Navya gave a simple and quick overview of the NetworkX library with practical examples. I want to try this library. Though I don't have an immediate use-case, I want to explore something similar for recommendations. Something where I can just define the existing associations. And then ask the library to throw a recommendation based on certain selection. Something as …
I travelled to Chennai last week with my wife and daughter.
We visited temples in Kanchipuram, did some saree shopping, and travelled around the city. I stayed for two more days and visited some listed companies after my wife returned.
I was surprised to see zero encroachment in the city. In Lucknow and most parts of India, the foothpaths are taken over by street vendors. Just outside our house, the street is being encroached by vegetable sellers, cigarette shops, thelas and puncture walas. I filed a complaint. They were moved one day, but returned with two additional gumtis the next …
I get stuck sometimes. And I can do nothing until I solve that problem.
When I am stuck; My emails start piling-up; Pending payments go unnoticed; People get offended as I don't reply to their DMs; Meetings as hastened or cancelled; The error logs start increasing; All the KMPs take a sudden nose-dive.
I get stuck fixing the music player, while all the guests are waiting for the dinner. I get stuck fixing the page layout in Excel, when it is last week of September and a dozen tax returns need to be filed.
Sanjay Bakshi Sir's lectures have changed the way we invest.
We always looked for undervalued and unpopular companies going through a transition. We were number guys and focused mostly on financials of the companies. We sold the stocks when they sort of doubled.
Prof's lectures taught us to focus on qualitative aspects. These models help us evaluate the companies better and ride them longer. It …
- Pending code reviews - Unanswered support queries - Overflowing inbox - Increasing error logs - Operational stuff such as hiring, planning and other things
And while this never ending todo list is compounding; a new idea sucks out all the remaining attention. Pending tasks and new ideas meme
This is exactly what Adam and DHH discuss in the podcast: How his days are. And how …
I tried Mastodon multiple times. It was hard to use.
- Following new people was hard. - The timeline didn't refresh and was broken. - Following conversations was hard. - Seeing what others liked and going down the rabbit hole was not possible.
I read about Mona on Daring Fireball. It is such a pleasant software to use. It provides everything at a single place. It remembers where I left. The multi column interface isaddictive. It is fast, no bling, no surprises, "do one thing well" software. …
I spend a lot of time in terminal. Most of it goes in reviewing code, managing servers, running tests etc.
These are the tools I use. I hope to keep this list updated. It should be helpful during system re-installs.
Libraries
Shell: zsh This is what runs the commands. ZSH is installed by default.
Prompt: Starship Prompt is the information we see about the current env. Starship automatically shows active git branch, virtual env, python version, AWS login, docker and other such things.
Terminal: iTerm2 The main app we use to interact with shell. iTerm is most used.
