2020: It's a wrap!
Looking back at my blog, I am disappointed that my last post was in 2018. In fact, my 2018 resolution was to write 50k public words, ...
Finding Passion
In mind over matter, Jul 11, 2018
Deliberate Practice
In mind over matter, May 28, 2018
Dark Knowledge and distillation
In tech, May 27, 2018Finding Passion
One would think that Jeff Bezos’s passion has always been Amazon and online retail, but turns out his passions areRockets, space trav...
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2020: It's a wrap!
Looking back at my blog, I am disappointed that my last post was in 2018. In fact, my 2018 resolution was to write 50k public words, but I barely got to a few thousand.2019 seems to h...
In blog, Dec 29, 2020
Finding Passion
One would think that Jeff Bezos’s passion has always been Amazon and online retail, but turns out his passions areRockets, space travel and propulsion.
In mind over matter, Jul 11, 2018
Deliberate Practice
I read the book Outliers several years ago, and as far as I can remember, I was very impressed with the book. Then I started hearing complaints about the book: that the ten thousand h...
In mind over matter, May 28, 2018
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
I recently finished this book (should have read it long back!) and I must say, what a great read about a great and a curious mind!
In mind over matter, Jan 04, 2018New Year's resolutions
2018 is actually here (and that’s bad because it looks like time is crunching through years faster than I would like). And that also means it is time to set new year’s resolutions.
In mind over matter, Jan 01, 2018
Understanding TensorFlow Graph Execution with a Simple Example
This post is for absolute beginners. I hope to be able to explain complicated concepts in simple terms to benefit a wider audience (see dummies guide to erasure coding post for a diff...
In tech, Jul 10, 2017Procrastination Filter
Have you ever noticed drowning into a sea of articles that you opened via Hacker News? Did you end up buying those nine little things from Amazon of which you don’t use any? If you t...
In mind over matter, Oct 14, 2015Popular Weekend Programming Languages
What are some languages used most often during the weekends? Are there some languages that are inherently more ‘hobbyist’ than others?
In tech, May 27, 2013
XORing Elephants: Novel Erasure Codes for Big Data
This is a post that has been long overdue.
In tech, Apr 23, 2013