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by fosstrack 8y ago
The culture is mainly collegial. We do all of those - birthdays, picnics, parties on the patio, etc. Ping me if you would like to discuss anything.
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by fosstrack 8y ago
> Which means it's rare to find good natural programmers, which you do in western countries because it's pretty much based on meritocracy rather than degrees Not disagreeing. Natural programmers do exist in plenty outside the I
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by fosstrack 8y ago
To add perspective as someone with 10+ years in the US and 7+ as founder in India: You should really qualify as to whether you are looking for development practices in outsourcing companies or tech startups. Code quality and practices in In
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by fosstrack 8y ago
This is sage advice. You have basically boiled down tons of self help material into a single comment. Thanks.
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by fosstrack 8y ago
Agree. The Puneri 'patya' (signboards) are an interesting part of the local culture. Punekars (residents of Pune) don't take them seriously. Its all in humour.