What you do before the storm comes is largely responsible for how well you'll do once it comes.
A good reminder. Continuous Delivery (always shippable code) != Continuous Deployment (every 'green' build automatically deployed to prod) https://t.co/n9gfuSiXGG
@EconTalker @jjude Without the surge pricing the ride isn't there. Or consumer pays more in "time" by waiting. Either way you pay more.
How relavant is ‘The Mythical Man-Month’? by @jjude: https://t.co/vx1xr6PW42 #books #reading #software #engineering
Every time I go out thinking 'okay, going to give offline shops another chance', the experience is so bad I come home, buy stuff online.
a pack of bubblegum costs $2. and you literally chew it & spit it out. don't bother creating a product for less than $12/mo.
Often international rankings focus on taxes, but where rubber hits road, boring registration, licensing, and employment law stuff matters.
Before you speak: THINK
T : Is it true?
H : Is it helpful?
I : Is it inspiring?
N : Is it necessary?
K : Is it kind?
Perceived value determines willingness to try, actual value determines loyalty to stay.
Only those who worked with her know her greatness n her saintliness Others will comment uselessly frm sidelines. Dr Devi Shetty knows this
Luxury isn't about not doing work, but instead about choosing which type of work to engage in and when.
Also known as, "Indian". https://t.co/cRYVyH14ta
You're not right or wrong because crowd disagrees you instead you're right because your data and reasoning are right.
"Great Board Directors behave like shock absorbers, not amplifiers"
wisdom from @roelofbotha
I always begin by reminding ppl why we're here, what problem we want to solve, and what we want to accomplish by the end of the meeting.
The role of product manager at the core is owning macro-understanding of problem and micro-prioritization of solutions. + overcommunication.
How to build a successful company:
recurring revenue,
direct connect with customers,
repeat business https://t.co/vmaEq1N36Q
Re-wrote a job description with the sections:
"Why this job is important"
"What you will learn on this job"
~5x more (and better) replies.
how I got better at debugging https://t.co/zKbPTeWkHn
The first rule of #API club: return a consistent error payload.
{"msg":"…"}
{"errors":"…"}
{"errors":["…"]}
{"errors":[{"msg":"…"}]}
Sigh.
There are limited sources of competitive advantage. Long term, value is created not by disruption, but by weaving together advantages.
Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes little sense for those who know what they're doing. Keep concentrated portfolio.
A day in the life of: corporate vs. startup. https://t.co/68bfdQTx7Y
10 years ago, backends were monolithic services and frontends many pages. Now frontends are monolithic pages and backends many services.
If you look at India's history. The only common thread amongst all of India's success stories is that our govt has stayed away from it
@jjude Thank YOU instead! Grateful for the dedication and focus you bring.
@DilliDurAst Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first
What do small businesses say they worry about? Poor sales, not the cost of wages. #fightfor15book #fightfor15 https://t.co/4wHLolzEcf
There is no qouta in Olympics yet India's first individual medal was won by a Dalit named Khashaba Jadhav. (1952) https://t.co/pHdHhFCXDm
The quickest path to a mediocre life is to give in to your fear of failure. Don’t let past failures and struggles steal your courage.
Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on winners. #Rio2016 https://t.co/CJSJYtmRMG
in the exploration phase, running lots of little experiments reduces the effects of the sunk cost fallacy
In software development, efficiency comes from doing fewer wrong things for less time. To optimize for efficiency, optimize for feedback.
Personalization plus segmentation drives results for mobile conversion #customerexperience https://t.co/iHbmAsr8v7
If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
Systems drive behaviors. If you don't like a common behavior, odds are that the fix requires fundamental alterations to underlying systems.
You really, really don't get points for creating novel solutions. You get points for solutions that work and aren't hellish to maintain.
Job adverts 101: 1) skill requirements are a wishlist, not a checklist; 2) by your second job, you should start defining your own expertise
Keep all of your content in a single minimal format which plays well with multiple rendering pipelines. I suggest Markdown flat files.
Nintendo's mobile strategy:
2008: what's an iPhone
2010: what's an Android
2012: nope
2014: still no
2016: change how society functions
The whole point of building a moat is to not have to bother fighting with every idiot who can build a sword. Well said @vgul
Define "awesome". THIS. #IndianGirl #skateboard https://t.co/7sui2MJ8Rg
Negativity is a leading indicator of an impending loss.
"Document every outage, provide complete post-mortems, ask the 5 whys, get to the root cause, and write checklists." https://t.co/SorSvXB9JB
@jjude @sastrytumuluri Is this something similar to what you guys built? https://t.co/FAEjtZ6jaG
Life can come at you from every direction but never compromise on your core values. https://t.co/NlSYGdHJXK
Pundit opinions on AI, depending on understanding of technology and economics: https://t.co/7AWUlrScHY
Hadoop for distributed storage & spark for machine learning & analytics by @bernardmarr https://t.co/b0WvFn8I5w https://t.co/ASB5q0DSxI
The 4 S's of #Digital: speed, scale, simplicity and skills #NOASymp
My interview with @sastrytumuluri on startups & security: https://t.co/wTyYVTOA7I. He is doing a tweetchat with @BwDisrupt this Friday.