nirav

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by nirav 16y ago
Doesn't that usually involve giving up your passion? Not every skill is worth getting, don't get me wrong though - I am apprehensive at doing things just to please some people.
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by nirav 16y ago
It turns out rather hopeless appealing people with skills you don't have.
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by nirav 16y ago
Sure, I own few open source projects github.com/niravthaker I also contribute to Eclipse and other related projects but that seems too time consuming.
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Ask HN: How do you promote yourself?
3 points by nirav 16y ago|10 comments
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by nirav 16y ago
Ah, another eager, frustrated dev with 5 years of experience. As much as I can relate to your experience and mindset, I gotta tell you that I'm happy to not be alone. I have a very simple advice that I got from someone far back, do one thin
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by nirav 16y ago
This is where Scala fits wonderfully.
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by nirav 16y ago
Unfortunately though, FP is being sold as panacea of concurrency problems, at least in Java world. I think that FP is much more than that, it actually helps me solve problems in a very different and elegant way. I don't know how you classif
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by nirav 16y ago
Agree with your sentiments on enterprise douchbaggery, you are probably undervaluing what you have learned: You still have a chance to learn how to milk the enterprise when roles are reversed.
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Information Pollution - Another human's toxic gift through iPad(blogs.sun.com)
1 points by nirav 16y ago|0 comments
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by nirav 16y ago
Agree, I find it rather odd to not use RSS feed and hit front page all the time.
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by nirav 16y ago
Thank you!
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by nirav 16y ago
I would not assume 'best' people are primarily motivated by salaries.
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Rapid Hiring & Firing to Build the Best Teams(artima.com)
4 points by nirav 16y ago|3 comments
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HP says new device could revolutionize chips(news.cnet.com)
1 points by nirav 17y ago|0 comments
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by nirav 17y ago
I am using it to store binary data (images) instead of regular DB, it looks pretty fast so far!
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by nirav 17y ago
Handcoded XPath-like scriptlet interpreter for JDI and it's UI as eclipse plugin. Now giving finishing touches. Code: http://github.com/niravthaker/evars/tree/master Short Intro: http://evars.googlecode.com/files/evars.swf
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Improve your debugging speed with EVars Eclipse plugin(blog.nirav.name)
1 points by nirav 18y ago|0 comments
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by nirav 18y ago
For a non-startup, I TDD where it makes sense, for example when I'm implementing from scratch and requirements are pretty vague. However, I try to cover existing code with automated tests where risk of change is very high (bad code).