sankara

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by sankara 16y ago
>>* Maybe it's a mess because the original design was fundamentally wrong and it really can't be guided into the right form. >> >>* Maybe it's a mess because people kept adding features without really understanding h
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by sankara 16y ago
>>None of this was ever done just to "incorporate best practices", though. Of course, no one is gonna rewrite something to just "incorporate best practices".
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by sankara 16y ago
>>All of that said, if the code is a big mess 2.5 years in, then you probably have something else going wrong. I can only say a lot of things have changed for the better. This applies to the env, developers and mgmt. More domain exp
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by sankara 16y ago
Not very complex. It's the backend of a webapplication that we are targetting. Testing is complex because of the way the current design is and that is one of the major driving factors for refactor/rewrite.
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Ask HN: How much does this Joel's article hold true?
4 points by sankara 16y ago|12 comments
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A ready-to-launch appstore from Infosys: Flypp(infosys.com)
1 points by sankara 16y ago|0 comments
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by sankara 16y ago
I'm feeling too much blue! Cached and similar links for example could have been gray instead of the blue variant. IMHO, those links need not be so prominent.
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by sankara 16y ago
Right click on Outlook status bar icon and uncheck "Hide When Minimized". It's just that it provides a mix of MRU and static ordering. The goal for me typically is to move to a frequently used app e.g., my IDE/Browser asap. Win+<num&#62
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by sankara 16y ago
I disabled minimise to status bar in outlook as soon as I moved to W7. Trust me you won't miss it. Win+<num> should work with Vista too (in quick access bar) if I'm not wrong. From what I learn from people at MS, Office team follow
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by sankara 16y ago
W7 provides a rough equivalent of a static ordering by virtue of its taskbar. My browser and IDE are pinned at positions 1 and 2 and I could typically reach them "always" with Win+1 and Win+2.I'm yet to take full advantage of that though. I
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by sankara 16y ago
It's just that there are no "your" customers anymore. Apple owns them all! Whether it's in your best interest? It depends on how big or small you are...
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by sankara 16y ago
My SE K790 had a "Sent using a Sony Ericsson Phone" message as early as Sep 2006!
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by sankara 16y ago
Rightly said. If we (can) budget out the development cycle a huge chunk goes into ulterior CSS hacks (JS is handled indirectly by jQuery/<x> fmwk) and an unnecessary manual test cycle dedicated to IE6. It's not without a reason Micr
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by sankara 17y ago
I'm in the same boat too. W7 is my favorite OS so far and I do miss the shell. I adapted myself to use Cygwin to fill the gap though. Windows powershell, while a good effort, is not exactly what I'm looking for. The goodness of a shell exte
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by sankara 17y ago
Awesome! Today's date is March 32nd. guest@xkcd:/$ date March 32nd
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by sankara 17y ago
As of now, TC is back. There is no mention of what went wrong though.
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IPL to be shown live on YouTube(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by sankara 17y ago|0 comments
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by sankara 17y ago
One a related note, TED Talks: Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West -- the myths that mystify http://www.ted.com/talks/devdutt_pattanaik.html
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by sankara 17y ago
To the point. I have met a few mind-blowing people who used to work at Infosys/Wipro/TCS a decade ago. Things have completely changed. Outsourcing/service based companies do not get any respect of Tier-I/II college CS people these days. Fr
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by sankara 17y ago
While I totally agree with most points in the movie, my experience has always been mixed. I have had teachers who prefer an answer which speaks for my understanding of the concept rather than rewriting (or what they called vomitting) of wha
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by sankara 17y ago
Just a theory. Could it be that google allowed dot as legitimate characters (ie. i.rock and irock are completely different) during the initial launch of Gmail and then moved to the present setting of ignoring dots? [Just tried creating a ne
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Amazon Announces Mobile Payments Service(nytimes.com)
1 points by sankara 17y ago|0 comments
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by sankara 17y ago
Outlook on my windows laptop. Thunderbird on my linux desktoip. Managing multiple emails with these clients have never been a problem. My personal gmail account alone is web only.
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by sankara 17y ago
Most sites that I read are through RSS feeds in a desktop client (Newsgator). My RSS client typically remains shut during the work day (except for those occasional really boring moments). That way I don't miss anything neither do I "waste"
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by sankara 17y ago
Seems to be a repeat of a previous submission, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=191212 . But yeah wonderful article.
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by sankara 17y ago
Am I the only one seeing such nonsense articles every now and then?
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by sankara 18y ago
I found trustico to be the cheapest so far. Their service is decent too.