Book Summary: Hard Things about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
The book is Ben Horowitz’s memoir with a particular focus on his company Opsware and the lessons he learned there.
Learning casual swimming
I am not a swimming trainer. I am neither a professional swimmer either. But I have felt that at least for casual swimming, there is a huge gap in teaching swimming. The traditional method focuses more on peddling than making a person […]
A day at Point Roberts
Point Roberts is a weird place. 5 sq. Miles (12 sq. km) U.S. exclave connected to British Columbia, Canada. As a part of the Treaty of Oregon, 1846, the territory jointly controlled by the British and the U.S. was handed over to the […]
Speedup vs Slow-down
If you are driving at a speed of 60 mph (or kmph, it won’t matter) from one city to another and return at 40 mph, then what would be your average speed?
Demystifying Android rendering: Jank and ANR
Almost everyone developing an Android app has seen something like this in their device logs. I/Choreographer(1200): Skipped 60 frames! The application may be doing too much work on its main thread. On most devices, the Android platform tries to render […]
Built-in “Developer options” in Android
Android has a few really good settings built right into the platform for debugging under a hidden “Developer Options” menu. You can turn them on via Settings -> About Phone -> Build Number (tap 7 times). The steps will be […]
Book summary: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The book consists of the learnings which the author had while working on his startup IMVU. The book focuses on the concept of validated learning and the build-measure-learn feedback loop. It tries to bring in a systematic approach to measuring the […]
Chicago in 2 Days
Day 1 We started our trips with Willis (Sears) Tower at 9 AM, the 40$ on the spot ticket was worth it, the tower provides some really beautiful views of Chicago. We spent about two hours there. From there, we continued our […]
The Android-Chrome merger saga
Articles with the following titles would be considered a joke 1. “BMW is planning to merge its series i5 cars and Motorrad bikes” 2. “P&G is planning to merge tissue paper and toilet paper” 3. “Arm and Hammer is […]
Boston in 2 Days
We traveled there in the month of October and the weather was really nice and cool at that time. Day 1 At 10AM, we started with a 30-minute guided tour called Decisive day, it’s a nice introduction to the struggle of American […]